The Progressive Rock Albums That Changed Our Lives (w/Scot Lade) 

Glad to see Scot on the show!

In search of the lost chord-- Moody Blues changed my musical taste and started my Journey into progressive rock

Scot, great attidude, passionate and full of energy, more of him Pete!

It's an honor to see Scott and Pete on this show.👍

The fact that the two of you came together for this show is RU-vid heaven. Great discussion.

PLEASE bring Scot back on! What great chemistry and energy y'all have together. One of my favourite episodes EVER!! Thanks for sharing!

This is my first time seeing Scot. No one can ever call him shy. You got to love his passion for music. "Spreading the gospel of Prog."

I am very happy to see Scott now also on Sea of Traquility. Everything is coming together! Two of my favourite RU-vid channels! God save the King - all the damn time!

Glad to see Scot on the show! Always thought it was peculiar you two had never collaborated before.

My chronological favourite prog albums. Supertramp, Crime of the Century. Genisis, Selling England. Genisis, Trick of the Tail Tangerine Dream, Cyclone Supertramp, Crisis what Crisis Pink Flloyd, Animals Rush, Farewell to Kings Supertramp, Even in the Quietist Moments Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses Marillion, Misplaced Childhood Marillion, Clutching At Straws

Nice job Scott! Agree on Chicago Scott, amazing arrangements and musicianship. 👍

Chronological order.. 1. Yes - The Yes Album 2. Rush - 2112 3. Kansas - Leftoverture 4. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot 5. Pink Floyd - Animals 6. Allan Holdsworth w IOU - Metal Fatigue 7. Tool - Æniema 8. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy 9. Haken - The Mountain 10. Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool (LIVE)

Salutations! greetings! respect and looove!

Scot Lade has a GREAT RU-vid channel as well. Loved watching this!

Brilliant episode. And when Scot pulled out Drums and Wires that was the icing on the cake.

Thanks Pete and Scot! The Yes Album (a joyful noise) Genesis-A Trick of the Tail (exotic) Rush-A Farewell to Kings (Xanadu=Rock literature) Ole ELO (Classical Rock and Roll) Peter Gabriel 3 (shocking) King Crimson-Discipline (a completely new direction) Frank Zappa-Apostrophe (humor with amazing guitar solos) Jean Luc Ponty-Enigmatic Ocean (Electric) Glass Hammer-If (Great prog with Christian themes) The Flower Kings-Stardust We Are (immense discography)

Fun show, the wild & wacky Scoot with the cool & calm Pete... perfect match!

Scott is the real deal! Hope to see more of this guy on SOT soon!

Scot and Pete!! What a wonderful team!

It can't be...My two favorite music channels finally got together

Pete and Scot, fantastic.

Yes! Great seeing my two favorite prog guys together on one show!! Awesome!

Great chemistry between Pete and Scot.

Happy to see Scott on SOT…hopefully the first of many guest appearances!!! Great episode.

Great episode. Scott is a must bring back level guest. Good damn times.

Fantastic episode. Pete and Scott have a great rapport discussing prog albums that influenced them. I felt like they were telling my prog journey. Hopefully, there will be more episodes.

Cool you and Lade that's nice 👍🏻🤠 He has a neat channel

Pete, thanks for having Scot. Those of us who follow The Prog Corner know of his immense dedication and deep love and knowledge of progressive rock. His enthusiasm is only matched by his personability and his humility. Thanks Pete

Scot rocks!! Love to see the enthusiasm the two of you bring together to the best genre in rock music.

Pete bringing in these other RU-vid personalities is a great idea. Enjoyed this very much. Thanks

More shows needed with Scot

Great to bring Scot’s prog enthusiasm to SoT, Pete. Busy with family matters today, but will check out the episode soon. Both of you are passionate guitar players and hope to see you riffing together on a future SoT episode. Cheers, Sal.

something is telling me that Scot's pick is gonna be tarkus..

So looking forward to this! Will Scot keep it mellow? Let’s find out!

Scot rocks! 😃

Scott was a great guest .. so much passion and energy.. fantastic show

As a fan of both channels, it was great to see Scott as a guest on your show. Hope you both enjoyed putting it together as I did listening to it

Great show! The first record that really changed my life was not exactly Prog. One evening I listened to the radio and they played the full length version of "In a Gadda da Vida". Guess it was a Swiss radio station and it was in 1977 or 1978. Never had heard music like this before. At the time I was a big fan of Deep Purple. Next day I went to my record store to buy the LP and it really opened the door to bands like Yes or Genesis or even Van der Graaf Generator.

What a great guest and great topic! This is what music is all about to those of us in the know, it's life changing capabilities. You guys both have reignited my passion for prog over the past few years and introduced me to a lot of these great bands and albums. I could put both of you guys on a list of life changing musical influences. My top life-changing prog albums: 1. ....And Justice For All - Is Metallica prog? No, but this album comes close to being the first prog-metal album in my mind. It's still my favorite Metallica album because it's the first entire album of theirs I ever sank my teeth into and turned me into a metal-head. I still consider this album in particular a prog album for all intents and purposes. 2. Operation: Mindcrime - Very much a gateway album for me and the first thing that most people consider some sort of actual prog that I ever gravitated toward. It was still metal, but even more squarely in the prog corner (pun intended) than Justice. It is quite possibly the single album that I have listened to more than any other. Simply a masterpiece start to finish, it does everything you want a prog or metal album to do. Will forever be in my top ten albums lists of all time, full stop 3. Momentary Lapse of Reason - First Floyd album I ever even opened my mind to (by far not my favorite now), but it allowed me to really hear and pay attention to something NOT heavy metal. After this Darkside, Animals, Meddle, and WYWH changed my favorite all-time artist from Ozzy/Sabbath to Pink Floyd for a looooong time. 4. Rift (Phish) - Another album from a band not typically considered a prog band, but this album does everything a prog album does and more. Phish's live stuff has all of their long-winded jams which quite honestly wear on me more as I get older, but their albums (especially their first 4) are bereft of the long-winded noodling and are either full blown prog like Rift, or prog-esque. Phish is the band I have seen live more than any other now. Anybody still closed of to jam bands should at least listen to this album with prog ears and you won't be disappointed. Mantis by Umphrey's McGee has been brought up on the channel before to along the same lines, also awesome 5. Thick as a Brick - What hasn't already been said about this album? 6. Roll the Bones - The album that got me into Rush. Similar to my Pink Floyd experience (but later), I didn't like the sound of early Rush with the crazy high-pitched screechy vocals (I still lean my favor to 80s Rush a bit), but Roll the Bones was eye-opening for me. It still ranks high in my Rush lists. Is there really a better album opener than Dreamline? This album gets a lot of shit, but I totally don't understand why 7. The Mollusk (Ween) - Another album from a non-prog band, but really this hits all of the same notes a prog album does for me personally. Ween does not stick to ANY genre, much less prog, but this feels similar to how prog albums flow with many ups, downs, proggy keyboards (Glenn McLelland for sure has ELP influences) and tonal shifts. In my mind, this and later (and even moreso) Quebec have the feel of a great prog album. This album opened the door for Ween to become my favorite band going forward and that probably will never change now. 8. Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory - Way later in life, hearing Home on the radio at work for the first time, my mind was absolutely blown. Such crazy fast and precise guitar playing, passionate vocals, and epic scope of a concept album. Instantly Dream Theater became one of my all time favorites and this made me seek out more prog concept albums than ever. 9. The Snow Goose (Camel) - What? There is a prog band out there that has a strong Pink Floyd feel and has more intricate songs AND concept albums? The first all instrumental album to rise high in the ranks of my favorite all-time albums list, this comes 100% courtesy of Sea of Tranquility, without whom I would never have heard of this band or this album. They are now one of my favorite bands ever 10. The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant and Camel I discovered from Pete and the Sea and I thank you for it! I'd never heard of or listened to Gentle Giant before I'd found this channel and am eternally grateful to you. What an absolutely kick-ass band, how were they not the best selling band of all time? (We all know the answer to this question, but still :D ) I've always been drawn to concept albums since finding Thick as a Brick and these guys take everything great about music and turn it up to 11. I can't say enough great about them and they are now up there in rank with bands I've been listening to for decades. Thanks for the work and the passion guys, keep up the great work!

Great episode! Scott's enthusiasm is contagious, I immediately subscribed to his channel after my first viewing. I am a big prog fan and a couple of years older than Scott and Pete. I always appreciate their insights, I watch both regularly, and was pleasantly surprised to see them together here.

Excellent Ep Scot is a major plus to SOT!!!!!

I've been waiting for this to happen for a while. Classic episode already

Thanks to you two guys for the video. It would be nice and interesting to do something similar again in the future...

Great show. Scot's enthusiasm is infectious and I hope he becomes a regular guest on SoT.

Hey Scot! Cool seeing you over here on SoT...finally. Great episode, and Pete picked the right person for the topic at hand. Hopefully we will see Scott here on a regular basis.

Great conversation amongst two of my favorite RU-vidrs. And being a prog fan helps too. Super show. It was a show like this that I got hooked on Quatermass. Now I am headed to search for Wobbler and "Anglaguard" (sp?)

Great to see you guys work together. Both of you have rated european prog rock in the past. But one band you guys never mentioned as far as I know is the Dutch band Alquin. I think they made 4 studio and 1 live album. I highly recommend giving them a listening to. Prog-on, guys. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

Great show guys and great topic. Cool to hear about the importance of the specific Prog albums that shaped your musical development and love of Prog. I think we all have our own unique stories about this. Great to see Scot and Pete interacting. This should be a regular thing for you two, covering different topics.

One of the best ever! Pete and Scot together. Loved it, and so thanks to both of you.

Joining of two prog greats- This needs to happen more often. Rock on gents.

Great seeing Pete and Scot, my two favorite prog men, together! Excellent show! Hope to see you two teaming up again soon.

You have a great chemistry with this guy and he has a lot of energy and enthusiasm, this was an excellent collaboration. It would be interesting to see you do more together. I was not familiar with him previously but I will check out his channel.

Hey, 2 of my favorite channels together! Like a Marvel and DC crossover, really loved this one, Pete and Scott, thanks!

This Scott guy is truly passionate about prog, great guest Pete. So my door to prog got opened about ‘83-‘84 I think. Was ‘heavy’ into hard rock and nwobhm back then. I weekly visited the local library mainly for the vinyl. A schoolmate of mine was also regularly present and he came up with “Exit….Stage Left”, the Rush live album. It took a couple of spins but then it truly resonated. From there it were another couple of prog live albums that put me further on the road: “Seconds Out” and “Yesshows”. From there I went back in time some more to Pink Floyd (“Wish You Were Here”especially the Shine On… parts & like you discussed the album cover!). The first new kid on the prog block for me in the early 80s was the upcoming Marillion with their 2nd album “Fugazi” Oh… and then in the 90s there was this weird, spacy underground band from the UK : Porcupine Tree (with a long haired Steven Wilson) playing their 2nd gig outside their home country UK, on a small prog festival in a small Dutch town called Uden. It blew me away and I became an absolute fan for the rest of their career, including the solo work of Steven Wilson. Finally the discovery of Frank Zappa ! Sadly after his death so I could never see him live. Luckily he has a very talented son 😊 Cheers from the Netherlands…..

Brother from another mother!

Genesis 'Wind and Withering' was my entry into prog in '77, although I was unaware of the prog tag - it was simply music, great music at that, and it sat alongside acts like Earth Wind & Fire, Elton John, Pink Floyd, no problem, all just music, and all the bands were unique to my ears, not part of genres.

Will sound great Pete! Will catch replay. Summer June- September has me catching music on the outside on weekends. Then seasonal change to catch shows when I am in more. Scott is great hearing him on his perspectives. Prog rock albums great in the genre that got me into it. Cheers!

My two favorite music review guys, together at last. Well, you've spurred me on again to do my own list. Let's see, harder to remember exactly when, but here goes, these ten changed my 20th century life: 1) Yes - Going For The One (for the first time music touches my soul, particularly "Turn Of The Century" and "Awaken", and I have been a disciple ever since, bought 'em all, went to every year's concert) 2) Genesis - Wind And Wuthering (moved again, this time by "Your Own Special Way" and "One For The Vine", second best to Yes) 3) ELP - Tarkus (the epic latched onto my heart and wouldn't let go, time for a catalog dive) 4) Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord ("Actor" made me practically weep, and for "Om" I laughed with glee) 5) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood (loved this album top to bottom, my JT gateway drug, title track, "Cup Of Wonder", and "The Whistler") 6) Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (sonics, "School" merging into "Bloody Well Right", sheer awe) 7) FM - Black Noise (a mix of yearning hope "Phasors On Stun" and "Journey", and bleak desolation "Aldebaran" and title track, highs and lows, all good) 8) Gentle Giant - In A Glass House (turned me on to GG, great sound here too, crisp and heavy, "The Runaway" and "Experience", medieval and modern all at once) 9) Mike Oldfield - Crises (killer title epic, Simon Phillips drumming, and "In High Places" with Jon Anderson of Yes) 10) Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories (fell in love wih Annie Haslam's voice, "Trip To The Fair" and title epic, the longer the better)

Perfect timing, Pete. This helped immensely on my quest. Thank you Scott and Pete.

Great seeing Scot on here, his channel is great too 💯😃👍

Pete. So glad you got Scott on the channel. He is such a vibrant dude and runs an expansive prog channel. Cheers from Australia.

Guys... I've recently been finally getting deep with steely Dan. I've known about them all my life and heard their tunes on the radio and I've always been aware of. I recently bought their discography... It's like exploring plutonium. I think to myself.. why haven't I been listening to these guys earlier. I'm just blown away by I'm 50 years. WTF. So I know exactly what you guys are talking about right.

A great introduction of Scot Lade for me and what a great personality and enthusiasm. Thanks to both of you for taking the time for this episode. Highly watchable and enjoyable episode.

Excellent. Thanks for turning me on to wobbler.

Great episode this Pete. You guys bounce off each other with great enthusiasm and energy. Love this video❤

Yeah. Scott and Pete!

I’m so happy to see Scot on here! Two of my favorite prog experts!

Pete you gotta add this dude somewhere ! Scott and you have great chemistry and he had me sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for his high energy takes!😅

Great guest and show. Awesome!

Top LP's that changed my life. 1. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising 2. Frank Marino - iv 3. Eloy - Silent cries & Mighty echoes 4. Goblin - Deep Red 5. Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii 6. 801 - Live 7. Mahavisnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond 8. Isis - In the absence of Faith 9. Rush - Hemispheres 10. Hawkwind - The Xenon Codex.

Chronological favourite prog albums. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ELP - In Concert Pink fLOYD - Dark Side Of The MooN Pink FLoyD - Wish You were Here WeeN - The Mollusk

Hearing Carpet Crawlers on a compilation album called Supertracks led me to early Genesis and that journey. But Misplaced Childhood changed my life on a personal level. It helped me through a tough time, even though it’s most famous song was a precursor to that tough time.

Phenomenal show Pete and Scot- love the choices : Here are mine: King Crimson - court of the Crimson King Uriah Heep- Look at Yourself Chicago Transit authority Gypsy -1st album Yes - Fragile Hawkwind- Warrior on the edge of time Renaissance - Turn of the Cards Tangerine Dream Phaedra Genesis- Foxtrot Renaisance -ashes are burning Honorable mentions- ELP - first Kansas - first Pavlovs Dog - at the sound of the bell King Crimson - Red Caravan - in the land of grey and pink Jethro Tull - Benefit Blues Project - projections Mce

I REALLY loved this episode and the theme- not picking the 'best,' or the albums from the band we listen to the most, but the bands that set us on a specific journey.

What a great topic Pete !! And great to see Scot too !! I was new to the Prog genre in 1984 , so neo-prog was how it all started for me. Marillion were appearing at my local theatre promoting the newly released ' Misplaced Childhood ' , so decided to get the most important album in my life ' Real to Reel ' ( a mid price release ). My life changed from that moment.....2nd most important - Genesis Live '73. Bought this straight after ( also mid price ). Try this said the record shop guy , you'll like this if you like Marillion. Life changing for me , those 2 albums.... nearly 40 years ago , still love the genre more than any other hands down. 😍

Wow, Scot and Pete on the same screen! Freaking sweet! As for the topic, the album that basically began my Journey into Prog, was Emerson Lake and Palmer's Pictures At An Exhibition. Definitely weird for a 6 year old kid in 2005 to be listening to, but good grief, from beginning to end....just a mix of beauty and downright batshit insanity. The fact its not even 40 minutes just blows my mind.

Scot is a great guest! Look forward to more episodes with him.

This was a fun episode. These two are a great match.

Hey Pete really enjoyed Scott. One of your better guests. Thanks for keeping us all entertained

This is what we've been waiting for, Pete with Scot talking prog. What's not to like?

Thanks Pete and Scot for this great prog rock episode. I have my own channel which is Harold's Prog Rock Show.

A joy to see you together. Makes a fabuous subject wonderful. ❤

Awesome. Really enjoy SoT and The Prog Corner. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Another comment here saying, more of this collaboration please! Both “top shelf” music RU-vidrs in my opinion! (To borrow a Pete phrase that I’ve been using more and more lol

Congrats to you both. Great show.

Great to see you two guys together.

About time you guys got together!

Great to see the two of you in conversation.

The two most important albums that changed my tastes. Two I bought for the album covers, and stayed for the music, and led me to prog, and all the prog I now adore: Kansas: Song For America Supertramp: Crime Of The Century

I really enjoyed this video, a great watch. First of many I hope.

Scot is great, love his channel, his knowledge and passion ! Hopefully Pete will add him to the Prog Panel - he definitely deserves a Prog seat spot !

This was such a great episode. I enjoy the passion between the two of you. I had friend,who's roommate had incredible music collection. He would put on album and describe all the nuances of the music. There are people that come into your life, that change your perception forever. I wish I could thank him.

What a treat Pete to see the mighty Prog Corner on your show

Thanks for mentioning Tusmorke, Scot! Great band with so much musicality.

That was such a pleasure to watch, glad to see Scot on the show.

First prog album I heard was Made in Swedens Where do we begin! A Classic album with Pekka Pohjola on bass and Vesa Altonen on drums!

Scot is awesome. Stripping my life changing list way down to the decades. 70s; ELP (first album), Genesis (Selling England), Jethro Tull (Thick as a Brick); all, the utter meaning of phenomenal. 80s; Late to the show with Yes. Around '81 Close to the Edge broke me through as a casual fan of certain Yes songs, to top five favorite bands of all time. Not sure what took so long. XTC (Black Sea), The Police (Zenyatta Mondatta). I know... not prog. But don't forget, they influenced 80's Yes and Rush. Their pop hooks hooked me, but so did their progressive elements. Many musicians from literally all genres of music love The Police. I fell away from prog in the eighties, I didn't even go back to listening to the classics until the 2000s. Then, in 2020, at age 60, I somehow got into modern instrumental prog metal. I was still hungry for something new. About 5 bands stood out... and a band called Scoredatura rose to the top. Life changing because a few years later they still hit me as one of the most infectious bands I've ever heard. Every time I pick up my guitar I'm influenced by their music.

Loved this collaboration. Personally, when I first put on Foxtrot on a whim and heard Watcher of the Skies, I was never the same. It was nothing like I’d ever heard and I’ve been chasing that same prog high ever since.

Awesome show! Big fan of both guys.

Fun episode guys! Love the energy and enthusiasm. I'm an old music fan who grew up during the classic period but gradually got more absorbed by other things in the 80s. Then during the pandemic period I came back to prog in a big way. Your channels have been two of my best resources for learning about all the stuff I missed over the years and how much great modern prog there actually is out there. Now to give today's exercise a try. Let's see what pops into the old noggin. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale (My starting point) Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Yes - Yessongs (Yes I started with the live album) Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (and worked backwards) Supertramp - Crime of the Century Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (heard Mother Russia on the local college radio station a year or two after it had come out and was like "How have I not heard of this before?") Dixie Dregs - What If (when being a southern rock fan leads you back to other prog and jazz fusion) Mostly Autumn - Catch the Spirit (rerecorded best of their first four albums that drove me to get them all) Nemo - Barbares (I couldn't understand a word and yet listened, transfixed) Lee Abraham - Only Human (Hoping for more from him collaborating with Pete Jones)