The song/album/band that introduced you

[PH]

The first time I got in touch with prog:

Duchess of the album Duke by Genesis

(And then I was carried away to A Trick Of The Tail)



So:
Genesis - Duke - Duchess brought me into prog
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail - Dance On A Volcano brought me into Genesis
Arena - Contagion - Witch Hunt brought me into Arena
Kino - Picture - Losers' Day Parade brought me into Kino
Dream Theater - Octavarium - Octavarium brought me into Dream Theater

[StarDuster]

Queen for me !!!
Some of their older stuff are prog classics. Quite hard to compare them with anything else ...

[Appelmoes??]

Ayreon, Nijntje Rock's played Into the Electric Castle at his place, I was solded as soon as I heard the first tunes.

[Deenfan]

Probably Marillion - Clutching at straws. I couldn't figure it out after months, so I sold it. Now it's among my fave albums!!

[johninblack]

Rush - 2112, It had been out for a while so I got A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres all within a month or two, what a treat! and then Moving Pictures came out and just totally blew my mind.

[Wilford Jr.]

Rush - 2112, Pink Floyd - DSOM, Genesis _ Foxtrot were all albums that got me into progressive rock.  I didn't know what the genre was att he time I just knew that this music was different!

[Teunis]

After reading a lot of recommendations on the Ayreon list I downloaded 'The butterfly man' on the Arena website. It made me buy 'The Visitor' and after that I collected all their albums. I wish that I discovered this band earlier, but better late than never.

[kmorse]

Early Deep Purple
"In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" - Iron Butterfly. It was quite proggy for its time, although at the time, it would have been classifed as "acid rock."
Even music such as "Sgt. Pepper," "Revolver" and "Rubber Soul" had their prog moments.

Then I heard "Lucky Man" by EL&P and I was hooked.

Taking cello lessons and being exposed to the music of Bach didn't hurt a bit, either.

[Bouge]

Actually, I have to say it was probably Arena that started it all for me, probably why they hold such a special place in my heart. It would have been Immortal? first.

[Teunis]

After reading a lot of recommendations on the Ayreon list I downloaded 'The butterfly man' on the Arena website. It made me buy 'The Visitor' and after that I collected all their albums. I wish that I discovered this band earlier, but better late than never.

I should have read this thread better I guess. This was how I got involved into Arena. With prog it started earlier. Must have been since my brother played Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Visage, Asia etc. in the eighties. Later on I read a good review of Ayreon's 'Into the Electric Castle' and after I bought that album, I read about Arena on the Ayreon list and so on. My latest prog discovery is IQ  .

[maddox]

The first time i got into sympho/prog was when i heard Assasin from Marillion. After that Pendragon, Pallas, Genesis and a bunch more followed.

Though i heard some tracks of Alquin in the seventies. Don't know if that counts.

MAD. 

[Peter]

The first time i got into sympho/prog was when i heard Assasin from Marillion.

aaaaah, way cool, man. That's probably exactly what got me started some 18 years ago
And I still remember it was the Live version from the Real to Reel album. Darn, can't wait to get home to my stereo!

[maddox]

aaaaah, way cool, man. That's probably exactly what got me started some 18 years ago
And I still remember it was the Live version from the Real to Reel album. Darn, can't wait to get home to my stereo!

Hehe. This afternoon i had the same feeling. I took the record to the stereo and when the intro started it gave me real goosebumbs. Still, after all those years. 

MAD. 

[Proglady]

Well, my first prog LP   was a album from YES, I can't remember the title of the album though.   That was about 29 years ago.    At that time I also listened to Genesis - Foxtrot and Eloy - Power And Passion

[keyboardistmatt]

Rick Wakeman - "The Battle" from 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth'

Made me listen to the possibilities!

[Lee-Anne]

It was Ayreon - Into the electric castle

My brother (appelmoes??) was so fond of it that he gave it to me so I could listen it as well..
It took me 2 weeks before I actually listened to it, but when I did I just loved it..
I did had to get used to it..

[Highfire]

The first time i got into sympho/prog was when i heard Assasin from Marillion.

Yes! Assasin was one of the first sympho songs I listened to, although I'm not a Fish-era fan; I also used to listen (still do) to Asia, Yes, Pink Floyd, ELO, Magnum, etc.

Some years ago I became a Dream Theater's fan, and I met modern progg music when a friend of mine told me to listen to Pendragon, Threshold and a band called Arena. He gave me Pride ... then I bought Contagion and ... here I am!!!

[Smegal]

Led Zepplin