I'm 24 years old.
Started to listen to classic rock (whatever the hell that is) when I was in high school. The only decent radio station in my area (for non-oldies and non-country listeners) was a small station in Neilsville, WI, The Rock WCCN 107.5 FM. A kick-ass station, indeed. I still listen when I go back home. When I would work during the summer, we took breaks at 10 AM, the same time WCCN would have "The Floyd Fix," a listener-requested double-shot of Floyd every weekday! They also played Yes Genesis, ELP, Rush, and other mainstream prog quite frequently, in addition to the usual classic rock fare (Aerosmith, Boston, Hendrix, Beatles, etc.). So I was just getting into it and bought most of Pink Floyd's discography (I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for buying The Final Cut), I owned all of Rush's albums, had some ELP and some PG-era Genesis, that sort of thing. Then I saw a boxed set in a record store called Supernatural Fairy Tales. This set is a must-have for progressive music newcomers! From this, I discovered Yes, Gentle Giant, Roxy Music, Traffic, The Nice, Van Der Graff Generator, Magma, and a host of other progressive bands from the late 60's to mid 70's. Over the next few years, I devoted myself to collecting more Genesis and Yes.
Recently I met a guy at work who had similar tastes in music and he introduced me to Spock's Beard, Dream Theater, Transatlantic and other prog metal and new prog.
Now I listen to AM regularly and am discovering new (to me) bands like Porcupine Tree, Gryphon, Ozric Tentacles and Citizen Cain. I absolutely love the station! Keep it up.
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