THE A-Z LISTINGS TO PROGRESSIVE ROCK

FORTY YEARS OF HISTORY

by Ronald Couture
(founder of Prog Archives)
http://www.progarchives.com
Quebec, Canada

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDEX A - Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INDEX B - Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
INDEX C - The influences of progressive rock music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

INDEX D - The A-Z listings (groups)

Letter A - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Letter B - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Letter C - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Letter D - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Letter E - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Letter F - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Letter G - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Letter H - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Letter I - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Letter J - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Letter K - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Letter L - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Letter M - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Letter N - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Letter O - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Letter P - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Letter Q - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Letter R - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Letter S - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Letter T - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Letter U - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Letter V - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Letter W - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Letter X - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Letter Y - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Letter Z - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Numbers 0-9 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

INDEX E – Introduction to an ideal record collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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 PREFACE

Welcome PROG fans…!

After almost three years collecting information, I am proud to provide fans of PROGRESSIVE ROCK music with a ‘’listing’’ of groups
with the most entries, including personnel details and a description of the music. In fact, it eventually would a door to other music styles
closely related with the progressive rock.

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Suffice it to say... I would like to compile a comprehensive A-Z LISTINGS with the complete biographies of over 5000 PROGRES-
SIVE ROCK artists & bands. These biographies were originally created using the consistently accurate contributions of Greg Walker
(USA) and Thedo Roes (Germany) plus additional information here from different sources. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order,
by band name (excluding leading words ’’A’’, ‘’An’’ and ‘’The’’) or by artist’s last name. There is something here for everybody who
enjoys unique and adventurous music.

Each band, from the most famous to the most obscure, is covered by a biography with a critical analysis (stylistic aspects & artistic
influences). In most cases, we have tried to identify the musical genre(s) (jazz-rock/fusion, symphonic, folk, neo-prog, prog metal,
experimental, etc.) of each band listed to help in the quest for PROGRESSIVE ROCK music from the time-honoured PAST right up
to PRESENT. Have a look and see what these people have to say about other artists you think you might be interested in.

HMTL WEB PAGE

An interesting html Web page is currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION (expected to be available by Febuary 2008) that will contain
an up-to-date listing, including full band details plus a complete record discography and recommendations of particular albums
(including many photos of covers in color). For each band, the discography lists all of their recordings (under their name) with the date
of release. Reissues and releases in "various artists" compilations are not listed. As a rule I have avoided listing Singles/EPs/Fan Club
releases/Promos and DVD/music Videos.

CONCLUSION :
A VALUABLE RESOURCE for anyone interested in the PROG genre's more obscure offerings over the past forty years.

PLEASE NOTE :
That this ‘’progressive rock catalog’’ is a work in progress, and is far from complete. Many artists not already included are slated for
inclusion in the future. These artists/bands are listed in the alphabetical index along with those currently available.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank all the people that contributed to the accomplishment of this ‘’catalog.’’

o Greg Walker* (USA) & Thedo Roes (Germany)

For their generous assistance in providing band information

o Pierre Dulieu (Belgium)

For his generous inspirational work in the field of progressive rock music

o Ian Alterman (USA), Bob McBeath (Scotland) & Lise Brault (Quebec, CANADA)
Improved and adapted in English

With love to you all,

Ronald Couture (ProgLucky)

Founder of www.progarchives.com
Quebec, CANADA

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 INDEX C - The influences
Well, is Progressive Rock far from jazz…? Undoubtedly…
Nearer to mainstream rock, to folk, even to symphonic classical
music, that is certain! But the connections with the jazzrock exist
nevertheless, in its binary and thus most energetic format. The
musicians for example are often virtuosos (which leads to the
problem of egos that very often prevails among progressive rock
groups) perfectly able to improvise during a concert. Some of
them will flirt on the occasions with the jazz or even in certain
cases, carry out a double career. Thus, the drummer Bill Bruford
of YES and KING CRIMSON regularly records fusion albums
with Django Bates and their group EARTHWORKS. He also
uses of the acoustic jazz style of OREGON (‘’If Summer Had Its
Ghosts’’, 1997 with Ralph Towner and Eddie Gomez). Phil
Collins was concurrently drummer of GENESIS and of a fusion
group named BRAND X (‘’Livestock’’, 1977) before gathering
at the end of the 90’s a big jazz band and interpreting some of his
compositions in the style swing of the BUDDY RICH
ORCHESTRA and the 40’s (‘’A Hot Night In Paris’’, 1999).
Certain progressive groups are obviously closer to the jazz rock
than of others. Starting from their second album, SOFT
MACHINE's music moved increasingly in the direction of
improvisation and jazz and even ended up completely in jazz
rather than conventional rock with the arrival of the guitarists
Allan Holdsworth and John Etheridge (‘’Bundles’’, 1975 and
‘’Softs’’, 1976). Like SOFT MACHINE, CARAVAN came from
the Canterbury Scene, and their second disc solidified their place
in progressive rock thanks to a very particular sound and medleys
of various themes incorporated into long improvisations that
mixed jazz and rock ("In The Land Of Grey And Pink", 1971 and
"Waterloo Lily", 1972).
Not to mention groups like MAGMA (Zeuhl), GONG
(Space/Canterbury Rock), AMON DUUL II (Krautrock), The
MOTHERS OF INVENTION & Frank ZAPPA (RIO/avant-
prog), GENTLE GIANT, KING CRIMSON, DZYAN, CARPE
DIEM, and others who, while offering elements jazz, still remain
unclassifiable today.
Progressive rock, for which it is difficult to give an exact
definition, includes many of other influences among which
are:
- The space-rock music of PINK FLOYD inspired the groups
like HAWKWIND, OZRIC TENTACLES and PORCUPINE
TREE. Their music is characterized by slow, lengthy instrumen-
tal passages dominated by synthesizers, experimental guitar
work, and sciences fiction lyrical themes. OZRIC TENTACLES
(commonly known as the OZRICS) made a shy (timid)
appearance on tape in 1985 but their first compact disc was not
released until 1990, (‘’Pungent Effulgent’’ and ‘’Erpland’’).
One of the best rock bands in modern days, calling what
PORCUPINE TREE does nowadays prog rock might be
stretching it a little. Steven Wilson has morphed from an
experimental PINK FLOYD disciple to a fantastic singer/song
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writer, sounding more like RADIOHEAD (or even later PINK
FLOYD) than anything else. PORCUPINE TREE offer a rich
mix of early prog rock with soaring space rock, rampant psyche-
delia, complex symphonic, ambient soundscapes and (more
recently) heavy metal riffs as well. It’s a uniquely eclectic musi-
cal fusion that can be called progressive in the truest sense of the
word. They have crafted a body of work quite impressive for its
diversity, and the distinctive quality of the sounds in their record-
ings.
- Canterbury music is characterized by its unique mix of
psychedelia and jazz-inspired improvisation, as well as by its
often whimsical lyrics. The late sixties saw the birth of the band
The WILDE FLOWERS in Canterbury England who premiered
a new style of music that would catch on locally and quickly
spread. While The WILDE FLOWERS underwent a number of
line-up changes during the sixties, several former members
would go on to form two of Canterbury’s more successful bands,
SOFT MACHINE and CARAVAN. These bands provided the
foundation for the music that would be known as the Canterbury
Scene.
This movement has grown to be represented by bands as geo-
graphically dispersed as Britain's MATCHING MOLE,
HATFIELD AND THE NORTH, EGG, and NATIONAL
HEALTH; Japan's MR. SIRIUS; America's The MUFFINS; the
multi-national GONG; and solo artists including Robert Wyatt,
Kevin Ayers, and Steve Hillage.
- Classical music is largely incorporated, not always advisedly,
in the works of Keith Emerson's groups: The NICE (‘’Five
Bridges’’, 1970) and then in more subtle and controlled way with
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (‘’Tarkus’’, 1971). The unique
approach of the Belgian group UNIVERS ZERO should also be
noted, as demonstrated in their strange music, which mixes
Gothic with the music of Bartok and Stravinsky (‘’Hérésie’’,
1979; ‘’Ceux Du Dehors’’, 1980 and ‘’Uzed’’, 1984).
- The symphonic music of GENESIS and YES inspired groups
like ANGE, ANGLAGARD, BARCLAY JAMES & HARVEST,
GROBSCHNITT, KANSAS and The TANGENT: their music
includes elaborate vocal harmonies supported by strong
instrumentation where the keyboards and synthesizers shine
particularly. The texts (booklets) are inspired by science fiction,
folklore, the theatre, mythology, spirituality or by the fantasy of
Tolkien.
''Close To The Edge'' by YES and ‘’Nursery Cryme'' by
GENESIS, both released in 1972, are the key albums of
symphonic progressive rock which would return one decade later
in the form of neo-progressive. This was simpler and more
commercial with sets like MARILLION (‘’Script For A Jester's
Tear’’, 1983), PENDRAGON (‘’The Jewel’’, 1985) or groups
like IQ, ARENA and PALLAS who returned in force with good
releases like ‘’Subterranea’’ (1997), ‘’The Visitor’’ (1998) and
‘’The Cross And The Crucible’’ (2001).
 INDEX C - The influences
- Folk music is an important component of progressive rock, 2001), SHADOW GALLERY ("Tyranny", 1998) - and even
played by groups such as JETHRO TULL (‘’Thick As A Brick’’, resulted in the emergence of record labels entirely reserved for
1972), GRYPHON ("Red Queen To Gryphon Three", 1974), this kind of music, such as Magna Carta, Inside Out, Giant
RENAISSANCE ("Renaissance", 1969), GENTLE GIANT Electric Pea, Verglas and Radiant Records.
("The Power And The Glory", 1974) and HARMONIUM ("Si On
Avait Besoin D’une 5e Saison", 1975). HARMONIUM's music is And finally what is called sometimes post rock/experimental
particularly notable as it contains madrigal sounds and the music prog which gathers anything and all that cannot be classified
of the medieval period. Progressive Folk as a sub-category has its elsewhere like the unpredictable and changeable music of
roots in the 1970's. In those days pop crossed over into other GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR (‘’Top Spin Your
musical areas. When the "progressive" elements are apparent in Skinny Fist Like Antennas To Heaven!’’, 2000) and The MARS
the instrumentation but the basic use of acoustic instruments is VOLTA (‘’Frances The Mute’’, 2005).
still important, the term "Progressive folk" could be appropriate.
Longer tracks and instrumental improvisations are allowed Written by Pierre Dulieu (Belgium)
progressing the basic musical content.
Bob McBeath (Scotland)
- Electronic prog (a sub-genre of Progressive Rock), whose Improved and adapted in English
development is related to the invention of new equipment (an
abundant use of analog synthesizers and other electronic
instruments), was pioneered by the two most important artists
TANGERINE DREAM - Berlin School and KRAFTWERK -
Dusseldorf School. This type of music is almost completely
instrumental and, like most progressive genres, tends to feature
cosmic sounds and long tracks full of atmospheric synthesizers,
rhythmic sequences, lot of electronic voices and "improvised"
synth solos. The focus is very often on the timbre characteristics
of sound and can be enjoyed by any person with an open mind.

Bands like KING CRIMSON, EMERSON LAKE & PALMER,

YES, GENESIS, PINK FLOYD and CAMEL all used
synthesizers in their work and started using the power they
provided to create totally new music for ‘’mind travels’’, as they
say. Krautrock (German Progressive) groups such as AMON
DUUL II, CAN and NEU! integrated synthesizers and tape
manipulations into their rabid experimentation.

- Progressive Metal integrates the characteristics of Heavy-

Metal in sometimes symphonic complex structures highlighting
the virtuosity of the musicians (AYREON, DREAM THEATER
or PAIN OF SALVATION); energetic, uplifting guitar solos and
riffs. It is aggressive and dynamic, powerful vocal performances
are amalgamated with very complex harmonies and
counterpoints, intelligent keyboards virtuoso performances in
long multidimensional compositions with elaborate and moving
structures.

The results gave a sub-genre which established itself during the

Seventies and Eighties through bands such as Canadian group
RUSH (‘’Permanent Waves’’, 1980; ‘’Moving Pictures’’, 1981),
and today the phenomenal DREAM THEATER (‘’Scenes From
A Memory Metropolis Part II’’, 1999; ‘’Six Degrees Of Inner
Turbulence’’, 2002). They contributed to a new passion for this
style of music which involved the blossoming of a multitude of
contemporary groups who were often of a great quality:

OPETH ("Blackwater Park", 2001), SYMPHONY X ("V: The

New Mythology Suite", 2000), THRESHOLD ("Hypothetical",

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 LETTER A

A.C.T. (Sweden) - Fantastic and eccentric Swedish prog/art
rock/pop band. Their music is always built around the same
building blocks of pomp rock (melodic with art rock tendencies)
reminiscent of QUEEN, ELO, STYX and SAGA.
AARDVARK (UK) - Prog-tinged rock from the early 70's with
early YES-style keyboards
ABACUS (Germany) - Krautrockers
ABARAX (Germany) - Symphonic rock concept epic firmly
rooted in PINK FLOYD/RPWL territory
ABBFINOOSTY (UK) - Heavy neo-prog with influences
ranging from ZEPPELIN/FLOYD to MARILLION
ABEDUL (Spain) - Rare 70’s prog, passionate with nice
keyboards/guitar
ABEL GANZ (UK) - Neo-prog
ABIOGENESI (Italy) - Excellent heavy prog rock group in the
same vein as DEEP PURPLE
ABISSI INFINITE (Italy) - Great prog obscurity from the early
80’s but sounds mid-70's
ABRAHAM, Lee (UK) - Nice prog album for fans of Neal
MORSE, SPOCK’S BEARD and IQ
ABRAMIS BRAMA (Sweden) - Heavy rock with Swedish
lyrics in NOVEMBER and BLACK SABBATH style
ABRAXAS (Poland) - Like early MARILLION
mid-GENESIS. Very good!
ABRIAL, Patrick (France) - Reminiscent of E. BOOZ
ABSOLUTE ELSEWHERE (UK) - Great symphonic prog
with Bill BRUFORD
ABSTRACT TRUTH (South Africa) - Progressive acid folk
from 1971
ABUS DANGEREUX (France) - Great fusion, for fans of
MAGMA and ZAO
ABYDOS (Germany) - Fantastic prog rock opera by Andy
KUNTZ, lead vocalist from VANDEN PLAS
ACHARD, Cyril (France) - Excellent guitar player with full-
band approach of instrumental guitar prog rock. Good stuff!
ACHE (Denmark) - The very best Danish prog band to emerge
out of the 70's
ACIDENTE (Brazil) - Good, mainly instrumental prog
ACQUA FRAGILE (Italy) - Famous GENESIS-like prog
ACUITY (USA) - Progressive rock with long tracks and gui-
tars/synths at the forefront. Nice!
ACUSTICAZO (Argentina) - Various artists who took part in a
1972 Buenos Aires concert, including LEBON, GABRIELA,
Litto NEBIA, Raul PORCHETTO and a few others
AD INFINITUM (USA) - 70's-style prog rock. Very good!
AD VITAM (France) - Very much in the MAGMA style with
beautiful chanting choir and piano
ADACHI KYODAI (Japan) - Like CALIFORNIA GUITAR
TRIO on speed
ADAMS, Steve (UK) - Progressive fusion by MIRAGE's
guitarist
ADARO (Germany) - Powerful middle-ages prog folk. Hard
rock version of 70’s folksters OUGENWEIDE
ADIB (Italy) - ASSOLO DI BONGO (now under the acronym
ADIB) with a playful blend of instrumental fusion and
symphonic prog
ADLER, Schloss (UK) - VULGAR UNICORN keyboardist.
Much spacier than VULGAR UNICORN
ADN (France) - New melodic neo-prog band that follows in the
footsteps of traditional 70’s French prog (ANGE, MONA LISA)
with vocals reminiscent of HECENIA or VERSAILLES
ADRAMELCH (Italy) - Great Italian epic prog metal band that
had an amazing reunion in 2005 after seventeen years
ADVENT (USA) - Italian import of GENTLE GIANT-inspired
prog
ADVENTURE (Norway) - Symph/prog with a slight heavy
sound
or
AELIAN (Italy) - Like YES
AEMEN (Netherlands) - Very unique and melodious prog with
an emphatic and charismatic singer. Guest vocals on some
albums by Sharon DEN ADEL (WITHIN TEMPTATION) and
Lana LANE
AENTHEOS (France) - Somewhere between ANGE and
MAGMA. Very French and very good!
AERA (Germany) - 70's instrumental blend of progressive,
Krautrock and jazz rock
AERYN, Tamrah (UK) - Formidable prog with concise female
vocals reminiscent of Kate BUSH and Michelle YOUNG
AETHER (Brazil) - Wonderful CAMEL-like prog and almost
all instrumental with violin
AFFINITY (UK) - An eclectic mixture of a blues-rock with jazz,
pop and folk influences and some rudiments of early '70s psych
AFTER ALL (USA) - Good rock/psych with prog touches from
the 70's
AFTER CRYING (Hungary) - Classical inspired rock. Great!
AFTER FOREVER (Netherlands) - Melodic dark metal with
beautiful soprano female voice
AFTER GENESIS (Italy) - GENESIS tribute in a classical twist
with lots of piano and cello

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AFTER SHAVE (Switzerland) - Bluesy hard rock from the leanings

early 70’s
AJALON (USA) - Christian prog
AFTER TEA (Netherlands) - 70's blend of heavy blues and
AKACIA (USA) - Neo-progressive with long tracks
progressive
AKASHA (Norway) - PINK FLOYD-like underground monster
AFTER THE FALL (USA) - Symphonic prog with ELP
with mellotron
leanings
AKELARRE (Spain) - Basque band with a mix of prog and rock
AFTER THE FIRE (UK) - Great progressive led by Peter
BANKS AKINETON RETARD (Chile) - Instrumental group reminis-
cent of CARPE DIEM and KING CRIMSON
AFTER... (Poland) - Exciting blend of art rock, symphonic and
prog metal in the style of QUIDAM, PORCUPINE TREE or AKKERMAN, Jan (Netherlands) - FOCUS guitarist
RIVERSIDE
AKO DOMA (Slovakia) - Instrumental jazz prog
AGAMEMNON (Switzerland) - Late 70’s progressive with
AKRITAS (Greece) - Early 70’s prog influenced by ELP. Great
ELOY and PINK FLOYD influences
sound!
AGAMENON (Spain) - Acid psychedelic rock from the
AKRON (Italy) - Dark prog with solid organ
mid-70’s
AL UNIVERSO (Mexico) - Post-CHAC MOOL progressive
AGAMON (Sweden) - Impossible to classify. Classical/wave/
prog/rock & pop? ALACRAN (Spain) - Rock from the late 60's with a few prog
moves
AGENESS (Finland) - Very good post-SCARAB neo-
symph/prog ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT (Finland) - HOYRY-KONE
offshoot and a bit similar. Great stuff!
AGENT COOPER (USA) - Hard and heavy neo-progressive
ALAMEDA (Spain) - Like TRIANA
AGITATION FREE (Germany) - Legendary space proggers
ALARCEN, Jean-Pierre (France) - SANDROSE guitarist.
AGNES STRANGE (UK) - Heavy mid-70's rock
Classical symphonicism like The ENID
AGONY BAG (UK) - Members of BLACK WIDOW
ALAS (Argentina) - Great keyboard-driven prog with a slight
AGORA (Italy) - Progressive jazz rock ELP influence and fusion slant at times
AGUATURBIA (Chile) - Masters of hard psych ALASKA (USA) - Sounds very much like YES
AHLEUCHATISTAS (USA) - Post-BEEFHART avant-garde, ALBARRAN, Joe (USA) - Guitar and mellotron landscaping by
technical power trio guitarist from MATTER
AHORA MAZDA (Netherlands) - Psych prog from the early ALBATROS (Germany) - Art rock like WALLENSTEIN
70's
ALBATROSS (USA) - Mega-rarity of heavy keyboard prog
AHVAK (Israel) - Avant-prog/RIO band
ALBERGO INTERGALATTICO SPAZIALE... (Italy) - Dark
AIGUES VIVES (Germany) - Progressive folk rock from the atmospheric prog with haunting female voice
early 80's
ALBERO MOTORE (Italy) - Obscure 70's prog
AIN SOPH (Japan) - Canterbury prog. Great!
ALBERT, Feliu I Joan (Spain) - Duo made up of acoustic
AINA (Netherlands) - Good, uplifting progressive metal opera guitars and keyboards. Floating and passionate. Great stuff!
in the style of AYREON, with many famous guest musicians
ALBION (Poland) - Symphonic rock group reminiscent of
(Glenn HUGHES, Derek SHERANIAN, Eric NORLANDER,
TALE CUE
Damian WILSON and many others
ALBION BAND (UK) - Traditional British folk rock in the same
AINULINDALE (France) - Tranquil folk music inspired by
vein as FAIRPORT CONVENTION or FOTHERINGAY
Tolkien’s tale. Magical and dreamy songs for cold winter days
ALBION DANCE BAND (UK) - Pre-ALBION BAND, deeply
AINUR (Italy) - Conceptual symphonic prog based on The
rooted in traditional British folk rock
Silmarillion
ALBRIGHTON, Roye (UK) - NEKTAR guitarist
AIRLORD (Australia) - Very good quirky 70’s progressive,
early-GENESIS style ALCATRAZ (Germany) - Kraut/jazz rock obscurity
AISLES (Chile) - Excellent symph/prog with IQ and GENESIS ALEPH (Australia) - Mellotron-loaded YES style prog

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ALEXL (Brazil) - Symphonic rock with violin, acoustic guitars,
warm bass lines and occasional female vocals. Really good!
ALGARAVIA (Brazil) - CRIMSON-inspired group
ALGARNAS TRADGARD (Sweden) - Legendary classical/
avant-prog
ALGEBRA (Italy) - From the early 80's, GENESIS style prog
with a strong Italian flavour. They also do GENESIS covers
ALHAMBRA (Italy) - They sound like early CELESTE. Great!
ALIAS EYE (Germany) - Great heavy neo symphonic
ALICE (France) - Early 70's, first French supergroup;
melodious, refined, elegant, elaborate arrangements
ALIDAN (Spain) - Floating electronic space
ALKEMY (France) - Mix of prog/fusion/jazz and rock. Nice!
ALLAM, Djamel (Algeria) - Interesting symphonic ethnic folky
prog
ALLIER, Jean Christophe (France) - Klaus SCHULZE-like
dreamy electronic modern music
ALLUMINOGENI (Italy) - 70’s prog a la The NICE/ELP
ALMAS HUMILDES (Spain) - Folk rock from the late 60’s far
ahead of their time
ALMENDRA (Argentina) - Most important psych/prog group
from Argentina
ALPES-PATRICE MOULLET (France) - Once backing
musician for Catherine RIBEIRO, now performs electronic
music
ALPHA 3 (Brazil) - Electronic/progressive
ALPHA CENTAURI (France) - Mega-rare underground prog
gem not unlike PINK FLOYD
ALPHA DU CENTAURE (France) - Wild jazz rock with fuzz
guitar
ALPHATAURUS (Italy) - Killer Italian 70’s prog. Essential!
ALPHATERRA (Italy) - Very nice and light instrumental
symphonic jazz
ALQUILBENCIL (Spain) - Mixes prog and fusion.
Excellent!!!
ALQUIN (Netherlands) - 70's dual-keyboard prog with jazz
leanings
ALRUNE ROD (Denmark) - Similar to late 60's PINK FLOYD
ALSO EDEN (UK) - First rate neo-prog similar to IQ and
PALLAS, with charismatic vocals
ALTAIR (Spain) - Heavy keyboard/drum trio in ELP style
ALTARIA (Finland) - Prog metal with sophisticated
compositions and powerful sound
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ALTER ECHO (Sweden) - Excellent symphonic prog from the
70’s with nice multi-part harmonies
ALUSA FALLAX (Italy) - Great romantic prog with a classical
feel
ALUX (Mexico) - Electronic/prog duo in the same style as the
German group CHANGING IMAGES
ALVARADO, Carlos (Mexico) - Keyboardist of CHAC MOOL.
Good complex electronic rock
ALVAREZ, Sergio (Argentina) - Keyboard solo artist inspired
by WAKEMAN and EMERSON
ALWAYS ALMOST (USA) - Ex-ECHOLYN
AMAGRAMA (Argentina) - Great symph/prog reminiscent of
CRUCIS
AMANITA (Italy) - Heavy prog with somber tones from the
90's, JETHRO TULL style
AMAROK (Poland) - Great symphonic prog a la Mike
OLDFIELD and GANDALF
AMAROK (Spain) - Prog folk with female vocals. Great!
AMAZING BLONDEL (UK) - Soft prog with a dose of
medieval folk
AMBEON (Netherlands) - Beautiful, dark symphonic prog with
female vocals. AYREON related
AMBER ASYLUM (USA) - Dark, brooding chamber music
with a chilling emotional beauty
AMBER LIGHT, The (Germany) - Similar to PORCUPINE
TREE
AMBER ROUTE (USA) - Floating electronic symphonic prog,
FLOYD/mid-period TANGERINE DREAM
AME SON (France) - One of the pioneering French prog groups
AMENOPHIS (Germany) - Killer symphonic prog. A must!
AMETHYST (France) - Nice instrumental jazz-fusion trio of
keyboards, bass and drums reminiscent of WEATHER REPORT,
BRAND X and PAT METHANY GROUP.
AMISH (Canada) - Heavy prog from the early 70's with loads
of Hammond organ
AMON DÜÜL (II) (Germany) - One of the most influential
German bands in the history of prog. Mixes teutonic/gothic
elements with the freedom of psychedelia
AMON RA (Germany) - Lyrical and spacey progressive rock of
the late 90’s, with extensive arrangements and stunning breaks
giving it a 70’s art rock feel
AMOR, El (Mexico) - Heavy psych from the early 70's
AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS (UK) - Psychedelic new art
rock created by The FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON with a
beautiful mix of psychedelic and progressive parts

AMOS KEY (Germany) - Excellent keyboard driven
symphonic krautrock with classical themes from the early 70’s
AMUN RE (Austria) - Catchy melodic hard rock with some
progressive influences
AMYGDALA (Japan) - Zeuhl influenced, for fans of MAGMA,
PRESENT and especially UNIVERS ZERO
ANABIS (Germany) - Like ELOY or GENESIS
ANACRUSA (Argentina) - Symphonic/classical/operatic
classic with female voice
ANALOGY (Germany) - Early 70’s symphonic prog, similar to
EARTH & FIRE
ANAMOR (Poland) - Symphonic prog with female vocals, quite
similar to QUIDAM. Nice!
ANAMORPHOSE (France) - Fantastic symphonic and
instrumental jazz rock
ANAND (Hungary) - Brilliant instrumental prog fusion mixed
with symphonic prog. Hot!
ANCESTRY (Italy) - Excellent prog rooted squarely in the 70’s
ANCIENT GREASE (UK) - Hard rock from the early 70's
ANCIENT VISION (USA) - Reminiscent of JETHRO TULL
ANDEAVOR (USA) - LEGER DE MAIN offshoot. Heavy
symphonic
ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE (UK) - Name
under which YES operated for a short while.
ANDERSON, Ian (UK) - JETHRO TULL’s legendary
charismatic vocalist and flute dervish
ANDERSON, Jon (UK) - The most constant member of
legendary YES in almost all of its incarnations
ANDERSON, Miller (UK) - Classic rock from the early 70's
with wonderful guitar and organ
ANDREWS, Robert (UK) - Guitarist who brings to mind Mike
OLDFIELD and Gordon GILTRAP
ANDROMEDA (Germany) - German krautrock from the early
70's
ANDROMEDA (Sweden) - Complex melodic prog metal
between DREAM THEATER, RUSH and FATES WARNING
ANDROMEDA (UK) - Underground psych rock from the late
60’s
ANDWELLA (UK) - Rock and prog from the early 70's
ANDWELLAS DREAM (UK) - Late 60's psychedelia (later
shortened their name to ANDWELLA)
ANEKDOTEN (Sweden) - Killer heavy mellotron-laden prog a
la KING CRIMSON. Essential!
ANGE (France) - The best French 70’s prog band
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ANGE VERT, L’ (France) - Celtic prog
ANGELIC PROCESS, The (USA) - Ambient drone metal.
Scary!
ANGLAGARD (Sweden) - The number one prog rock band of
the 90's. Essential!!!
ANGULART (Chile) - Very nice symphonic prog with
somewhat of a heavy edge
ANIMA (Argentina) - Symphonic art rock with elements of
prog metal
ANIMA (Brazil) - Part spacey/part folk, heavy techno guitars
reminiscent of EDHELS or TISARIS
ANIMA (Germany) - Improvised jazz
ANIMA MUNDI (Cuba) - Symphonic rock with bagpipes
ANKH (Poland) - If you are into AFTER CRYING and KING
CRIMSON, this is for you.
ANNALIST (Poland) - Neo-prog group following in the
footsteps of COLLAGE
ANNEXUS QUAM (Germany) - Avant-garde mixture of jazz,
rock and psychedelia
ANNO LUZ (Brazil) - Spacey symphonic group from the late
80's
ANOMALY (Netherlands) - Heavy instrumental symphonic
prog. Great!
ANONIMA SOUND LTD (Italy) - Early 70's prog with lots of
flute with strong JETHRO TULL feel
ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION (Canada) - Dual-
keyboard symphonic prog from the late 70’s
ANOXIE (France) - Symphonic prog with electronic overtones
ANSKER, Herry (France) - Guitar and synth player. Varies
from atmospheric jazz to energetic fusion
ANTARES (Italy) - Nice mystical floating prog
ANTARES (Netherlands) - Nice crossover between neo-prog
and prog metal
ANTEPHONIA (Italy) - Sounds like DEUS EX MACHINA
with a prog metal slant
ANTHIMOS, Apostolis (Poland) - SBB guitarist performing
his own works as well as works by Pat METHENY, Miles DAVIS
and Herbie HANCOCK
ANTHROPIA (France) - Heavy prog metal favouring epics and
fantasy concepts influenced by DREAM THEATER, SHADOW
GALLERY and SYMPHONY X
ANTI-DEPRESSIVE DELIVERY (Norway) - Heavy prog
with great vintage analog keyboards
ANTITHESY (Italy) - Sophisticated prog rock with female lead
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ANTONELLI ENSEMBLE, Fabio (Italy) - Italian band with
classical orchestra and female vocalist
ANTONIUS REX - Post-JACULA haunting progressive
ANUBIS SPIRE (USA) - Progressive 70’s-style rock with a
heavy dose of world and ethnic sounds and a 90’s twist of mix in
the mid-seventies style of such bands as Led Zeppelin, MAHAV-
ISHNU ORCHESTRA, HAWKWIND
ANY DAY NOW (Canada) - Melodious and calm prog in the
SAGA style
ANYONE’S DAUGHTER (Germany) - Leading German 80’s
prog group
ANYWAY (Poland) - Off-shoot of ABRAXAS and in similar
style
AORTA (USA) - Prog/psych from the late 60's
APCG (UK) - Trippy power rock
APETREA, Coste (Sweden) - Great heavy instrumental fusion
by legendary Ex-SAMLA guitarist
APHELANDRA (France) - Classic French 70's prog that mixes
classical, ensemble work and free-wheeling improvisations.
Similar to CLEARLIGHT SYMPHONY. Great!
APHRODITES CHILD (Greece) - VANGELIS’ famous rock
band
APOCALIPSIS (Mexico) - 60’s psychedelic rock
APOCALYPSE (Brazil) - MARILLION-like neo-prog
APOCALYPSE (Germany) - Late 60's psychedelic beat with a
few proggy moves
APOCALYPSE (Japan) - Excellent progressive space rock with
amazing guitar and keyboard moves
APOCALYPSIS (Greece) - Symphonic/neo-prog from the 80's
comparable to GREENSLADE, with good keyboard/guitar
dialogue and a very dramatic vocalist
APOGEE (Germany) - Neo-prog, Arne SCHÄFER's one-man
band. Quite good
APOLLO (Finland) - Rare prog/rock/blues from the early 70's
with warm organ and deep vocals
APOTEOSI (Italy) - Masterful melodic prog with female
vocals, RENAISSANCE/CAMEL style
APPLE (UK) - Obscure psychedelia from the late 60's
APPLE PIE (Russia) - Great new band that sounds quite a bit
like SPOCK’S BEARD
APRYL (Italy) - Keyboard-driven prog with lots of Hammond,
synth solos and nice piano passages
APRYL FOOL (Japan) - Japanese guitar-based psychedelic
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band from the late 60's
AQUAPLAN (Finland) - Nice symphonic rock with female
vocals. KARNATAKA meets MOSTLY AUTUMN
AQUELARRE (Argentina) - Heavy progressive rock
AQUILA (UK) - Jazzy prog from the early 70's
ARABESQUE (USA) - Complex, dynamic 70's prog, early
GENESIS meets CAMEL style
ARACHNES (USA) - Straight-ahead prog metal mixed with a
simple kind of symphonic rock
ARACHNOID (France) - One of the very best band from
France. Dark prog like a blend of CRIMSON, FLOYD and
PULSAR
ARAGON (Australia) - Dramatic, bombastic, energetic
neo-prog MARILLION style
ARAUJO, Marco Antonio (Brazil) - Great progressive/classical
rock
ARBATEL (Mexico) - Four-piece band, great symphonic prog
with violin
ARBETE & FRITID (Sweden) - Nordic folk rock with
classical and avant touches
ARC (France) - Early 80's French band comparable to ANGE,
MONA LISA and SYNOPSIS. Great!
ARC (UK) - Electronic prog, mid-70's TANGERINE DREAM
style, by Ian BODDY and Mark SHREEVE
ARC ANGEL (USA) - Multi-instrumentalist CANNATA with
his band project. A mixture of melody and progressive rock
ARCADELT (Italy) - Symphonic rock group that sounds a lot
like ERIS PLUVIA
ARCADIUM (UK) - Prog rock from the late 60's with great
organ
ARCANSIEL (Italy) - 90’s neo-prog close to the 80's British
neo-prog school of IQ and MARILLION
ARCHAIA (France) - Classic Zeuhl for fans of MAGMA
ARCHENSIEL (Italy) - Soft progressive folk with female
vocals and acoustic guitar aplenty
ARCHIMEDES BADKAR (Sweden) - Well known 70’s
jazz/classical/fusion band
ARCHITECTURAL METAPHOR (USA) - OZRIC-style
spaceyness
ARCHIVE (UK) - Amazing experimental psychedelic prog rock
with elements of PINK FLOYD and impressing long-tracks
ARCO IRIS (Argentina) - Argentina’s longest lasting ethnic /
Eastern / folk / progressive band
ARDLEY, Neil (UK) - Orchestrated jazz rock

ARDO DOMBEC (Germany) - Heavy, bluesy and slightly
jazzy feel, ending up barely sounding German at all. Often
compared to COLOSSEUM
AREA (Italy) - Killer wild prog
AREA 39 (UK) - Spacey progressive with definite PINK
FLOYD influences
AREA II (Italy) - Post-AREA jazz rock
AREKNAMES (Italy) - Excellent early 70’s English sounding
prog with plenty of organ and mellotron
ARENA (Australia) - Great jazz rock from the mid-70's
ARENA (UK) - NEO-PROGRESSIVE (see page 30)
ARESKI ET BRIGITTE FONTAINE (France) - Beautiful
folk with alternate male/female voice
ARGENT (UK) - Mid-70's prog led by keyboard maestro Rod
ARGENT, Hammond organ, mellotron, moog. What more could
one want?
ARIA PALEA (Italy) - Warm Italian prog with haunting flute
and theatrical feel
ARIES (Italy) - Another great Fabio ZUFFANTI
(FINISTERRE) project. Symphonic prog with excellent female
singer
ARILYN (Germany) - Blend of melodic rock and prog metal
ARION (Brazil) - Symphonic rock with female vocals that
brings to mind GENESIS, YES and RENAISSANCE
ARIS (Denmark) - Melodious, empathetic rock with spacey
keyboards and prog effects
ARJUNA (Italy) - Pre-ALHAMBRA prog rock. Very good!
ARK (UK) - Very brilliant neo-prog of the 90’s
ARKHAM (Belgium) - Instrumental keyboards, bass and drums
trio similar to SOFT MACHINE, EGG and The NICE
ARKHAM (France) - Long-deleted symphonic/prog with violin
and powerful female vocalist
ARKHE (Italy) - Heavy prog metal in the vein of DREAM
THEATER
ARKTIS (Germany) - Heavy rock/psych
ARKUS (Netherlands) - Mellow symphonic prog from the 80's,
similar to CODA
ARMAGEDDON (UK) - Pre-RENAISSANCE classic rock
with Keith RELF
ARMAGEDDON (USA) - Heavy psychedelia from the late 60's
ARMAGGEDON (Germany) - Krautrock at its best
ARMONITE (Italy) - Instrumental prog with two violins,
keyboards, bass and drums. Great!
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ARNOLD, Horacee (USA) - Mid-70's fusion with Jan
HAMMER
ARPIA (Italy) - Fantastic keyboard-driven, heavy-concept
symphonic prog from the 90's
ARS NOVA (Italy) - From the early/mid-70's, a combination of
Italian prog and 70's GENESIS
ARS NOVA (Japan) - GOBLIN meets ELP!
ARSENAL (Russia) - The finest jazz rock group to emerge out
of Eastern Europe
ART AND ILLUSION (Italy) - Melodic theatrical progressive
rock
ART BOYS COLLECTION (Austria) - Beat/rock/prog band
from the early 70's
ART IN AMERICA (USA) - New York art rock group with a
unique sound
ART REAKTOR (Hungary) - Guitar synth is the main
instrument in this group formed back in 1987
ART ROCK CIRCUS (USA) - Innovative and unique art rock
with rock opera leanings by John MINER; also known as
HEAVENS CAFE
ART ZOYD (France) - Adventurous music drawing on elements
of the modern classics (Bartok, Stravinsky), the chamber rock of
UNIVERS ZERO, a bit of jazz, a good dose of Zeuhl and lately,
a penchant for electronics
ARTCANE (France) - French progressive classic. SHYLOCK
meets PULSAR. A real killer!
ARTEMYEV, Edward (Russia) - Composer who created
electronic music for Nikita Mikhalkov films
ARTI & MESTIERI (Italy) - Great prog/fusion band
ARTLAND (Israel) - Instrumental symphonic fusion
ARTROSIS (Poland) - Hard lush symphonic prog with female
vocals
ARTSRUNI (Armenia) - Blends prog rock with fusion and
classical seamlessly
ARZACHEL (UK) - Great psychedelic prog with Steve
HILLAGE on guitar
ASA THE LUZ (Brazil) - Close to SAGRADO with
participation by Marcus VIANA and other SAGRADO members
ASFALTO (Spain) - Hard-edged symphonic prog from the late
70 & mid-80's
ASGAERD (UK) - Guitar and violin-driven prog from the early
70's
ASGARD (France) - Acoustic prog folk somewhat similar to
MALICORNE
ASGARD (Italy) - IQ-influenced neo-prog
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ASGEIRSSON, Hallvardur (Iceland) - Avant-garde/
classical/opera
ASH RA TEMPEL (Germany) - Spacey, psychedelic prog
popularized by early HAWKWIND and AMON DÜÜL II. Best
known band of the German space scene
ASHADA (Japan) - Similar to the likes of RENAISSANCE or
OCTOBER PROJECT, with contributions from Tsuboy (violin)
and Dani (bass) from KBB
ASHKAN (UK) - Hard rockers from the late 60's
ASHLEY, Steve (UK) - Famous British folk rock singer, similar
to Richard THOMPSON, PENTANGLE and ALBION
(DANCE) BAND
ASHQELON QUILT (Israel) - Rural prog folk with alternate
male/female vocals
ASHRA (Germany) - Pseudonym from Manuel
GÖTTSCHING, founder of German psychedelic prog band ASH
RA TEMPEL. A must for fans of TANGERINE DREAM and
Klaus SCHULZE
ASHWAVE (Venezuela) - Dreamy electronic prog from
TEMPANO guitarist Pedro CASTILLO
ASIA (UK) - The most important art rock supergroup of the late
70s
ASIA (USA) - Hard rock with mellotron
ASIA MINOR (France) - Killer guitar, flute prog rock.
Essential!
ASIDE BESIDE (France) - Super symphonic rock with organ,
mellotron and dual keyboards
ASINO D’ORO, L’ (Italy) - Classical jazz ensemble
ASOKA (Sweden) - Pre-LOTUS heavy prog
ASSEMBLEA MUSICALE TEATRALE, L’ (Italy) - Melodic
progressive band from the 70‘s
ASSOLO DI BONGO (Italy) - Instrumental prog with a dose of
fusion. Brings to mind DFA and DEUS EX MACHINA
ASTERIX (Germany) - Pre-LUCIFER’S FRIEND hard rock/
progressive from 1970
ASTRAL NAVIGATIONS (UK) - The Holy Grail of folk/psych
and heavy progressive sounds
ASTRALIA (Italy) - Spacey prog that will appeal to fans of
PORCUPINE TREE
ASTRALIS (Chile) - Symphonic prog with fine keyboards and
guitars, one of the best Chilean bands from recent years. Not to
be confused with the band AUSTRALIS
ASTRID PROLL (Puerto Rico) - Guitar-driven space rock that
will appeal to fans of KINGSTON WALL, KING CRIMSON and
latter-day PORCUPINE TREE
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ASTROTURF (Sweden) - Really strange mix of prog, new
wave and rock
ASTROVOYAGER (France) - Electronic music of the
VANGELIS or JARRE school but with a relaxating, medidative
feel
ASTURCON (Spain) - Little known Spanish band who released
a great Celtic-tinged prog album in 1981
ASTURIAS (Japan) - Mike OLDFIELD inspired
AT (Hungary) - Delicate classical folk using recorder, acoustic
guitars, piano, percussion etc...
AT WAR WITH SELF (USA) - Instrumental prog/fusion/metal
by Snelwar, Manning & Zonder
ATAVISM OF TWILIGHT (USA) - Excellent instrumental
prog rock. Recommended!
ATEMPO (Argentina) - Fine symphonic rock with Maria
GONZALEZ of NEXUS
ATILA (Spain) - Absolutely essential prog. Elements of
elements from VANILLA FUDGE, CREAM, The NICE and ELP
but essentially, it's ATILA!
ATLANTIDE (France) - Crypto classic like YES
ATLANTIDE (Italy) - Rare 70’s heavy prog
ATLANTIS (Germany) - Post FRUMPY with Inga RUMPF
ATLANTIS (USA) - Symphonic rock that sounds like a cross
between ELP and UK
ATLAS (Sweden) - Dual-keyboard symphonic fusion. Great!
ATMO (Italy) - New age/progressive
ATMOSFEAR (Germany) - Somewhere between neo-prog and
prog metal
ATMOSPHERA (Brazil) - Predominantly instrumental with
melodic passages of flute and violin. Like ERIS PLUVIA and
CLARION
ATMOSPHERA (Israel) - Previously unreleased 70’s gem a la
YES
ATOLL (France) - Top French progressive rock
ATOMO PERMANENTE (Brazil) - III MILENIO offshoot;
soft, melodic prog
ATONS (Italy) - Mix of melodic folk and prog
ATRIA (France) - Very nice prog. Strong keyboards, guitars
throughout
ATTACCA (Hungary) - Ethno-jazz that mixes folk with Eastern
European, Arabian and classical music
ATTACK, The (UK) - Psychedelia from the late 60's
ATTENTION DEFICIT (USA) - Improvisational jazz rock/
fusion supergroup
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AUCAN (Argentina) - Classic Argentinian folk rock AZERO (Chile) - Heavy prog with a slight metal edge
AUDIENCE (UK) - Prog rock from the late 60's, tight, frenetic, AZIGZA (USA) - Great mix of prog and Eastern/ethnic jazz
high-energy rock etc...
AUDIO (Italy) - Symphonic progressive from the early 80's AZOTH (Japan) - Great symph/prog/fusion with violin from the
mid-80's. Related to PAGEANT and CINDERELLA SEARCH
AUDIOSYNCHROCY (USA) - Great progressive fusion with
GENTLE GIANT and ZAPPA influences AZURETH (USA) - Symphonic prog with great guitars and
MARILLION-style keyboards
AUDREN, Chris (France) - Mix of electronic and symphonic
prog instrumental
AUFKLARUNG (Italy) - Grand symphonic prog with
ASGARD lead singer
AUNT MARY (Norway) - 70’s heavy prog that blends PINK
FLOYD with ZEPPELIN
AURORA (USA) - Prog fusion a la MAHAVISHNU
AUSIA (Japan) - Classical trio comprised of violin, recorder and
acoustic guitar. Good stuff!
AUSTRALIA (Chile) - Instrumental prog, somewhat like a cross
between OZRIC TENTACLES and KINGSTON WALL.
Recommended!
AUTICADA (Italy) - Symphonic prog with heavy lush guitar,
reminiscent of ARPIA
AUTOGRAPH (Russia) - Art rock
AUTOMATA (Chile) - Intense instrumental trio made up of
guitar, bass and drums. Brings to mind some of the heavier
aspects of KING CRIMSON
AUTOMATIC FINE TUNING (UK) - Guitar-dominated prog
beast
AUTUMN (UK) - From the late 70's, like an instrumental YES
AUTUMN BREEZE (Sweden) - Symphonic prog with female
vocals from the late 70's
AVE ROCK (Argentina) - Excellent organ and guitar-domina-
ted prog from the 70's
AVIVA (Russia) - Good symphonnic prog band headed by
pianist multi-instrumentalist Dimitri A. LOUKIANRNKO
AWAKEN (USA) - Great keyboard-driven prog in the vein of
YES
AXIS (Greece) - Organ-dominated, 70's Canterbury-style prog.
Great!
AYREON (Netherlands) - PROGRESSIVE METAL (see page
32)
AYUO (Japan) - Far-East folk with female vocals
AZABACHE (Spain) - Ex-AZAHAR prog with symphonic
touches
AZAHAR (Spain) - Great late 70’s symphonic prog
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BAALBEK (Brazil) - Excellent instrumental prog rock with jazz
leanings
BABE RUTH (UK) - 70’s rock with female vocals
BABEL (France) - Arabian music-inspired acid psych freak-out
BABYLON (USA) - Keyboard-driven symphonic prog very
much in the early 70’s GENESIS vein
BACAMARTE (Brazil) - Some of the best Brazilian symponic
prog around featuring wonderful keyboards, nice flute and
female vocals ; they sound right out of the 70’s Italian scene
BACHDENKEL (UK) - Underground hard and progressive rock
from the early 70’s
BACKSTREET ROMEOS (Germany) - Progressive space
rockers
BAD DOG U (USA) - Wonderful instrumental progressive
fusion. Recommended!
BADGER (UK) - Classic prog with Tony KAYE on keyboards
BADIROV PROJECT, Vladimir (Uzbekistan) - Traditional
Uzbekistan music mixed with modern sounds
BAGLIONI, Claudio (Italy) - Italian singer/songwriter whose
various works include the official anthem for the 2006 Winter
Olympics in Turin
BAGSBY, David (USA) - Predominantly instrumental fusion
rock
BAINBRIDGE, Dave (UK) - IONA guitarist
BAIRD, Ken (Canada) - Reminiscent of Mike OLDFIELD with
a bit of GENESIS. Really great stuff!
BAKERLOO (UK) - Jazz power blues from the late 60's
BAKERY (Australia) - Prog/psych/rock from the early 70's
BAKU (Germany) - Neo-progressive slightly comparable to
NOVALIS or SCHWARZBEIT
BALANCE OF POWER (UK) - Melodic progressive hard rock
with pompously orchestral tendencies, as in QUEENSRYCHE
meets ROYAL HUNT
BALKAN PROJECT (Italy) - Interesting mix of opera/
avant-garde and jazz rock
BALLETTIROSADIMACCHIA (Italy) - Excellent 70’s prog
with organ, mellotron and mini moog
BALLETTO DI BRONZO, Il (Italy) - A band with a KING
CRIMSON-like sound that mixes psychedelia with early 70's
prog. A great guitar presence and themes full of breaks
BALTIK (Sweden) - Prog from the 70's with heavy and light
moments. Features Jan SCHAFFER and Bjorn-Jason LINDH
BAMBIBANDA E MELODIE (Italy) - Related to GARYBALDI
BAMBOCHE, La (France) - Folk rock from the late 70's
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BANANA (Argentina) - Late 70's symphonic prog not unlike
Italian prog. Essential!
BANCHEE (USA) - 70's rockers
BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO (Italy) - ITALIAN and
SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page 26)
BANDA DO CASCO (Portugal) - Excellent folk with violins,
cello, flute and guitars
BANDA ELASTICA (Mexico) - Great prog fusion
BANDHADA (Chile) - Wonderful instrumental prog with a
fusion edge. KENSO meets GOTIC!
BANDVIVIL (Japan) - Instrumental power trio playing prog/
jazz/fusion/funk & blues and heavy metal
BANFI, Baffo (Italy) - Great electronic/prog from BIGLIETTO
PER L’INFERNO keyboardist
BANKS, Peter (UK) - The first YES guitarist. Excellent prog
with a touch of jazz rock
BANKS, Tony (UK) - One of the original founding members of
GENESIS. His distinct keyboard style has set the standard for
countless keyboard players. Solo albums dominated by soulful
pop songs
BANZAI (Belgium) - Great 70’s GENESIS school of prog
BARBAJA, Mario (Italy) - Soft symphonic progressive concept
album from the early 70's with NUOVA IDEA members
BARBARO (Hungary) - Not unlike CRIMSON’s ‘’Thrak’’ but
with an ethno edge. Hungarian vocals
BARCA, La (Argentina) - Melodic symphonic prog with
members of PABLO EL ENTERRADOR
BARCA DO SOL, A (Brazil) - Mix of folk and prog
BARCAROLA/PIPPO SPERA (Uruguay) - Post-OPA light
prog. Similar to SERU GIRAN
BARCLAY JAMES & HARVEST (UK) - Really great
folk/pop rock with influences from GENESIS, The MOODY
BLUES and PINK FLOYD
BARDENS, Peter (UK) - Great CAMEL keyboardist
BARICENTRO, Il (Italy) - Brilliant prog fusion, amazing
display of musicianship
BARNABE, Arrigo (Brazil) - A mix of avant-garde, jazz, prog
and Zeuhl. MAGMA fans should love this
BARRA (UK) - Celtic and folk-inspired contemporary rock
songs from the mid-80's
BARRE, Martin (UK) - Quintessential guitarist from JETHRO
TULL since their birth; one of the best rock guitar players in the
world, whose solo works are on par with those of the band.
BARROCK (Italy) - Fine symphonic prog group

BARROCOS, Los (Argentina) - Early 70’s five-piece rock/
prog group made up of two guitars, bass, drums and violin
BARROQUCION (Chile) - Tolkien project of medieval
symphonic
BARTEL (USA) - Hammond keyboard-driven mix of jazz, rock,
blues and prog from the early 70's
BASS COMMUNION (UK) - With Steve WILSON of
PORCUPINE TREE
BASS, Colin (UK) - CAMEL bass player
BASSO, Luciano (Italy) - Beautiful solo piano works by this
esteemed musician
BATALLAN, Luis Emilio (Spain) - Galacian folk with
progressive touches
BATTERIES, Les (France) - Complex avant-garde music built
mainly around percussion
BATTIATO, Franco (Italy) - One of the originators of
avant-garde prog
BATTISTI, Lucio (Italy) - Famous Italian songwriter
BAUER (Argentina) - Excellent spacey melodic prog similar to
PINK FLOYD and PORCUPINE TREE
BAUHAUS (Italy) - 3/4 of BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE
playing in a SOFT MACHINE style
BAUMANN, Peter (Germany) - One of the first members of
electronic supergroup TANGERINE DREAM, offers ground-
breaking electronic music. A must for TD fans!
BAUMSTAM (Germany) - Heavily DOORS influenced
BAYON (Germany) - East German folky progressive
BEARDFISH (Sweden) - Fantastic prog rock with heavy
GENTLE GIANT, MIRTHRANDIR, YEZDA URFA and even
SPOCK’S BEARD influences. Recommended!
BEAUTIFUL LEOPARD (Switzerland) - Melancholic,
atmospheric new art rock full of suspense and eccentric
psychedelic organ
BECK, Joe (USA) - Blend of rock, jazz, blues and psych
BEDEMON (USA) - Pre-PENTAGRAM doom rock
BEDJABETCH (France) - Instrumental jazz rock from the late
70's
BEFORE EDEN (Brazil) - Melodious prog metal with
convincing powerful parts and good symphonic ideas
BEGGARS OPERA (UK) - Great early 70’s organ/mellotron
prog
BEGNAGRAD (Yugoslavia) - Wild mix of RIO, electric rock
and Balkan folk
BEL AIR (Germany) - Great dreamy symphonic prog
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BELIEVE (Poland) - Excellent neo-prog from three former
COLLAGE members, led by Mirek GIL of COLLAGE; similar
in style to COLLAGE and SATELLITE
BELLA BAND (Italy) - Classic jazz rock
BELLAPHON (Japan) - Excellent symphonic prog
BELLER, Bryan (USA) - Wonderful fusion by Mike
KENEALLY’s bassist with guest appearances by Mike and also
Nick D’VIRGILIO
BEN (UK) - Progressive jazz rock
BENCHIMOL, Sergio (Brazil) - Fantastic symphonic fusion.
Reminiscent of Spanish band GOTIC
BENIN, Morice (France) - Emotional conceptual prog
BEN-ISRAEL, Danny (Israel) - Wild psychedelia by this
Israelian legend
BENT WIND (Canada) - Legendary psychedelia from the late
60's
BERKERS, Jerry (Germany) - Features most of the
WALLENSTEIN musicians
BERLIONE, Il (Japan) - KENSO-influenced fusion
BESOMBES, Philippe (France) - Atmospheric, electronic prog
from the 70's
BESSUAND, Pierre-Yves (France) - Subtle mixes of classical
and synthetic orchestrations
BETRAN, Carlos (Mexico) - Electronic music
BETWEEN (Germany) - Cosmic Eastern and percussion
sounds by 70’s seminal German group led by Peter Michael
HAMEL
BEYOND THE LABYRINTH (Belgium) - Atmospheric and
well-assorted melodic progressive hard rock
BEZAR, Emily (USA) - Energetic and lyrical art-pop; sounds
symphonic and jazzy, with vocals and style very similar to Kate
BUSH
B-G SYSTEM (Switzerland) - Psych beat explosion
BI KYO RAN (Japan) - Like "Red"-period CRIMSON.
Excellent!
BIANCHI, Paolo (Italy) - Instrumental keyboard-based
symphonic prog with Tony CARNEVALE
BIBBO, Pierpaolo (Italy) - Obscure band from the 80's
featuring good organ, violin, flute
BIG BIG TRAIN (UK) - Melodic prog
BIG ELF (USA) - DEEP PURPLE-like prog
BIG PICTURE (USA) - Neo-progressive with 80's YES
influences
BIG SLEEP (UK) - Pre-GENTLE GIANT and MAN dreamy
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BIGLIETTO PER L’INFERNO (Italy) - Killer heavy prog!
BIJOU (Spain) - Instrumental symphonic prog with some
spacey vibes. Highly recommended!
BIOMECHANOID (UK) - Electro acoustic music by the
FREEMAN brothers
BIRDS OF FIRE, The (Italy) - Instrumental jazz rock/fusion
BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (USA) - Jazz/avant-garde
ensemble
BIRTH CONTROL (Germany) - Hybrid jazz rock
compositions, mainly instrumental
BISE DE BUSE (France) - Obscure jazz/avant-garde/
contemporary classical/Canterbury from the early 80’s with
Didier MALHERBE. For fans of HENRY COW
BIXO DA SEDA (Brazil) - Prog and rock with hard guitar and
heavy organ
BLACK BONZO (Sweden) - Brillant progressive hard rock
reminds to URIAH HEEP during their most progressive phase in
the 70’s
BLACK CAT BONES (UK) - Hard bluesy rock from the early
70's
BLACK JESTER (Italy) - Heavy neo-prog
BLACK NOODLE PROJECT (France) - Reminiscent of
PINK FLOYD and PORCUPINE TREE
BLACK SEPTEMBER (USA) - Keyboard prog in ELP vein
featuring Michael WEST
BLACK SHEEP (USA) - 1975 Pre-FOREIGNER rock like
SPOOKY TOOTH and FREE
BLACK SPIRIT (Italy) - 70's hard blues prog rock
BLACK WIDOW (UK) - Super early 70’s progressive with
outstanding organ and flute
BLACK, The (Italy) - For DEVIL DOLL and JACULA fans
BLACKBIRDS (Germany) - Obscure late 60’s/early 70’s
group, prog/psych/beat with heavy Hammond organ
BLACKFEATHER (Australia) - Hard rock from the early 70's.
Great sound!
BLACKFIELD (UK) - With Steve WILSON (PORCUPINE
TREE)
BLACKFOOT (USA) - Hard rockers from the mid-70's
BLACKWATER PARK (Germany) - Organ-driven heavy prog
from the early 70's
BLAKE, Tim (UK) - Noted keyboardist and electronic wizard of
GONG and CLEARLIGHT SYMPHONY
BLAKULLA (Sweden) - Symphonic prog driven by heavy
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BLAST (Netherlands) - Complex rock
BLAZING BRONZE (Japan) - At times symphonic, at times
dark, almost gothic
BLAZING ETERNITY (Denmark) - Gorgeous symphonic
prog metal with influences from gothic and folk rock with
prominent metal parts, atmospheric melodies and expressive
lyrics
BLEEDING HEARTS (UK) - Folk rock
BLEZQI ZATSAZ (Brazil) - Stunning instrumental symphonic
prog
BLIND ALLEY (Sweden) - Powerful melodic rock with lots of
keyboards and polished compositions
BLIND EGO (Germany) - Blend of melodic and heavy
progressive by RPWL guitarist Kalle WALLNER with the
“who’s who” of the British prog scene: John JOWITT (IQ,
JADIS), John MITCHELL (ARENA, KINO), Paul
WRIGHTSON (ARENA) and Clive NOLAN (PENDRAGON,
ARENA)
BLIND MIRROR (Italy) - Late 90’s prog band that pays tribute
to the great ones: KING CRIMSON, GENESIS, YES, RUSH and
others
BLOCCO MENTALE (Italy) - Beautiful textured emotional
prog. Kind of like CELESTE
BLONDE ON BLONDE (UK) - From the early 70's, prog rock
with classical tinges
BLONDIE FOX (Italy) - Very good heavy symphonic
BLONKER (Germany) - Maybe a lighter OLDFIELD/
GANDALF with great guitar
BLOPS (Chile) - Seminal 70’s Chilean group. Great organ,
flute, guitar
BLOQUE (Spain) - Like GRANADA/TRIANA
BLUE (Italy) - Basically EDITH under a different name
BLUE DRIFT (UK) - Excellent instrumental symphonic prog
with GENESIS, CAMEL and a bit of RUSH influences
BLUE EFFECT (Czech Republic) - Pre-MODRY EFEKT
BLUE SHIFT (USA) - Very much like mid-70's style YES
BLUEPRINT HUMAN BEING (UK) - Brilliant early KING
CRIMSON sounding band
BLUES CREATION (Japan) - Heavy blues psychedelia
BLYNDSIDE (UK) - Heavy neo-prog
BOCK, Wolfgang (Germany) - Expressive electronic music
produced by Klaus SCHULZE with lots of sequencer. Sounds
nearly alike Klaus SCHULZE and mid-period TANGERINE
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BODDY, Ian (UK) - Electronic artist
BODIN, Tomas (Sweden) - FLOWER KINGS keyboardist solo
projects. Great!
BODKIN (UK) - Power prog from the early 70's
BODY (UK) - Spacey progsters
BOFFO, Jean-Pascal (France) - Music mixing symphonic,
classical, acoustic, ethnic
BOHLA, A (Brazil) - 70’s hard progressive
BOHN’S BANDTAND, Carsten (Germany) - Late 70’s
krautrock band with laid-back funky-rock lead by founding
member of FRUMPY
BOLLENBERG EXPERIENCE, The (Belgium) - Symphonic
prog with Rick WAKEMAN and Jordan RUDESS
BOLT (USA) - Instrumental heavy guitar driven prog
BOND, BILLY Y LA PESADA DEL ROCK AND ROLL
(Argentina) - One of the important figures of Argentine
rock/psych/blues
BOND, Graham (UK) - Excellent prog from the early 70’s in
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR style; some of their material
is quite jazzy, featuring Jack BRUCE, Jon HISEMAN, John
McLAUGHLIN and Ginger BAKER
BONDAGE (Italy) - Close reference to this group might be
AREA PALEA
BONDAGE FRUIT (Japan) - Like a cross between HAPPY
FAMILY and KENSO
BONE (USA) - Instrumental fusion rock with Hugh HOPPER
BONFIRE (Netherlands) - Crazy prog like SUPERSISTER
BONGERS PROJECT, M. L. (Germany) - Great conceptual
prog from the late 70's in PULSAR style
BOOK OF HOURS (Sweden) - Heavy prog, ANEKDOTEN
style
BOOM (USA) - Fusion rock
BOOMERANG (USA) - Rock and roll from the early 70's
BOOMERANG (Yugoslavia) - Melodic heavy psychedelic prog
with lots of percussion
BOOTCUT (Sweden) - BEARDFISH offshoot (Rikard
SJOBLOM) and great instrumental keyboard prog with heavy
Hammond organ in TRACE, TRIUMVIRAT, GREENSLADE
style
BOOZE HOISTER BAND (Netherlands) - Private folk prog
with fiddle, mandolin and female vocals
BORNE (Spain) - Instrumental prog fusion, like a mix of
ICEBERG and MEZQUITA
BORT, Eduardo (Spain) - Essential prog from the mid-70's with
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brilliant guitar and mellotron
BOTS (Netherlands) - Politically oriented band from the 80’s
with a characteristic mix of folk, jazz and rock, with German and
Dutch lyrics
BOTTEGA DELL’ARTE, La (Italy) - Melodic and passionate
prog
BOUD DEUN (USA) - Great complex instrumental prog
BOULE, Christian (France) - Noted guitarist with hints of
GONG, HILLAGE and FLOYD
BOX OF CRAYONS (Germany) - Mixture of acoustic, folk,
psychedelic and symphonic prog
BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS (USA) - A 3-piece powerhouse of
fusion
BOZZIO, Terry & Billy SHEEHAN (USA) - Fusion rock
BRADSHAM-LEATHER, Don (UK) - Mellotron classical
madness
BRAINBOX (Netherlands) - Pre-FOCUS prog featuring Jan
AKKERMAN and Pierre VAN der LINDEN
BRAINCHILD (UK) - Classic prog from the early 70's and a bit
jazz oriented
BRAINSIDE (Germany) - Short-lived prog band featuring nice
guitar and keyboards
BRAINSTORM (Australia) - Excellent space prog from the
PINK FLOYD school
BRAINSTORM (Germany) - Complex prog like a cross
between The SOFT MACHINE and CARAVAN
BRAINTICKET (Germany) - Among the important pioneers of
early psychedelia and space prog
BRAM STOKER (UK) - From the early 70's, symphonic prog
that evokes macabre gothic atmospheres
BRAND X (UK) - One of the most innovative fusion bands of
the 70’s
BRASSE (Netherlands) - Reminiscent of PINK FLOYD or
VANGELIS
BREAD, LOVE & DREAMS (UK) - Folk rock band
BREAKOUT (Poland) - 70’s blues prog band
BREANT, François (France) - EGG classics full of keyboards.
Nice mix of prog and electronics
BREGENT (Canada) - Wonderful prog from the late 70’s with
dramatic vocals and music that ranges from symphonic to
avant-garde and dark minimalism
BREMNER, Paul (USA) - IZZ guitarist
BRENNER, Vytus (Venezuela) - Venezuela's most renowned
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BREZOVAR (France) - French rock by former ANGE member art-pop. Fantastic, expressive voice with a very high level of
recongnizability
BRIGHTEYE BRISON (Sweden) - Absolute fantastic melodic
symphonic prog. Highly recommended! BWANA (Columbia) - Psychedelic funk jazz rock from the early
70’s
BRINCOS (Spain) - Psychedelic prog from the early 70's
BRITTON (Canada) - Progressive hard rock from the mid 90’s
BRITTON, Chris (UK) - Melodic folky prog/psychedelia
BROGUIERE, Patrick (France) - Reminiscent of BOFFO/
MINIMUM VITAL
BROSELMACHINE (Germany) - Brilliant progressive folk
with irresistible whispy female vocals
BROTHER APE (Sweden) - Passionate melodic prog
BROTHERHOOD OF LOVE, The (Sweden) - Sounds from
the Middle-East with tablas, sitars, bouzouki...
BROWNS KINGDOM COME, Arthur (UK) - Crazy, but
absolutely great progressive
BRUFORD, Bill (UK) - Ex-KING CRIMSON and YES
drummer. Prog rock with jazz/fusion and Canterbury tendencies
BRUNEAU, Thierry & Daniel JEAND’HEUR (Belgium) -
Instrumental mix of fusion, prog and Eastern music
BRUNIUSSON, Hasse (Sweden) - Instrumental zaniness by this
SAMLA/FLOWER KINGS madman
BUBBLEMATH (USA) - Very similar to ECHOLYN. Great
BUBU (Argentina) - Classically-tinged prog, complex,
energetic and diabolical in a KING CRIMSON sort of way
BUCCHERI, Francesco (Italy) - Really good electronic prog
with tons of mellotron
BUCHANAN, Roy (Germany) - One of America's most soulful
masters of the electric guitar
BUDDERFLY (Japan) - Made up of members of SIX NORTH
BUDKA SUFLERA (Poland) - Heavy prog
BUFFALO (Australia) - 70's heavy rock
BULLFROG (Germany) - Heavy rock prog
BUNYAN, Vashti (UK) - Late 60’s hippie-folk music with soft,
delicate, moving female vocals
BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE (Italy) - Wonderful 70’s pure
symphonic prog dominated by flute, with strong classical
influences and a touch of jazz
BURNIN’ RED IVANHOE (Denmark) - Early 70’s jazz rock
with psychedelic tinges
BURNING CANDLE (Germany) - Excellent keyboard-driven
symphonic prog
BUSH TAXI (Germany) - World percussion ensemble
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CABARET DU CIEL (Italy) - Mixes prog with new music.
Lots of programmed keys along with female vocals
CABEZAS DE CERA (Mexico) - Wonderful mix of
instrumental prog/RIO/fusion/folk
CABOTO (Italy) - Instrumental progressive jazz. Great!
CACCIAPAGLIA, Roberto (Italy) - Highly regarded
electronic/avant-garde artist
CACTUS PEYOTES (Brazil) - Symphonic rock with fusion
elements and strong vocals
CAFEINE (France) - Great symphonic group
CAGE (Italy) - Really great symphonic prog with influences
ranging from GENESIS to EZRA WINSTON
CAHEN, François Faton (France) - ZAO jazz pianist
CAIRO (USA) - ELP-influenced progsters
CAJA DE PANDORA (Mexico) - Instrumental prog inspired by
BANCO and Il BALLETTO BRONZO
CAL (Spain) - Classic symphonic Spanish prog with lots of
keyboards, reminiscent of TRIANA
CALIBAN (USA) - Celtic and folk approach from this
TEMPEST offshoot
CALIFFI, I (Italy) - Classic hard guitar similar in style to
GARYBALDI or FLEA but with nicer lyrical themes sung in
Italian
CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO (USA) - Killer intense guitar
driven progressive
CALIX (Brazil) - Similar to JETHRO TULL and SAGRADO
CALL, The (Germany) - Great jazzrock group
CALLIOPE (Italy) - Keyboard-dominated quartet does
symphonic prog that sounds a lot like Le ORME/CAMEL but
also PFM. Brilliant…!
CALOMITO (Italy) - Instrumental jazz rock made up of guitars,
drums, keys, bass, violin, viola, xylophone and saxes
CALOMNE, Laurent (Belgium) - Neo classical influenced
electronic music
CAMACHO, Hilario (Spain) - Melodic prog folk by this
singer/songwriter
CAMEL (UK) - CANTERBURY and SYMPHONIC PROG
ROCK (see page 26)
CAMPO DI MARTE (Italy) - Seering flutes, great fuzz guitar
yet still full of Romanticism
CAN (Germany) - Founded in the late 60’s, this German band
are the indisputable pioneers of minimalistic electronic space and
ambient sound-collages. Same league as NEU! KRAFTWERK,
CLUSTER and Brian ENO
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CANAMII (South Africa) - Wonderful symphonic prog with
female vocals and loads of keyboards
CANARIOS (Spain) - Mellotron-soaked symphonic prog with a
Hispanic flavour
CANNABIS INDICA (Germany) - Seventies’s symphonic prog
based on classical music. The band is completely unknown, even
in their own country, and have never recorded any albums, except
for some demo-gigs from radio transmissions in the 70’s.
CANNATA (USA) - Excellent sophisticated, melodic
conceptual prog by multi-instrumentalist Jeff CANNATA, with
SPOCK’S BEARD, MARILLION and even Peter GABRIEL
leanings. Also analogous to his band project ARC ANGEL
CANO (Canada) - 70’s melodic prog with folk leanings
CANOSSA (Italy) - Stunning rock opera-style prog featuring
Italian bands MANGALA VALLIS, TRAMA SONORA,
SEQUENCER, ARCANOISE, TYPE, OLTREMARE and
MASTER EXPERIENCE. Absolutely essential to rock opera
fans!
CANTILO Y GRUPO “SUR”, Miguel (Argentina) - Highly
regarded prog rock from the early 70’s
CANTILO, Miguel / Jorge DURIETZ...Y OTROS
(Argentina) - Blend of folk, rock and prog
CANTINA SOCIALE (Italy) - A mix of vintage Italian prog
with modern influences; lots of mellotron
CANTURBE (Argentina) - Soft progressive from the early 80’s
CANVAS (USA) - Excellent symphonic prog highly reminiscent
of CAMEL
CANZIONIERE DEL LAZIO (Italy) - Mid-70’s classical prog
with Carlo SILIOTTO on violin
CAPITOLO 6 (Italy) - Early heavy prog inspired by JETHRO
TULL
CAPRA, Marcello (Italy) - Nice acoustic guitar with some
violin and flute
CAPRICORN COLLEGE (Italy) - Early prog with a slight
psychedelic edge
CAPSICUM RED (Italy) - Classical prog similar in style to
TRIADE and Le ORME
CAPTAIN BEYOND (UK) - Legendary 70’s rock band
CAPUANO, Enzo (Italy) - Solid symphonic prog from the 70’s
CARAVAN (UK) - CANTERBURY KINGS (see page 22)
CARDEILHAC (Switzerland) - In the same vein as
COUNTRY LANE & PACIFIC SOUND
CARLOS, Wendy (USA) - Innovative, groundbreaking and
fantastic prog with classical themes (ex. Johann Sebastian
BACH, on the original legendary moog-synthesizer). As an
assistant to Robert MOOG, CARLOS was formerly known as
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Walter CARLOS. CASTLE IN THE AIR (Japan) - Hard progressive in the style
of NOVELA
CARMEN (UK) - Excellent 70’s flamenco prog
CATAPILLA (UK) - Experimental jazz rock from the early 70’s
CARNEGIE (USA) - Classical/symphonic prog with three
keyboard players CATHARSIS (France) - The French FLOYD
CARNEVALE, Tony (Italy) - Classic Italian prog by BANCO’s CATHEDRAL (Spain) - Hard rock
keyboardist with other BANCO members
CATHEDRAL (USA) - English-sounding neo-prog
CAROL OF HARVEST (Germany) - Dreamy blend of folk and
CATHEDRAL (USA) - Legendary US prog like a cross between
prog with female vocals reminiscent of MELLOW CANDLE and
CRIMSON and YES
early CLANNAD
CATLEY, Bob (UK) - Leader and singer from MAGNUM with
CARPATHIA PROJECT (Hungary) - Mixture of jazz, prog,
very good progressive melodious rock
Latin and ethno spiced up with a bit of metal
CATWEAZLE (Sweden) - Superb symphonic rock with organ,
CARPE DIEM (France) - Beautiful French symphonic prog
mellotron and bass pedals
from the 70’s, refined, beautiful compositions
CAULDERON (Sweden) - Spacey psychedelia by SPACIOUS
CARPET KNIGHTS, The (Sweden) - Blends ANEKDOTEN
MIND and HOLY RIVER FAMILY BAND duo
and LANDBERK influences with great underground sounds
CELELALTE CUVINTE (Romania) - Melodic folk mixed
CARPTREE (Sweden) - Symphonic prog with pop overtones
with hard prog/symph
CARRION, Alafrdo (Spain) - Classical symphonic prog by
CELESTE (Italy) - Great symphonic Italian prog, pastoral,
CANARIOS composer
melodious and dramatic all at once
CARSON (Australia) - Early 70's hard bluesy rock
CELESTIAL O’EUVRE (USA) - Blend or symph/prog and
CARTOON (Brazil) - Intricate progressive rock with a 70’s AOR with hints of YES, GENESIS and ELP
sound
CELI, Fabio E Gli INFERMIERI (Italy) - Early Italian prog
CARTOON (USA) - Good Canterbury prog with many musical with dual keyboards and heavy Hammond organ
twists and turns
CENTRAL PARK (Germany) - Eighties’ neo-prog,
CARVED IN STONE (Germany) - Mystic folk by female MARILLION style, whose works were first released in 2006
keyboardist and singer SWAWA. Atmospheric sounds on
CENTROZOON (Germany) - Ambient electronic, psychedelic,
acoustic instruments presented via wonderful ballads and fantasy
experimental and elaborate soundscapes with Tim BOWNESS
stories
(NO-MAN) as vocalist. Redolent of PORCUPINE TREE
CASA DAS MAQUINAS (Brazil) - One of the better Brazilian
CERAFIN (USA) - Progressive 70’s and 80’s-style rock with
prog bands of the 70’s. Lar De MARAVILHAS is their signature
creative, dynamic, conceptual pieces, accentued by ‘’straight
prog/symph work.
ahead’’ and complex arrangements
CASE, Alan (Netherlands) - Great art rock a la KAYAK and the
CERCHIO D’ORO, Il (Italy) - Early 70’s Italian prog with a
Alan PARSONS’ PROJECT
strong influence from LE ORME
CASEY, Rich (USA) - Predominantly instrumental works
CEREBUS EFFECT (USA) - Predominantly instrumental
featuring pastoral to heavy prog, by multi-instrumentalist
blend of blistering fusion and symphonic prog. Recommended!
CASEY
CERVELLO (Italy) - Classic Italian prog from the 70’s, very
CASINO (UK) - Under the leadership of Clive NOLAN
interesting fusion of prog sounds with typical southern Italian
(PENDRAGON), 90’s neo-prog outfit made up of members from
and Mediterranean rhythms
various well-known neo-prog bands of the 90’s
CHAC MOOL (Mexico) - Most important (and best) Mexican
CASKET (Germany) - Gothic prog with dreamy ballads and
prog band featuring Jorge REYES and Carlos ALAVARADO.
varied mid-tempo songs
Jorge REYES’ group inspired by PINK FLOYD
CASSELLI, Caterina (Italy) - Famous poet/songwriter
CHAIN, Paul (Italy) - Dark and gloomy hard prog
CAST (Mexico) - GENESIS-style prog
CHAKRA (USA) - Late 70's prog similar to YES
CASTELLANI GROUP, Beppe (Italy) - Instrumental jazz rock
CHALOT, Véronique (France) - Melodic psychedelic folk
CASTELLO DI ATLANTE, Il (Italy) - PFM-like prog
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CHANCE (France) - Melodic instrumental prog with Vincent
FIS from NOW
CHANDELIER (Germany) - Highly recommended neo-prog
CHANETON (Argentina) - Prog rock a la GENESIS and
MARILLION
CHANGES (Israel) - Instrumental jazz rock and fusion
CHANGES (Switzerland) - Plays SAGA-like modern
progressive rock
CHAOS CODE (USA) - Great elaborate symphonic prog with
several mood shifts
CHAPLIN’S BREAKFAST (Italy) - Private prog close to
Anthony PHILLIPS/GENESIS
CHARACTER (USA) - Heavy neo-prog
CHARLIE & ESDOR (Sweden) - Hippie folk psychelia with
sitar and freaked-out fuzz guitars
CHEIRO DE VIDA (Brazil) - Fine instrumental jazz fusion
CHEN, Shinki (Japan) - Progressive hard psych with Hiro
YANIGIDA
CHENE NOIR (France) - Theatrical prog with haunting female
vocals
CHENOUD & SID - ALI AZZOUG, NOURREDINE
(Armenia) - Conceptual folk prog
CHERRY FIVE (Italy) - Pre-GOBLIN prog; very strong,
fluent, melodic compositions with lots of keyboards
CHERUBIN (Germany) - Classic 70's prog with a touch of funk
CHETARCA (Australia) - Keyboard-driven prog from the
mid-70’s similar to ELP
CHIAVE DI VOLTA (Italy) - Wonderful symphonic prog that
brings to mind CAMEL, ERIS PLUVIA and EZRA WINSTON
CHICKEN BONES (Germany) - Heavy Deutsch rock with
long jams
CHICKEN SHACK (UK) - Early 70’s rock with some
progressive moves
CHIJUAS, Los (Mexico) - Psych pop from the late 60’s
CHIL (Switzerland) - Downer, drugged-out prog
CHILDREN OF NO RETURN (Germany) - Mixture of prog
with the early guitar-wave of the 80’s
CHIMPAN A (UK) - Well executed progressive pop with
MAGENTA members Rob REED and Christina BOOTH
CHIRICO, Furio (Italy) - ARTI E MESTIERI drummer
CHOPYN (UK) - Progressive rock with a bit of funk from the
mid-70’s
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CHRISTMAS (Canada) - Psychedelic rock legends
CHROMA KEY (USA) - Intimate, melancholic space rock from
Kevin MOORE (DREAM THEATER, OSI)
CHRONICLE (Japan) - Classic spacey prog in FAR EAST
FAMILY BAND style
CHRONOS MUNDI (Brazil) - Great symphonic prog with
keyboards galore
CHRYSALDOR (France) - Influenced by VANGELIS or ENO
CICO (Italy) - Prog with a slight pop edge
CID, Jose (Portugal) - Very melodic symphonic prog with lots
of mellotron and string synths
CINCINNATO (Italy) - Progressive jazz rock rock from the
mid- 70’s
CINDERELLA SEARCH (Japan) - Great symphonic rock
with violin. English vocals
CINEMA (Japan) - Really good ex-FROMAGE Japanese prog
group
CINNAMONIA (Germany) - Ambitious art-pop with floating
rhythms and intriguing melody lines. Song-oriented
compositions rendered by melancholic female vocals
CIRCLE (Finland) - Space/psychedelic prog for fans of
TANGLE EDGE
CIRCLE II CIRCLE (USA) - Inspiring epic prog metal with
ex-SAVATAGE vocalist Zak STEVENS
CIRCLE OF FAIRIES (Italy) - Symphonic prog a la FANCY
FLUID
CIRCLES END (Norway) - Symphonic prog with a mix of
CAMEL and CRIMSON-like sounds
CIRCOLO CULTURALE FEDERICO MAGNANI (Italy) -
Jazz fusion in the style ARTI E MESTIERI, AREA, DEDALUS
and PERIGEO
CIRCULUS (UK) - Brilliant psychedelic medieval rock with
unusual instruments like cittern, harmonium, crumhorn and
rausch pfiffer. Similar to RENAISSANCE or GRYPHON
CIRCUS (Switzerland) - Stunning prog that fuses classical and
rock, with VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR influences
CIRCUS (UK) - Prog from the late 60’s featuring Mel
COLLINS
CIRCUS 2000 (Italy) - Early 70’s psychedelic prog
CIRCUS BRIMSTONE (Sweden) - Instrumental progressive
by The FLOWER KINGS under an alias
CIRCUS MAXIMUS (Italy) - Melodic prog metal with
complex structures, lots of breaks and experimental phases. For
fans of SYMPHONY X, DREAM THEATER and
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CIRKEL (Netherlands) - Nice melodic symphonic prog
CIRKUS (UK) - Classic 70’s prog outfit with tons of mellotron
and Hammond organ
CITIZEN CAIN (UK) - Like GENESIS. Great!
CITRON, Neil (USA) - Heavy guitar rock by Lana LANE
guitarist
CITTA’ FRONTALE (Italy) - Great prog a la GENTLE GIANT
CITY (Germany) - Rock band from Eastern Germany, formerly
known as DDR, who reached cult status when their song titled
“Am Fenster” dominated the charts for weeks in 1977
CLARION (Italy) - Nice prog reminiscent of ZAUBER
CLARK HUTCHINSON (UK) - Hippie rock from the early
70’s
CLAUDIA QUINTET, The (USA) - Jazz rock ensemble
CLEAR BLUE SKY (UK) - Blues based prog from the early
70’s
CLEARLIGHT SYMPHONY (France) - Cyrille
VERDEAUX’s mystical progressive band
CLEMENTI, George (Italy) - Folky progressive
CLEMMONS, David Judson (USA) - Progressive songwriting
with minimized instrumentation; interesting songs with
emotional depth
CLEPSYDRA (Switzerland) - Like MARILLION/IQ. Great!
CLIFFHANGER (Netherlands) - MARILLION meets
GENESIS; busy, intricate playing with subtle melodic moments.
A must!
CLIVAGE (France) - Instrumental mix of prog, jazz and ethnic
arrangements from the late 70’s
CLUSTER & ENO (Germany) - Collaboration between two
krautrock/ambient pioneers
CLUSTER (Germany) - Famous krautrock duo Dieter
MOEBIUS and Hans ROEDELIUS
CMU (UK) - Early 70’s progressive rock with a dash of blues,
rock, jazz and folk; nice female vocals
COAL TATTOO BAND, The (Italy) - Irish folk
COCAI, I (Italy) - Pleasant melodic progressive, at times close
to PFM
COCCIANTE, Riccardo (Italy) - Prolific singer/songwriter
COCHRANE, Steve (Canada) - Highly classically inspired
symphonic prog
CODA (Nehterlands) - Stunning, lush symphonic prog with
swirling keyboards
CODE III (Germany) - Electronic/space/ambient music with
Klaus SCHULZE
CODICE (Mexico) - Great Mexican symphonic prog with
intricate layered keyboard work
COENBITE (UK) - Great symphonic electronics with a
classical twist by the Dr. himself
COEUR MAGIQUE (France) - Heavy jamming prog
COHEN-SOLAL, Jean (France) - Ranges from melodic
pastoral flute-driven prog to almost avant-garde
COLLAGE (Poland) - Probably the best neo-prog group
around. For IQ/MARILLION fans
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM (& Marian VARGA) (Czech
Republic) - Classical rock legends with ELP and The NICE
influences
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM DE MINAS (Brazil) - Mix of
Renaissance, Eastern and Celtic music
COLOMBO, Roberto (Italy) - Excellent prog fusion from the
mid-70’s
COLOR (Hungary) - Symphonic prog from the lates 70’s and
early 80’s
COLOR HUMANO (Argentina) - 70’s power trio that delivers
psych prog with a West Coast edge; heavy guitar workouts
similar to MAY BLITZ
COLORSTAR (Hungary) - Psychedelic space rock. For fans of
OZRICS, TANGLE EDGE, KORAI OROM
COLOSSEUM (UK) - Pioneer of prog fusion with jazz and
blues tendencies
COLOSSEUM II (UK) - Follow-up band from prog fusion
dinosaurs COLOSSEUM with the same mix of jazz and blues,
but not as successful
COLOSSUS OF RHODES, The (Italy) - Project that brought
together GREENWALL, LEVIATHAN, SINKADUS, MAD
CRAYON, REVELATION and VELVET DESPERADOS
COLTSFOOT (UK) - Wonderful piano and keyboard-driven
atmospheric prog; delicate pastoral music reminiscent of
Anthony PHILLIPS
COMBINATION HEAD (UK & USA) - Outstanding
instrumental symphonic prog highly reminiscent of 70’s CAMEL
and, to a lesser extent IQ, with lots of Hammond and other
vintage keyboards
COMBOJAZZ (Italy) - Six-piece jazz rock band made up of
keyboards, bass, drums, saxophone, trombone and clarinet
COMPANYIA ELECTRIC DHARMA (Spain) - One of the
most prolific Spanish rock bands
COMUNIDADE S8 (Brazil) - Great folk prog by this religious
sect community
COMUS (UK) - Dawn classic of gothic prog rock
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CONGLOMERATE (UK) - Fusion with Hugh HOPPER Eugenio FINARDI and Mauro PAGANI
CONGREGACION (Chile) - Ethnic folk led by singer/ COSMIC COURIERS (MOEBIUS, NEUMEIR, ENGLER)
songwriter Antonio SMITH (Germany) - CLUSTER, GURU GURU and DIE KRUPPS
members
CONGRESO (Chile) - Ethnic folk group
COSMIC GARDENERS, The (Germany) - Space/folk/psych
CONNOLLY, Robert (Canada) - Masterpiece of symphonic
prog with mellotron, moog, bass pedals etc… Essential! COSMIC JOKERS, The (Germany) - Cosmic kings; feature
several German musicians and personalities from the 70s
CONQUEROR (Italy) - Wonderful prog in the Italian 70’s
psychedelic world
tradition with female singer/keyboardist
COSMOS (Germany) - About as close to PINK FLOYD as one
CONSORZIO ACQUA POTABILE (CAP) (Italy) - Very nice
can get, and very good at that!
prog in PFM style
COSMOS FACTORY (Japan) - Psych from the 70’s; weird,
CONSPIRACY (UK) - With Chris SQUIRE and Billy
versatile, freaky and fun!
SHERWOOD. Not far from YES
COSTELLANO, Tony (USA) - Fun blend of prog/fusion/
CONTRACTION (Canada) - Classic French-Canadian
rock/jazz
progressive jazz
COUNTER-WORLD EXPERIENCE (Germany) - Amazing
CONTRALUZ (Argentina) - JETHRO TULL leanings but
hard fusion trio
changes from delicate to heavy
COUNTRY LANE (Switzerland) - Highly rated prog rock from
CONTRAPPUNTO (Italy) - Prog rock with Hammond organ,
the 70’s
moog and melodic passages of guitar, bass
COUPLA PROG (Germany) - Underground prog krautrock of
CONVENTUM (Canada) - Classic 70’s prog/folk/chamber/
the early 70’s who blend heavy blues rock, electronica, free style,
classical group
the occasional classical reference and psych from the PINK
COOPERATIVA DEL LATTE (Italy) - Excellent classical FLOYD, Syd BARRETT era
prog in the great 70's Italian tradition
COURT (Italy) - Sophisticated, passionate symphonic prog with
CORAL CAVES (Japan) - Electronic music strong classical influences
CORMORANO (Italy) - Wonderful prog led by a fine vocalist COUSINEAU (Canada) - Symphonic folk with loads of female
and whirling synths vocals
CORNERSTONE (Denmark) - Superb melodic hard rock akin COUSINS AND CONRAD (UK, Germany) - Satisfying prog
to prog by Danish classic rock band with Scottish singer Dougie folk by David COUSINS in the vein of his own solo works and
WHITE (RAINBOW) those with The STRAWBS, here in close collaboration with
German guitarist/producer Conny CONRAD
CORNUCOPIA (Germany) - Great eccentric prog fusion rock
COUSINS, David (UK) - Legendary charismatic singer and
CORPORAL GANDER'S FIRE DOG BRIGADE (Germany)
band leader of well-known British folk-prog band The
- Pre-WIND rock and progressive
STRAWBS
CORTE DEI MIRACOLI (Italy) - Dual-keyboard prog, Italian
COVENANT (USA) - Killer intense keyboard-driven prog.
style. A must!
Fantastic!
CORYELL & THE BRUBECK BROTHERS, Larry (USA) -
CRABS (Germany) - Neo psychedelic
Classic fusion from the pros
CRACK (Spain) - 70’s symphonic prog with beautiful harmony
COS (Belgium) - Belgian answer to ZAO. Good mixture of
between keys, guitar and flute. Hints of early GENESIS and
prog/jazz/Canterbury
JETHRO TULL
COSENTINO, Saro (Italy) - Melancholic, dreamy songs
CRAFT (UK) - X-ENID. Great symphonic instrumental prog
reminiscent of the calmer songs of Peter GABRIEL. Famous
guest musicians such as Peter HAMMILL (VDGG), Trey GUNN CRAVINKEL (Germany) - Mixture of country, folk and rock
(KING CRIMSON) and Tim BOWNESS (NO-MAN) appear on
CREATION (Japan) - 70’s rock mixed with prog and
his 1997 album titled “Ones And Zeros”
psychedelia
COSES (Spain) - From the late 70’s, Catalan folk with a prog
CREDO (UK) - Similar to early TWELFTH NIGHT
touch
CRÉPUSCULE (Germany) - Five-piece German outfit with
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French (!) vocals plays electronic based, melodious and relaxed music
symphonic prog
CUNNINGHAM, John & Phil (UK) - Instrumental folk rock by
CRESSIDA (UK) - Classic symphonic prog dominated by the the CUNNINGHAM brothers with solo ambitions besides their
most beautiful Hammond organ ever! work by SILLY WIZARD
CRISALIDA (Chile) - Heavy symphonic prog with great female CUNNINGHAM, John (UK) - Member of fantastic Scottish
vocals in MATRAZ vein folk-rock band SILLY WIZARD with great solo works in the
same style
CRISES (Germany) - Hard rock style neo-prog with tons of
keyboards and heavy guitar riffs CUNNINGHAM, Phil (UK) - SILLY WIZARD member on
folk-rock solo paths as well as his brother John CUNNINGHAM
CROMWELL (Germany) - Energetic neo-prog five piece with
female singer CUPID’S INSPIRATION (UK) - Soft psychedelic pop with
horns from the late 60’s
CROOKED MOUTH (UK) - Passionate and melodic song-
oriented prog CURIOUS WORKS (USA) - Fine neo-prog led by the powerful
vocals of Marissa Von BARGEN
CROSS (Sweden) - Solid, heavy, complex neo-prog with an
emphasis on melody CURLY CURVE (Germany) - Progressive blues mixed in with
jazz rock
CROSS, David (UK) - Of CRIMSON fame
CURVED AIR (UK) - 70’s prog led by Sonia KRISTINA
CROSS, Keith & Peter ROSS (UK) - British folk band
CUTTING’S OCEAN ORCHESTRA, Jennifer (UK) -
CROSSWIND (Japan) - Excellent jazzrock band from the late
Amazing Celtic music for ancient moderns where collages of
70’s
sea-inspired music are woven from Celtic, symphonic and
CROVELLA, Beppe (Italy) - ARTI E MESTIERI keyboardist electronic elements. Some of the guests appearing on her albums
solo are Maddy PRIOR and Peter KNIGHT (STEELEYE SPAN),
Troy DONOCKLEY (IONA) and Gabriel YACOUB
CRUCIBLE (USA) - Symphonic prog with a heavy use of
(MALICORNE).
Hammond, mellotron, moog and flutes
CWT (UK) - Heavy krautrock played by English musicians,
CRUCIFERIUS (France) - Heavy organ rock
notable for their rip-snortin’ use of brass elements to great effect
CRUCIS (Argentina) - Best Argentinian 70’s prog. A must!
CYAN (UK) - Excellent neo-prog similar to modern-day IQ and
CRUSEUM, Thierry (France) - Powerful prog similar to PENDRAGON
ANGE
CYBOTRON (Australia) - Classic electronic/symphonic group
CRUZ DE HIERRO (Mexico) - Great heavy symphonic prog
CYE (Switzerland) - Solid MARILLION-style neo-prog but
with English vocals
with a melancholy soul
CRYPTIC VISION (USA) - Blend of YES, RUSH and
CYKLONMANNEN (Sweden) - Prog with great concept
KANSAS
albums by Rikard SJOBLOM (BEARDFISH) where TRACE
CRYSTAL BALL (Switzerland) - Hard rock band who released meets EKSEPTION
a very progressive sounding hard rock album (“Timewalker”) in
CZAR (UK) - Early 70’s prog with mellotron and a wonderful
2005
underground feel
CRYSTAL MAZE (Germany) - Melodic symphonic prog that
CZIGLAN, Istvan (Hungary) - SOLARIS guitarist tribute who
flirts with the 80’s neo-prog sound
tragically died. Same style as SOLARIS
CRYSTAL PALACE (Germany) - Well balanced and highly
recommended symphonic prog of the highest calibre, in the vein
of PENDRAGON, MARILLION and SAGA
CRYSTAL PHOENIX (Italy) - Doomy Celtic folk
CRYSTALS (Italy) - Heavy driving rock
CULPEPER’S ORCHARD (Denmark) - Early 70's prog that
sounds quite English
CULTO SIN NOMBRE (Mexico) - Instrumental mix of
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D PROJECT, The (Canada & USA) - Project by SENSE
guitarist Stephane DESBIENS with a little help from guests
Martin ORFORD (IQ), Tomas BODIN (FLOWER KINGS) and
Fred SCHENDEL (GLASS HAMMER). Music in the PINK
FLOYD vein
D SOUND (Hungary) - Mix of progressive and electronic music
with a FLOYDIAN feel
D.F.A. (Italy) - KENSO meets DEUS EX MACHINA
D'ERRICO, Gianni (Italy) - Romantic progressive
D’OR, Laren (Hungary) - Symphonic space music. Quite good!
D’S UNICORN, Mickie (Germany) - Excellent and very
innovative and progressive fusion of traditional rock and
electronic sounds with eclectic rhythm and emphatic singing
DA CAPO (Germany) - Psych/prog from the early 70’s
DADDY LONGLEGS (UK) - Folk/rock/prog & blues from the
early 70’s
DAEMONIA (Italy) - Nice art rock/symphonic prog mix by
Claudio SIMONETTI of GOBLIN fame
DAGMAHR (Canada) - Fantastic prog with a mixture of
CRIMSON and MARILLION influences
DAGUE (France) - Energetic folk rock with female vocals from
the early 70’s
DAIMONJI (Japan) - Mix of jazz and RIO with some
MAGMA influence as well
DALLAGLIO (Italy) - Soft melodies, nice songs and glorious
mellotron
DALTON (Italy) - Early JETHRO TULL-like prog
DALTONIA (Chile) - Alluring symphonic prog with ethereal
atmosphere, spoken lyrics and trippy FLOYDian guitar
DAMMICCO, Ciro (Italy) - Mellotron-laden passionate prog
DANDELION WINE (UK) - Indie psychedelic folk and a RED
CHAIR FADEAWAY offshoot
DANDO SHAFT (UK) - Early 70’s British folk rock group
DAPHNE (Italy) - Very good prog with high energy and flute,
guitar outbreaks
DARE (UK) - Superb melodic rock with catchy hard rock songs
and wonderful ballads
DARIUS (Germany) - Dynamic neo-prog with tasteful
melodies, expressive vocals and exceptional musicianship. For
fans of IQ, PALLAS and TWELFTH NIGHT
DARK (UK) - Heavy psych-prog underground band with drums
and percussion well at the forefront
DARK AETHER PROJECT (USA) - Space/prog
DARK ORANGE (Germany) - Ethereal wave rock with
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heavenly female voices
DARK SUN (Finland) - Dark, dissonant and rhythmically
complex space/psych prog with calm interludes
DARK SUNS (Germany) - Project initiated by two artists of the
German metal scene offering dark prog metal as well as
full-fledged prog with very good psychedelic and epic pieces.
Reminiscent of OPETH, PAIN OF SALVATION, GREEN
CARNATION and PINK FLOYD
DARLING (USA) - Intense, complex progressive fusion of rock,
jazz and classical elements
DARWIN’S RADIO (UK) - Neo-progressive that rivals others
such as KINO, JADIS and FROST
DARXTAR (Sweden) - Like a hard-edged HAWKWIND
DATETENRYU (Japan) - Flamboyant psych-prog full of
EMERSON-like organ attacks; heavy, jammy
DATURA (France) - Symphonic prog with excellent keyboards,
guitar and passionate vocals
DATURA (New Zealand) - BLACK SABBATH-style stone
rockers
DAVEY, Alan (USA) - Of HAWKWIND fame come DAVEY
who plays spacey, trippy rock in the best HAWKWIND tradition
DAVEY, Alan“The Elf” (UK) - Great instrumental space rock
DAVIES, Penny & Roger ILOTT (Australia) - Very good folk
rock reminiscent of a lighter version of MELLOW CANDLE
DAVISON, Brian (UK) - Ex-drummer of The NICE who
released a single but stunning album in 1970, one which has a
real early CRIMSON sound
DAY OF PHOENIX (Denmark) - Psych/prog from the early
70’s
DAY SHIFT (UK) - Top-notch guitar space rock with a kind of
PORCUPINE TREE, TANGLE EDGE and HAWKWIND mix
DE ANDRE, Fabrizio (Italy) - With PFM and Roberto
COLOMBO
DE BONI (Brazil) - O TERÇO keyboardist performs
symphonic music
DE DE LIND (Italy) - Somber, reflective hard prog in the best
70’s, Italian symphonic tradition
DE GLADAS KAPELL (Sweden) - Classic instrumental prog
fusion from the 70’s with Coste APETREA on guitar
DE VRENG, Rene (Netherlands) - Quite good progressive
electronic music in the style of the older works from Mike
OLDFIELD
DEAD HEROES CLUB (UK) - Irish melodic prog with
GABRIEL-like vocals and a definite GENESIS, IQ, ILUVATAR
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DEAD SOUL TRIBE (UK) - Masterminded by Devon
GRAVES (ex. PSYCHOTIC WALTZ) with dark, strong and
aggressive as well as melancholic milestones of progressive
music
DEADWOOD FOREST (USA) - Wonderful mellotron-laden
prog with an early English slant
DEAR MR. TIME (UK) - Melodic mellotron prog from the
early 70’s
DEATH ORGAN (Sweden) - Organ/Leslie led-prog amidst
wailing guitars, death vocals
DEBOCO (France) - X-TIEMKO prog with great complex
compositions
DECADENCE (Russia) - Symphonic prog with a strong metal
streak
DECAMPS & FILS, Christian (France) - ANGE leader
DECAMPS, Francis (France) - ANGE keyboardist
DECEMBER PEOPLE (USA) - Christmas project formed by
progressive rock musician Robert BERRY with Steve WALSH
(KANSAS), John WETTON (ASIA, U.K.) and Trent
GARDNER (MAGELLAN) amongst others
DECIBEL (Mexico) - Mexico’s number one RIO group
DEDALUS (Italy) - Avant-garde & jazz rock with
improvisation, electronic music and folk tunes, jazz. Use self
built and modified instruments
DEEP THOUGHT (Switzerland) - Like a cross between
MARILLION, TWELFTH NIGHT and even Peter GABRIEL
DEFLEZ, Gilbert (France) - Dark prog/psych heavy sounds
DEFORMICA (Argentina) - Great instrumental band that fuses
progressive with fusion and space rock
DEJA VU (Japan) - Excellent keyboard symphonic lead by
SAKURABA
DEL MONACO, Donella (Italy) - The wonderful voice behind
OPUS AVANTRA
DELIRED CAMELEON FAMILY (France) - Basically
another CLEARLIGHT recording
DELIRIUM (Italy) - 70’s prog classic who mix classical music
with rock perfectly; flute work JETHRO TULL style
DELIRIUM (Mexico) - One of the best when you’re talking
Mexican prog/symph. Essential!
DELTA CYPHEI PROJECT (Germany) - Cult neo-prog band
DELTA ENSEMBLE (France) - Jazz rock with saxophone and
percussion leading the way
DELUGE GRANDER (USA) - Developed from forerunner
formation CEREBUS EFFECT, the band’s stunning first album
features experimental and grandiose old-school prog in the style
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of the 70’s art rock with amazing compositions. BANCO meets
ANGLAGARD meets CRIMSON with lots of mellotron and epic
tracks.
DELUSION (Norway) - Innovative and unique mixture of
ambient techno, psych and industrial rock
DEMON (UK) - Hard rock band with thundering vocals
DEMON THOR (Switzerland) - Underground 70’s prog
DEN FULE (Sweden) - Progressive folk rock
DENIS, Daniel (Belgium) - UNIVERS ZERO leader
DENNY, Sandy (UK) - Folk-rock legend of the 60’s and 70’s,
ex-member of FAIRPORT CONVENTION, FOTHERINGAY
and for a short time of The STRAWBS. Unfortunately died in
1978 at age 31
DEPARTURE (USA) - Pleasant melodic rock/AOR with a light
progressive approach
DESACCORDES (France) - Experimental ensemble with 7
classical guitarists, 9 electric guitarists and 6 bassists
DESEQUILIBRIOS (Brazil) - Excellent symphonic prog with
Fabio RIBEIRO on keyboards
DESFORMES (France) - Complex jazz rock
DESOOORDEN, La (Chile) - Progressive jazz. Excellent!
DESTRA (Brazil) - Classical prog metal with keyboard-driven,
complex mid-tempo rhythms and lyrics with Christian
background
DEUS EX MACHINA (Italy) - Like a mixture of AREA and
PFM. Great!
DEUTER (Germany) - Trance space
DEVAS (USA) - Nicely arranged prog with quiet good vocals
and tasteful piano work
DEVIL DOLL (Italy) - Very original dark, classical prog.
Brilliant!
DEYSS (Switzerland) - Very MARILLION like
DHALIA’S LANE (Germany) - Celtic dreams and dances -
great Irish folk rock gigs and ballads mixed with oriental and
medieval songs
DIABLO, El (Mexico) - Psychedelic hard rock
DIABOLUS (UK) - Heavy prog classic from the early 70’s
DIAL (Netherlands) - Melancholy prog with influences ranging
from Kate BUSH and Peter GABRIEL to BLACKFIELD and
PORCUPINE TREE
DIAPASAO (Brazil) - Very good keyboard-based instrumental
prog trio with some jazz moments; somewhat reminiscent of
TRIUMVIRAT
DIAS DE BLUES (Brazil) - Killer acid rock loaded with

searing lead guitar and wasted vocals
DIAS, Sergio (Brazil) - One of Brazil’s best guitarists.
Recommended to O TERÇO fans
DICE (Germany) - Space rock that mixes late 70’s synth/guitar
with an atmospheric pop edge
DICE (Sweden) - Great symphonic/prog rock
DICKES, Michael (USA) - Ex-mastermind from GYPSY KYSS
offers prog-ringed, singer/songwriter rock
DIES IRAE (Germany) - Early 70’s heavy Deutsch rock
DIETA DE WARMS, La (Argentina) - Heavy prog from
Argentina
DIETHELM, Thomas (Switzerland) - Acoustic guitar based
music with a unique sound and of a very high technical calibre,
adorned with eccentric voice collages
DIETHELM/FAMULARI (Switzerland) - Acoustic guitarist
Thomas DIETHELM joins visionary keyboardist Santino
FAMULARI for some awsome (mostly instrumental) jazz-influ-
enced material; something akin to German duo FÜHRS &
FRÖHLING
DIFFERENCES (Netherlands) - Nice melodic prog from the
80’s, sounds like mid-period GENESIS
DIFFERENT TRAINS (UK) - Damon SHULMAN’s new
group
DIFICIL EQUILIBRIO (Spain) - A bit like KING CRIMSON
DIGITALIS (Germany & USA) - Electronic prog performed by
two German musicians and one American vocalist who trans-
ferred digital music-data across the ocean via satellite without
ever meeting physically. Voice pitch similar to Jon ANDERSON
(YES).
DIK DIK, I (Italy) - Melodic symphonic prog
DILEMMA (Netherlands) - Good, enjoyable symphonic prog
with dynamic melodies
DINO/MONTEVIDEO BLUES (Uruguay) - DINO was part of
MOONLIGHTS
DIONNE & BREGENT (Canada) - 70’s electronic prog with
some minimalistic sounds
DIONYSOS (Canada) - Seminal Canadian progressive group
DIONYSOS (Germany) - Commercial prog by talented
musicians with a laid-back feeling
DIONYSUS (Sweden) - Scandinavian group with prog metal in
the vein of DREAM THEATER
DIRECT TO DREAM (France) - Electronic music
DIRECTION (Canada) - Symphonic prog with French vocals
that lies somewhere between MORSE CODE and ANGE
DISCIPLINE (USA) - Outstanding American prog band with
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clear influences of VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
DISCUS (Indonesia) - Mix of prog/fusion/classical/Eastern.
Excellent!
DIVAE (Italy) - Great 70’s style prog with Il BALLETTO DI
BRONZO keyboardist as guest
DIVINE IN-SIGHT (USA) - About the best Christian prog band
around
DJAM KARET (USA) - Prog/fusion/RIO instrumental group
DJAMRA (Japan) - Mix of RIO and jazz rock
DOBOS, Julius (Hungary) - Young composer with help from
AFTER CRYING leader. Like Mike OLDFIELD or VANGELIS
DOGMA (Brazil) - Brilliant instrumental prog with violinist
Marcus VIANA as guest
DOGSTAR POETS (UK) - Ex-JADE WARRIOR cosmic guitar
prog
DOM (Germany) - Dreamy, drifting progressive
DOMINE (Italy) - Good progressive metal with sometimes
speed guitars comparable to the Italian band RHAPSODY
DONO CELESTE (Italy) - Hints of early PINK FLOYD and
PORCUPINE TREE can be heard here
DONOCKLY, Troy & Dave BAINBRIDGE (UK) - IONA duo
with a wide display of instruments from keyboards and guitars to
bouzouki, flutes and whistles
DORACOR (Italy) - Keyboard-filled prog
DORIAN WILDE (Italy) - Instrumental keyboard symphonic
prog much like Rick WAKEMAN. Very good!
DOSE (USA) - Fusion band performing renditions of KENSO,
SATRIANI, ISILDUR’S BANE, Steve VAI and Eric JOHNSON
DOUBLE SPACE (Israel) - Passionate progressive/folk/jazz
with lots of twists and turns and nice use of flute and saxophone
DOWNES, Geoffrey (UK) - Ex-YES, ASIA and BUGGLES
keyboardist does solo
DR FOLAMOUR (France) - Great mostly instrumental prog
with fine guitars/flute & violin and ethnic/folk influences
DR. DUDE (Italy) - Powerful Italian prog
DR. NO (Spain) - Melodic symphonic prog with lush keyboards
and moving guitar play. Echoes of early MARILLION, CAMEL
and PENDRAGON
DR. STRANGELY STRANGE (UK) - Early 70’s folk rock
DR. TREE (New Zealand) - Technical jazz rock from the 70’s
DR. Z (UK) - Classic 70’s conceptual prog
DRACMA (Spain) - Excellent neo-prog for MARILLION and
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DRAFT & BILL (Italy) - Early 80’s style GENESIS DUFFORD, Pascal (France) - Dark jazzy symphonic prog from
the 70’s
DRAGON (Belgium) - Similar to ENGLAND/CRESSIDA
DUG DUG’S (Mexico) - Psych legends from the 60’s
DRAGON (New Zealand) - Similar to CRESSIDA and
SPRING DULCIMER (UK) - Early 70’s folk rock full of musical beauty
played on mandolins, dulcimers, banjo and lush keyboards
DRAGONFLY (Switzerland) - Symphonic prog from the 80’s
close to CAMEL, CARAVAN and YES DUMEE, Jan (Brazil) - Jazz rock/fusion with ex-FOCUS lead
guitarist
DRAGONFLY (USA) - Obscure guitar-rock from the early 70’s
DUMMER BAND, John (UK) - Blues rock from the 70’s
DRAHK VON TRIP (Sweden) - Fantastic prog with sensual
female vocals and psych/folk/space edge. Recommended! DUN (France) - Excellent dissonant prog in MAGMA style. A
must!
DRAMA (France) - Excellent mostly instrumental symphonic
prog a la MINIMUM VITAL DUNWICH (Italy) - Medieval symphonic prog with beautiful
voice and bizantyum choir. Great!
DRAMA (Uruguay) - Symphonic keyboards and melodic guitar,
brings to mind PINK FLOYD DÜSSELDORF, La (Germany) - Follow-up formation of
German Krautrock pioneers NEU! Long sound collages with
DRAMA (USA) - Instrumental prog fusion
sparse vocals
DREAM THEATER (USA) - PROGRESSIVE METAL (see
DYONISOS (USA) - Similar to mid-period PINK FLOYD
page 31)
DZYAN (Germany) - Great elements of jazz fusion, rock and
DREAM, The (Norway) - 70’s psych
ethnic influences; a cross between EMBRYO and AGITATION
DREAMCARNATION (Netherlands) - Neo-prog with help FREE
from members of YWIS, NOVEMBER and FOR ABSENT
FRIENDS
DREAMQUEST, Luca Turilli’s (Italy) - RHAPSODY
mastermind Luca TURILLI with an electro symphonic metal
project. Classical, orchestral, operatic - mezzo-soprano vocals
and grand choirs
DREAMSHIP (USA) - Beautiful concept symphonic prog
created entirely via the internet
DREAMWORLD (Germany) - Post-YATHA SIDRA
symphonic new age
DRISCOLL, Julie (UK) - Pre-Julie TIPPETS singer/songwriter
with help from husband Keith TIPPET and BLOSSOM TOES
members
DRNWYN (USA) - Obscure folk rock from the late 70’s
DROSSELBART (Germany) - Wonderful prog rock from the
70’s featuring the beautiful voice of Jemima
DRUGI NACIN & NEPOCIN (Yugoslavia) - Melodic prog
with guitarist/flautist Ismet KURTOVIC and guitarist Halil
MEKIC
DRUID (UK) - Classic 70’s symphonic prog similar to YES but
less complex; melodious, nice vocal harmonies
DRUM CIRCUS (Germany) - Pre-BRAINTICKET
psychedelic space prog
DSCHINN (Germany) - Heavy rock
DUELLO MADRE (Italy) - Great energetic and complex prog
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E MOTIVE (USA) - Like ELP. Great!
E.A. POE (Italy) - Really good mystical haunting prog
E.A.S. (USA) - Texas symphonic rock
EARTH AND FIRE (Netherlands) - Like RENAISSANCE
with mellotron
EARTHSTAR (Germany) - Progressive electronic music
co-produced by Klaus SCHULZE. A festival of mellotron,
sequencer and vintage synths
EARTHSTONE (UK) - Electronic and spacy symphonic rock
with Peter GABRIEL-like vocals
EAST (Hungary) - Tremendous Hungarian symphonic prog,
same calibre as SOLARIS
EAST OF EDEN (UK) - Progressive/fusion & jazz rock legends
EAST WIND POT (Japan) - Instrumental jazz rock by
THETA’s keyboardist Yuko TSUCHIYA
EASTER ISLAND (USA) - One of the best U.S. prog bands of
the 70’s. References are KING CRIMSON, YES and ELP
ECCENTRIC ORBIT (USA) - Keyboard prog in ELP/
TRIUMVIRAT style. Great!
ECHOLYN (USA) - One of USA’s best prog groups
ECHOSILENCE (Estonia) - Fantastic symphonic prog with a
combination of melodic and heavy guitar with gorgeous female
vocals. Brilliant!
ECLAT (France) - Great prog with excellent guitar work
ECLIPSE (Brazil) - Fine symphonic/neo-prog
ECLISSE (Italy) - Symphonic prog heavily influenced by
GENESIS
EDEN (Canada) - Classic mid-70's symphonic prog led by
Robert BOILEAU’s synth play
EDEN (France) - Symphonic keyboard/drums duo from the late
70’s
EDEN (Germany) - Excellent RENAISSANCE-inspired band
EDEN ROSE (France) - Pre-SANDROSE prog filled with
Hammond organ
EDEN’S CHILDREN (USA) - Late 60’s power psych trio
EDENBRIDGE (Austria) - NIGHTWISH-like symphonic and
operatic prog metal, with very good female voices and keyboard
wizard LANVALL
EDERA (Italy) - Prog rich in pathos, with GENESIS and VAN
DER GRAAF GENERATOR influences. Very good!
EDGE (UK) - Neo-prog or jazz rock category, alternately
reminiscent of CURVED AIR, RENAISSANCE, JETHRO
TULL, GENTLE GIANT, KING CRIMSON and EARTH &
FIRE. With female vocals
LETTER E
EDHELS (France) - Dynamic prog displaying brilliantly
performed melodious compositions
EDHELS (MARC CECCOTTI) (France) - EDHELS axeman
EDITH (Italy) - Laid-back melodic prog
EDITION SPECIALE (France) - Blend of prog and jazz fusion
EELA CRAIG (Austria) - Melodic, harmonic symphonic prog
EGDON HEATH (Netherlands) - Symphonic prog a little in
the neo-prog direction
EGG (UK) - Prog from the Canterbury school with keyboardist
Dave STEWART leading the way
EGGROLL & The SHAKES (Israel) - Band that started off as
a cover band and now offers completely original material.
Something like CARAVAN meets MOODY BLUES.
EGO BAND (Italy) - Symphonic prog with lush keyboards with
elements of PINK FLOYD and ELOY
EGO ON THE ROCKS (Germany) - ELOY offshoot. Heavy
symphonic
EIK, Alf Emil (Iceland) - One of the most accomplished
Icelandic prog bands; with elements of CAMEL and YES
EILIFF (Germany) - Great 70’s prog with a touch of jazz
EISBERG (Germany) - Rock opera from the krautrock era with
German lyrics
EJWUUSL WESSAHQQAN (Germany) - Experimental rock
group from 70’s with AMON DÜÜL II influences. Lots of long,
trippy improvisational jams with echo machines
EKSEPTION (Netherlands) - 70’s group that best incorporates
classical music into rock
EL SHALOM (Germany) - A mix of hard rock with moments
of symphonic splendor; similar to other 70’s underground
German bands like WIND, SAHARA, SUBJECT ESQ. and
NOVALIS
ELANE (Germany) - Celtic prog folk with a light gothic touch
ELDER KINDRED (UK) - Specialize in multi-instrumental
mini-epics; on par with groups like NORTHWIND and SPRING
ELDERS, The (USA) - Heavy psych with some really good
organ riffs
ELECTRA (Germany) - East-German classical-tinged prog
with JETHRO TULL influences
ELECTRIC FAMILY (Germany) - Electronic space rock
family including ex-members of THIRSTY MOON, EMBRYO,
AMON DÜÜL II, GROBSCHNITT and more
ELECTRIC FOOD (Germany) - Rock/psych/prog with
members of PINK MICE and LUCIFER’S FRIENDS
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN (Italy) - Complex prog: a
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ELECTRIC INDIAN (Germany) - Heavy krautrockers
ELECTRIC OUTLET (Germany) - Brilliant and highly
recommended instrumental fusion
ELECTRIC SANDWICH (Germany) - Classic heavy prog
from the 70’s with lots of mellotron
ELECTROCUTION 250 (Sweden) - Lale LARSON-led
complicated aggressive fusion
ELECTRUM (USA) - Instrumental symphonic prog trio with a
fusion twist
ELEFANTE, John (USA) - KANSAS vocalist/keyboardist from
the 80’s with contemporary Christian music
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY (UK) - A fusion of prog with folk
and jazz
ELEKTRIKTUS (Italy) - Italian electronic band right out of the
seventies Berlin school
ELEND (Austria, France) - Electronic sound collages -
romantic dark and melancholic with classical instrumentation
and vocals lost in reverie.
ELEPHANT & CASTLE (UK) - Neo-prog work IQ style.
Great!
ELEPHANT TALK (Japan) - Soft music backing the beautiful
voice of Aoi SUZUKI
ELFENBEIN (Germany) - Psych blues a la BAKERLOO from
the early 70’s
ELFONIA (Mexico) - Really nice symphonic in a IONA,
KARNATAKA, CLANNAD vein with beautiful female vocals
by Marcela BOVIO
ELIAS HULK (UK) - Heavy blues-tinged psych rock from the
early 70’s
ELOHIM (France) - Absolutely classic French-style prog a la
ANGE. Great!
ELOHIM - 70s (France) - Soft symphonic prog with female
vocals and a few folky overtones
ELOITERON (Switzerland) - Excellent mellotron, piano-laden
symphonic prog
ELONKORJUU (Finland) - Early 70’s prog rockers with both
hard and dreamy moments
ELOY (Germany) - SPACE ROCK (see page 26)
ELYSIAN FIELDS (USA) - Florida-based band who released,
among others, a nice melodic album paying homage to prog
masters without actually doing covers. They pay tribute to
FOCUS, YES, GENESIS, STYX, Alan PARSONS PROJECT,
GENTLE GIANT, ELP and many others.
ELYSIUM (Switzerland) - GENESIS meets The STRAWBS!
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EMBERGER, Pierre (France) - Keyboardist/multi-
instrumentalist plays highly melodical symphonic prog in
rock-opera vein; many misty, ethereal and airy developments
EMBRYO (Germany) - Progressive/ethnic/fusion/jazz legends
EMERALD (Netherlands) - Symphonic prog with noteworthy
keyboard and guitar interplay
EMERALD EDGE (Germany) - Dark and epic gothic metal
with strong progressive tendencies
EMERAUDE (France) - Nice melodic symphonic folk
EMERGENCY (Germany) - Progressive Krautrock/jazz rock
from the early 70's
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (UK) - SYMPHONIC
PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page 25)
EMERSON, Keith (UK) - With The NICE, EMERSON, LAKE
& PALMER, and as a solo artist, Keith EMERSON has proven
himself perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished
keyboardist in rock history
EMPIRE (Italy) - ELP, UK-oriented trio with female singer
EMPORIO DE LA IMPERICA, El (Argentina) - Quite good
instrumental blend of classical, jazz, fusion and avant-garde
EMPTY TREMOR (Italy) - Incredibly powerful and bombastic
prog metal with strong expressivity
EMTIDI (Germany) - Great floating progressive folk with
beautiful female vocals
ENBOR (Spain) - Great Basque folky prog
ENCHANT (USA) - Solid neo-prog with metal leanings; strong
musicianship and elaborate compositions
END OF SILENCE (Chile) - Melodic symphonic prog trio
ENDLICH ALLEIN (Italy) - Symphonic prog in same style as
H20 and COOPERATIVA DEL LATTE
ENEIDE (Italy) - Great early 70’s melodic Italian prog
ENGEL (Spain) - Quite reminiscent of Mike OLDFIELD
ENGLAND (UK) - Excellent YES-like prog made up of warm,
melodic, mellotron-drenched pieces with captivating mood
changes and interesting breaks
ENGLISH, Aaron (USA) - Nice prog by this keyboard
player/singer. Kind of Tony BANKS style but with a TIMOTHY
PURE-like sound
ENGOULEVENT, L’ (Canada) - Stunning mix of folk, prog,
chamber and classical music
ENID, The (UK) - Classically-oriented prog of the first order!
ENNEADE (France) - Somewhere between prog and metal.
Absolutely great!
ENO MOEBIUS ROEDELIUS PLANK (Germany) -

Krautrock/ambient collaboration from Brian ENO, CLUSTER
and famous German producer Conny PLANK
ENSEMBLE NIMBUS (Sweden) - Like SAMLA with a dose of
UNIVERS ZERO thrown in
ENSEMBLE RAYE, L’ (Switzerland) - Swiss RIO, folk band
ENTRANCE (Chile) - Highly energetic symphonic rock
ENTREMONT & CO., Gerard (France) - Post-SO & CO
sophisticated symphonic prog
ENVIZIBLE ORKESTRA (UK) - Mixture of fusion and space
rock
EPHEMERAL SUN (USA) - Great dark symphonic prog with
angelic female vocals
EPICA (Netherlands) - Bombastic and symphonic metal with
opera feeling and beautiful female vocals. For fans of
NIGHTWISH!
EPIDAURUS (Germany) - Dual mellotron/keyboard
symphonic prog. A must!
EPILOGUE (UK) - Song-oriented prog
EPITAPH (Germany) - Hard prog rock with psychedelic
influences
EPOS (Russia) - Rock ballads with operatic classical feels.
Nice!
EPSILON (Germany) - 70’s krautrock
EQUILIBRIO VITAL (Venezuela) - Great guitar and flute-
based prog
EQUINOX (Panama) - Prog with a mixture of STYX and YES
influences
EQUIPE 84 (Italy) - Psychy prog
ER.J.ORCHESTRA (Ukraine) - Predominantly instrumental
blend of folk, classical and oriental music
ERA DI ACQUARIO (Italy) - Early 70’s melodic prog with
great acoustic guitar and flute
ERASMUS (UK) - TWELFTH NIGHT meets VAN DER
GRAAF GENERATOR
ERDESZ, Robert (Hungary) - SOLARIS master keyboardist
ERE G (Canada) - Brilliant mellotron prog in HARMONIUM
style
EREHIA (Mexico) - Progressive avant-garde similar to ART
ZOYD
ERGO SUM (Chile) - Mixture of heavy and light flute-led prog
reminiscent of JETHRO TULL and KING CRIMSON
ERGO SUM (France) - Early 70's French prog with sinister
vocals
ERIS PLUVIA (Italy) - Fantastic symphonic prog
LETTER E
ERLKOENIG (Germany) - Fantastic 70’s prog with a
symphonic feel
EROC (Germany) - The mastermind drummer of krautrockers
GROBSCHNITT
ERRATA CORRIGE (Italy) - Beautiful symphonic prog with a
classical feel
ERROBI (Spain) - Basque prog
ERTLIF (Switzerland) - Early 70’s psych prog band offers a
mix of improvisation, psychedelia, dreamy elements and solid
rock
ESAGONO (Italy) - Instrumental jazz fusion with a connection
to ARTI E MESTIERI
ESKATON (France) - From the MAGMA school of music.
Essential!
ESPERANTO (UK) - Killer symphonic prog by this multi-
national group
ESPIRITU (Argentina) - 70’s symphonic prog with echoes of
YES and mid-period GENESIS
ESPOSITO, Tony (Italy) - Famous drummer/percussionist
ESQUIRE (UK) - Pop prog ASIA style
ESTATE DI SAN MARTINO, L’ (Italy) - Band that formed in
the mid-70’s, similar to LOCANDA DELLE FATE
ESTHETIC PALE (Germany) - Excellent neo-prog similar to
JANISON EDGE and MAGENTA
ESTRUCTURA (Venezuela) - High-calibre symphonic prog
with great keyboard work
ET CETERA (Canada) - Classic 70’s prog. GENTLE GIANT
fans will love them
ETCETERA (Denmark) - Strong symphonic prog with
elements of hard progressive and folk
ETERNIDAD (Argentina) - 70’s prog with folk influences
ETERNITE (Canada) - Wonderful symphonic prog from the
70’s featuring Michel Le FRANÇOIS and Claude PÉLOQUIN
ETERNITY X (Germany) - Formidable theatrical progressive
metal with great melodies and multivarious vocals
ETHERFYSH (USA) - Very good electronic music in
TANGERINE DREAM style
ETHNIC DUO (France) - Jazz rock with François CAHEN and
Yochk’o SEFFER
ETHOS (USA) - Classic dual-keyboard prog
ETNA (Italy) - Killer jazz rock a la DUELLO MADRE or ARTI
E MESTIERI
ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN (France) - RIO for fans of
HENRY COW and HELLEBORE
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ETTORI, Michel (France) - WEIDORJE guitarist with Patrick EX-VAGUS (France) - Symphonic prog with lush keyboards
GAUTHIER on keyboards. Guitar-led instrumental symphonic and heavy guitars. Very good!
EULENSPYGEL (Germany) - Post ROYAL SERVANTS, EYE TO EYE (France) - Ex-ADN prog with English lyrics and
typical krautrock that draws equally from heavy rock, folk, jazz a heavy MARILLION influence with some PINK FLOYD
and classical music moves
EUPHORIA (USA) - Heavy psychedelia from 1969 EYESTRINGS (USA) - Related to DISCIPLINE and quite
similar
EUREKA (UK) - Celtic folk prog and romantic Middle Ages
feel with some resemblance to Mike OLDFIELD EZRA (UK) - Mixture of prog and pop close to IT BITES and
SAGA
EURHYBIA (UK) - Neo-prog in IQ and MARILLION style
EZRA WINSTON (Italy) - Modern Italian prog at its best!
EVANGELION OF DARKNESS (Italy) - Electronic space
prog
EVERON (Germany) - Amazingly self-contained symphonic
prog, perhaps one of Germany’s best prog band ever. Some
albums produced by EROC. Phenomenal cover artworks by
famous Australian artist Gregory BRIDGES
EVIDENCE (France) - Similar to VAN DER GRAAF
GENERATOR and Peter HAMMILL
EVOLUCION (Chile) - Instrumental blend of symphonic prog,
fusion and jazz
EVOLUTION (UK) - EVOLUTION is really multi-instrumen-
talist Ken SENIOR; symphonic prog in the mid-period GENESIS
style
EVOLUZIONE, L’ (Japan) - Heavy prog that changes
constantly, creating wild rollercoaster rides. Great!
EXCALIBUR (Germany) - Hard progressive with some mighty
good organ
EXCLUSIVE RAJA (France) - Mostly instrumental fusion
with Robert FRIPP influences
EXISTENCE (Canada) - Melodic prog with strong guitar and
violin; KANSAS & SUPERTRAMP influences
EXMAGMA (Germany) - Blend of krautrock with free-form
jazz
EXODE (France) - 70’s style French prog like ANGE and
MONA LISA; female vocals, flute, mellotron
EXODUS (Poland) - One of the top Polish symphonic prog
groups from the 70’s
EXPERIENCE (France) - Prog with a sort of ARZACHEL feel
to it. It’s an experience!
EXPLOIT (Italy) - Nice Italian melodic prog from the early 70’s
EXPLORERS CLUB (USA) - Studio project by Trent
GARDNER of MAGELLAN gathering an all-star crew (ex.
Steve HOWE, DREAM THEATER) for some powerful
symphonic prog and prog metal
EXSIMIO (Chile) - Heavy guitar prog slightly reminiscent of
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F. G. EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY (Switzerland) -
Experimental/ambient instrumental band
F.H.C. (Japan) - Half way between John ZORN and KING
CRIMSON
FABBRI, Lucio (Italy) - Noted PFM violinist
FAIR WEATHER (Wales) - Early 70’s prog led by
guitarist/singer Andy FAIRWEATHER-LOW of popular 60’s
rock band AMEN CORNER
FAIRFIELD PARLOUR (UK) - Folk prog
FAIRPORT CONVENTION (UK) - Famous British folk rock
band. Unique mixture of American West Coast and individual
styles with traditional English tunes and songs
FAIRYLAND (France) - Symphonic prog/speed metal with
virtuosic keyboards and great male-female vocals and heroic
choirs. A must for fans of Italian metal band RHAPSODY
FAITHFUL BREATH (Germany) - Excellent prog in
ELOY vein
FALCKENSTEIN (Germany) - Folk rock rooted in traditional
German tunes
FAMIGLIA DEGLI ORTEGA, La (Italy) - Beautiful melodic
70’s prog
FANCYFLUID (Italy) - Like CAMEL
FANG, Forrest (USA) - Mix of atmospheric Eastern music and
electronics
FANTASY (UK) - Early 70’s symphonic prog with lots of
mellotron, not unlike the MOODY BLUES
FANTASYY FACTORYY (UK) - Underground psych prog
FAR CORNER (USA) - Excellent chamber rock
FAR EAST FAMILY BAND (Japan) - Japanese PINK FLOYD
FAR OUT (Japan) - Psych prog, great pre-FAR EAST FAMILY
BAND
FAR SIDE, The (Italy) - Prog fusion trio
FARINELLA, Alessandro (Italy) - Melodic prog that grows on
you with each listen. English vocals
FARPOINT (USA) - Alternate between acoustic folky ballads
and harder-edged blues rock
FASHION PINK (Germany) - Like JETHRO TULL,
CARAVAN and ZAPPA
FASTILIO (Italy) - Six-member female group who play in the
style of PICCHIO DAL POZZO and SAMLA MAMMAS
MANNA
FATES WARNING (USA) - Heavenly prog metal with complex
and terrific prog structures from the founders of prog metal. The
gods of complex progressive metal
LETTER F
FATON CAHEN, François (France) - ZAO jazz keyboardist
FAUN (Germany) - At times blatantly melodious bordering on
romantic, at other times bordering on prog metal, but never gets
stuck in either style; features keyboards, flute and lengthy tracks
FAUST (Germany) - Considered as founding fathers of the
Industrial Rock. Somewhere in between CAN, VELVET
UNDERGROUND, NEU, La DUSSELDORF or HENRY COW
FELLOWSHIP (Italy) - Folk rock
FENNEC, Jean Le (France) - Melodic soft psych from the late
60’s
FENNER, LELAND & O’BRIEN (USA) - Late 60's delicate
singer/songwriter type of folk
FERMAT (Czech Republic) - Great fusion group
FERNANDES, Glauco (Brazil) - Violinist from AETHER. If
you like VIANA then you will love his instrumental work
FERRER, Nino (France) - Primitive French prog with
mellotron
FESTA MOBILE (Italy) - Vintage Italian style symphonic prog
FFN (Romania) - Mix of rock and prog
FIABA (Italy) - A cross between folk and hard rock
FICCION (Venezuela) - Symphonic rock with loads of
keyboards
FIELD, The (USA) - Raw prog with mellotron
FIELDS (UK) - Keyboard-filled prog from the early 70’s with
KING CRIMSON and RARE BIRD connections
FIFTH SEASON, The (Italy) - Great blend of progressive, prog
metal and space rock
FIGUEROA, Jesus (Uruguay) - Hero of Uruguayan rock and
leader of OPUS ALFA
FIGUEROA, Nicolas (Chile) - Blend of prog, jazz and Eastern
mysticism
FILLE QUI MOUSSE (France) - Underground free rock
FILORITMIA (Italy) - Highly reminiscent of DEUS EX
MACHINA but with a more symphonic edge
FINAL CONFLICT (UK) - Neo-prog a la GALAHAD and IQ
FINAL SEASON (Germany) - Kaleidoscope of melodic prog
metal and classical prog rock with spacey keyboards and
gorgeous melodic lines
FINCH (Netherlands) - Excellent guitar-led prog with some
fusion
FINISTERRE (Italy) - One of the best modern-day Italian prog
bands
FINISTERRE PROJECT (HOSTSONATEN) (Italy) - Same
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FINN, Simon (UK) - Dark acid folk from the early 70’s
FINNEGANS WAKE (Belgium) - Classical symphonic rock
with violin and a Canterbury twist
FINNEUS GAUGE (USA) - ECHOLYN related who perform
great complex fusion
FINNFOREST (Finland) - Brilliant 70’s instrumental prog
FIOCCHI, John (USA) - One of the finer acoustic guitarists
around
FIORE/SEGUIN (Canada) - Wonderful folk prog by two
well-traveled musicians
FIRE (UK) - Early 70’s symphonic band noted for creating an
impressive concept album
FIRE (Yugoslavia) - Hard rock and blues from the 70’s
FIRE MERCHANTS (UK) - Fusion with GOODSALL on lead
guitar
FIREBALLET (USA) - Brilliant US symphonic prog
FIRST AID (Canada) - Excellent fusion
FIRST AID (UK) - Classic 70’s concept symphonic prog
FIRST BAND FROM OUTER SPACE (Sweden) - Excellent
space rock in HAWKWIND & OZRIC TENTACLES style
FISH (UK) - Charismatic vocalist from neo-prog heroes
MARILLION, the man with a distinctly recognizable voice. He
releases several good prog solo works after his departure from
the band.
FISSION TRIP (UK) - Very sophisticated prog of the highest
technical level with jazz influences. For fans of KING
CRIMSON, not only due to the presence of ex-KC members Ian
WALLACE on vocals and Mel COLLINS on sax
FIT & LIMO (Germany) - Melodic folk duo using a vast array
of instruments. Very nice!
FITZ-GERALD, G. F. (UK) - A mix of prog, jazz, folk and
psychedelia
FITZPATRICK, Gregory Alan (Sweden) - Of SAMLA
MAMMAS MANNA fame
FIVE DAY RAIN (UK) - From the early 70’s, in the same league
as ARCADIUM and ANDWELLAS DREAM
FIVE FIFTEEN (Finland) - Keyboard-driven prog that mixes
psychedelic and hard rock
FIVE-O-ONE AM (Germany) - Emotional prog in the style of
MARATHON and EGDON HEATH
FLAGSHIP (Sweden) - Professional symphonic prog in the
tradition of KANSAS and STYX with fine bright vocals
FLAIRCK (Netherlands) - Classical/Celtic/folk
FLAMBOROUGH HEAD (Netherlands) - Symphonic prog
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with great guitar
FLAME DREAM (Switzerland) - Best Swiss prog band.
Essential!!!
FLAMEN DIALIS (France) - Outstanding dark
mellotron-laden prog with a hint of MAGMA and BATTIATO
FLAMENG (Czech Republic) - Early 70’s prog with a touch of
jazz rock
FLAMING BESS (Germany) - Classic keyboard symphonic
prog
FLAMING YOUTH (UK) - Famous for being Phil COLLINS
band before he joined GENESIS
FLASH (UK) - Peter BANKS and Tony KAYE-driven prog
FLASHMEN, I (Italy) - Early Italian prog
FLASKET BRINNER (Sweden) - Early 70’s instrumental prog.
Very intense, heavy guitar/organ jamming
FLAT 122 (Japan) - Instrumental trio that mixes prog and
fusion. Excellent!
FLAX (Norway) - Guitar-based heavy prog comparable to early
DEEP PURPLE
FLEA (Italy) - Classic hard guitar prog from the early 70’s
FLEA ON THE HONEY (Italy) - Early 70’s prog, a mix
between pop and prog with nice melodies
FLEGMA (Sweden) - Heavy rockers
FLEUR DE LIS (Denmark) - Soft psych prog from the early
70’s with warm organ and fuzz guitars
FLEXABLE (Germany) - Predominantly instrumental
keyboard-driven symphonic trio with a dose of fusion. Fantastic
band!
FLIBBERTIGIBBET (UK) - Ex-MELLOW CANDLE folk
rock
FLIED EGG (Japan) - Mix of rock and prog
FLOATING STATE (Italy) - Excellent symphonic prog that
brings to mind ERIS PLUVIA
FLOH DE COLOGNE (Germany) - Political Deutsch rock
FLOR DE LOTO (Peru) - Instrumental prog somewhere
between KING CRIMSON and LOS JAIVAS/CONGRESO.
Great!
FLORIAN GEYER (Germany) - Psych prog
FLORIO, Mike (USA) - Keyboard player accompanied by other
musicians, with ELP and KANSAS influences
FLOTANTE (Chile) - Instrumental progressive fusion for fans
of DJAM KARET and ‘’Red’’ period KING CRIMSON
FLOWER KINGS, The (Sweden) - SYMPHONIC
PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page 30)

FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND (Japan) - Prog/psych legends
FLUGHT (Mexico) - Classic mix of electronic and prog rock
FLUTTR EFFECT (USA) - Blend of prog, classical and pop
with female vocals, electric cello, midi marimba and the
occasional heavy guitars
FLUXURY (Netherlands) - Five-piece symphonic rock group
with female vocals
FLYING CIRCUS (Germany) - Prog/hard rock with a psych
touch
FLYING ISLAND (USA) - Instrumental symphonic prog and
fusion
FLYTE (Netherlands) - Fantastic symphonic prog from the
70’s. Highly recommended if you like mid-period GENESIS
FM (Canada) - Classic prog!
FOCUS (Netherlands) - The best band to come out of Holland
in the 1970s. Exclusively instrumental, combine elements of
rock and classical music with flutes, keyboards and dazzling
guitar
FOGGY (UK) - Rare folk rock from the early 70’s
FOGLIE DI VETRO (Italy) - Like PFM. Excellent!!!
FOLLIO DI DIO (Italy) - More of an acoustic setting on this
one
FOLLY’S POOL (USA) - Blend of electrified folk, prog rock
and country music with exquisite choruses
FOLQUE (Norway) - 70’s folk rock
FONDERIA (Italy) - Four-piece set that plays fantastic
instrumental progressive with hints of jazz and fusion using
drums, guitar, keyboards and trumpet
FONYA (USA) - Spacey prog by one-man band (Chris
FOURNIER)
FOOD BRAIN (Japan) - Heavy organ prog led by Shenki
CHEN
FOR ABSENT FRIENDS (Netherlands) - One of the leading
bands of the Dutch progressive scene, in short called FAF.
Sophisticated neo-prog with influences from GENESIS and early
MARILLION
FORCE MAJEURE (Hungary) - Electronic music a la 70’s
TANGERINE DREAM
FORD THEATRE (USA) - Prog psych from the late 60’s
FOREST (UK) - Classic British folk rock
FOREVER AMBER (UK) - Psychedelia from the late 60’s
FOREVER EINSTEIN (USA) - Complex instrumental fusion
rock
FOREVER TWELVE (USA) - Symphonic prog with female
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vocals
FORGAS (France) - Fusion rock
FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA (France) - Instrumental jazz
rock
FORGOTTEN SUNS (Portugal) - Neo-prog in MARILLION
and CLEPSYDRA style
FORME ARTIFICIALI (Italy) - Guitar prog highly
reminiscent of ST ELMO’S FIRE
FORMULA 3 (Italy) - Prog trio led by Alberto RADIUS
FORTRESS (Germany) - Heavy melodic rock
FOSSATI, Ivano & Oscar PRUDENTE (Italy) - Soft prog
band from the mid 70’s
FOSSATI, Ivano (Italy) - Nice light prog from the 70’s
FOSSIL (Japan) - Melodic acoustic guitar Anthony PHILLIPS
style
FOSTER III, Jack (USA) - Prog, classical and jazz with
swampy blues roots; features Robert BERRY and Trent
GARDNER
FOTHERINGAY (UK) - Some traditional and contemporary
folk with strong musicianship and, of course, Sandy DENNY's
remarkable voice
FOUNDATION (Sweden) - Great symphonic prog with
interesting instruments, including cello and Chapman stick
FOUR LEVELS OF EXISTENCE (Greece) - Psychedelic and
hard rock band from the 70’s
FOXTROT (Norway) - As you can imagine, this has a
GENESIS ring to it.
FRACTAL (Chile) - Ethnic melodic fusion rock with tribal
rhythms. Good!
FRAGIL (Peru) - The most important Peruvian prog band. Soft
symphonic prog with flute, mellotron, guitar and delicate Spanish
lyrics melodies. A bit similar to YES!
FRAGILE (Estonia) - Mix of DISCIPLINE-era KING
CRIMSON, OZRIC’s and KORAI OROM
FRAGOSO, Guillermo (Mexico) - Ethnic-folk prog for Jorge
REYES fans
FRAKTAL (Argentina) - Similar to PORCUPINE TREE and
ANEKDOTEN. Excellent!
FRAMAURO (Poland) - Emphatic symphonic prog with Polish
vocals and flashy, speedy guitar
FRAME (Germany) - Heavy prog with good organ/mellotron
with hings of DEEP PURPLE
FRAMESHIFT (USA) - Nice prog with James LABRIE of
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FRAMMENTI (Italy) - Close to KING CRIMSON,
ANEKDOTEN and MALOMBRA
FRANCO (Canada) - Straight and independent melodic prog by
Canadian Franco LA MAGNA
FRANCO MARIA GIANNINI (Italy) - Nice early folky prog
with mellotron and flute passages
FRANKE, Christopher (Germany) - Early to mid-80’s
ex-TANGERINE DREAM member embarks on an ambitious
solo career
FRANTZ (France) - Concept prog with wonderful organ and
female vocals
FREAK OUT (Germany) - Psych/beat from the early 70’s
FRED & CO. (France) - Fusion rock
FREE CREEK (UK) - Collaboration project with Keith
EMERSON, Todd RUNDGREN, Doctor John Mitch
MITCHELL, Harvey MANDEL and more
FREE WAVE SYSTEM (Italy) - 70’s instrumental jazz rock
FREEDOM'S CHILDREN (South Africa) - Highly rated
prog/psychedelia
FREEHAND (USA) - Nice blend of prog and fusion rock
FRENCH TV (USA) - Mixes prog with fusion. Great!
FRESH MAGGOTS (UK) - Psychedelic folk rock
FRIEDHOF (Germany) - Psychedelic prog
FRIENDSHIP TIME (Sweden) - Mid-70’s prog with great
guitar interplay and the occasional mellotron
FRITSCH, Eloy (Brazil) - Electronic music by the
APOCALYPSE keyboardist
FROB (Germany) - Instrumental progressive jazz rock from the
70’s
FROESE, Edgar (Germany) - TANGERINE DREAM legend
FROG FLAVOR (Japan) - Instrumental fusion trio
FROGG CAFÉ (USA) - Uniquely American prog fusion: an
innovative blend of ZAPPA featuring MAHAVISHNU-like
violin, CHICAGO-style brass choirs and hints of UNIVERS
ZERO
FROHMADER, Peter (Germany) - The brains behind
NEKROPOLIS
FROLIC FROTH (Mexico) - HUMUS related. If you like fuzz
guitar work…
FROMAGE (Japan) - Good TAI PHONG-style emotional
symphonic prog
FROMUZ (Uzbekistan) - Intense instrumental fusion
FROST (UK) - Excellent diversified neo and classical prog
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performed with virtuosity by Jem GODFREY with the support of
ARENA, IQ and KINO members
FRUITCAKE (Norway) - Excellent dark/mellow prog with two
keyboardists and two guitarists
FRUMPY (Germany) - Hard prog with wild, reckless organ
play that can rival Keith EMERSON's
FRUUPP (UK) - Irish 70’s prog
FRY, Mark (UK) - Mellow psych from the early 70’s
FSB (Bulgaria) - Symphonic, keyboard-driven prog (2
keyboards) with a jazz edge
FUBU (France) - Celtic rock
FUCCI, Claudio (Italy) - Soft prog by this guitarist with help
from Eugenio FINARDI
FUCHSIA (UK) - Folk prog from the early 70’s with female
vocals and lots of strings
FUGATO ORCHESTRA (Hungary) - Blends symphonic
instruments with drums, bass guitar and synthesizers
FUGU (France) - Jazz rock a la BRAND X
FUHRS & FROHLING (Germany) - Excellent instrumental
prog duo
FULANO (Chile) - Strange mixture of SOFT MACHINE,
ZAPPA and MAGMA
FULL MOON (UK) - Heavy rock from the 90’s
FUMITAKA, Anzai (Japan) - Classical keyboard prog like
SANGUILIANO with operatic female vocals
FUNGUS (Italy) - Spacey psychedelic prog with female vocals;
brings to mind Syd BARRETT era PINK FLOYD, GONG and
OZRIC TENTACLES
FUREKAABEN (Denmark) - Folk rock with alternate male and
female vocals
FUSION ORCHESTRA (UK) - 70's prog ensemble
FUSION PROJECT, The (France) - Name says it all: nice
symphonic fusion performed by an all-star line-up
FUSION QUARTET (Hungary) - Jazz rock at its finest
FUSIOON (Spain) - Legendary Spanish prog
FUZZY DUCK (UK) - Hard-edged, organ-dominated prog from
the early 70’s; hints of ATOMIC ROOSTER and VANILLA
FUDGE
FYREWORKS, The (UK) - Excellent modern neo-prog with
intricate melodic passages; influences include mid-period
GENESIS, GENTLE GIANT, VDGG, JETHRO TULL and
CARAVAN

G.A.L.F. (Brazil) - Fine symphonic prog 70’s style with English
lyrics, reminiscent of GENESIS and CAMEL; features
ex-RECORDANDO guitarist Fernando PACHECO
G.A.O.S. (Japan) - Great instrumental fusion
GAA (Germany) - Prog a la KAPUTTER HAMSTER,
SUBJECT ESQ.
GABRIEL, Peter (UK) - The voice of prog! Famous vocalist of
early GENESIS with sensational solo output
GABRIELA (Argentina) - Female singer backed by some of
Argentina’s most important musicians
GALAAD (Switzerland) - Keyboard-driven prog full of shifting
moods, aggressive singing, complex rhythms, soaring guitar
solos, fantastic Moog lines and beautiful pastoral flute and piano
duets
GALADRIEL (Australia) - Folk prog that ranges from
innovative psych-tinged songs to bluesy hard rock
GALADRIEL (Spain) - Sophisticated neo-prog very much in
the Italian symphonic prog style
GALAHAD (Germany) - Celtic prog folk with flute a la
JETHRO TULL
GALAHAD (UK) - Neo-prog that blends melodic moods with
heavier parts and strong vocals
GALAXY (Germany) - Early ELOY with a hard rock vibe. At
times PINK FLOYD comes to mind
GALAXY (Switzerland) - Keyboard-driven prog with lots of
synth, punchy bass and frequent guitar arpeggios
GALAXY-LIN (Netherlands) - Very vocally oriented and
blends prog with folk influences. Like a cross between
SUPERSISTER and ALQUIN
GALIE (Mexico) - Delicate instrumental prog a la GOTIC
GALINVERNA (Italy) - Mix of traditional and Eastern folk
GALLANT FARM (Italy) - New symph/prog with EZRA
WINSTON connections
GALLEON (Sweden) - Swedish RUSH with a dose of
mellotron
GALLESSI, Marco (Italy) - Ex-ARCANSIEL leader plays a
mix of instrumental jazz rock, electronic and symphonic prog
with the help of Beppe CROVELLA and Furio CHIRICO (ARTI
E MESTIERI)
GALLIARD (UK) - Blend of rock, jazz, prog, psychedelia and
folk from the late 60’s, early 70’s
GALLOPING CORONERS (Hungary) - Folk/ethno/classical/
jazz & Indian
GANBARA (Spain) - Basque folk with female vocals
GANDALF (Austria) - Excellent symphonic/electronic
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& progressive by a multi-instrumentalist mastermind
GAPPO, Nilton (Brazil) - Instrumental prog a la KING
CRIMSON blended with Brazilian instruments
GARBIN, Francesco (Italy) - Six-member group with a range
of influences from BRAND X to IONA and Rick WAKEMAN
GARDEN WALL (Italy) - Very heavy prog with crunchy guitars
and a wide spectrum of feels and textures
GARDENER, Trent (USA) - MAGELLAN member released
a prog rock opera based on the life of Leonardo Da Vinci,
featuring famous vocalists James LABRIE, Michelle YOUNG,
Robert BERRY and Steve WALSH among others
GARGAMEL (Norway) - Brilliant mellotron, Hammond organ,
cello-soaked prog in the style of KING CRIMSON,
ANEKDOTEN and VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR. Even
the vocalist imparts a certain Peter HAMMILL feel to his
delivery.
GARGANTUA (Poland) - Mix of GENTLE GIANT and KING
CRIMSON
GARLIC (Italy) - Three-piece instrumental group of guitar/bass
& drums with a KING CRIMSON feel
GARMARNA (Sweden) - Folk prog with sampled drum-loops,
mouth harp, violin and distorted guitars
GAROLOU (Canada) - French-Canadian folk group with a
knack for combining traditional French songs with impressive
light-prog chord and tempo changes
GARYBALDI (Italy) - HENDRIX prog
GASKILL, Jerry (USA) - KING’S X member with a mix of
hard rock, psychedelic and prog rock
GASS (UK) - Solid prog with some jazz, funk and blues
elements; nice organ play
GATTI ROSSI, I (Italy) - Pop/psych/beat from the late 60’s
GATTO MARTE (Italy) - Italian answer to AFTER CRYING
GAUTHIER, Daniel (Canada) - Prog with PINK FLOYD and
YES influences from multi-instrumentalist
GAZPACHO (Norway) - Richly textured, deliberate prog with
MARILLION and PORCUPINE TREE leanings
GB ARTS (Germany) - Standard prog-like hard rock with metal
influences
GECKO’S TEAR (Italy) - Amazing band with hints of AREA,
ZAPPA and ELP that ranges from prog to jazz to RIO
GEE, Peter (UK) - Christian prog by PENDRAGON bass
player
GENCO PURO & CO. (Italy) - Melodic prog with nice synth
and mellotron outbreaks, with a little help from Franco
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GENESIS (UK) - SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see GIFT, The (UK) - Wonderful keyboard-driven symphonic prog
page 24) epics with hints of GENESIS, YES, SPOCK’S BEARD and
PINK FLOYD but with a definite sound of their own
GENESIS (Uruguay) - Hard psychedelia from the early 70’s
GIGANTI, I (Italy) - Classic prog!
GENESIS (USA) - Rock from the late 60’s
GIGI PASCAL E LA POP COMPAGNIA MECCANICA
GENFUOCO (Italy) - Excellent prog a la PFM, BANCO and
(Italy) - Nice early 70’s Italian prog with hints of classical
the likes
influences
GENTILS, Michel (France) - Solo acoustic guitar similar to
GILA (Germany) - 70’s prog with POPUL VUH connections
Anthony PHILLIPS. Fantastic!
GILES, GILES & FRIPP (UK) - Post-KING CRIMSON goofy
GENTLE GIANT (UK) - HARD PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see
trio led by Robert FRIPP
page 25)
GILES, Michael (UK) - Noted KING CRIMSON drummer
GEORGIADES, Doros & Stavros SIDERAS (Greece) - Soft
prog GILGAMESH (UK) - Smooth, multi-textured Canterbury style
prog
GERARD (Japan) - Keyboard-driven symphonic prog
GILMOUR, David (UK) - PINK FLOYD’s famous guitarist
GERMAN BRINGAS (Mexico) - Jazz prog
produces great solo works with the unmistakably floydian
GERMAN OAK (Germany) - Early organ psychy prog flavour
GERMINALE (Italy) - Excellent 70’s style Italian prog GILMOUR, Jim (Canada) - Prog from SAGA keyboardist
GEROTS SYNTHEZIS GROUP (Hungary) - Synth-driven GILTRAP, Gordon (UK) - Legendary progressive guitarist
prog
GINHOUSE (UK) - Heavy rocker from the early 70’s
GESTALT (Japan) - From Oriental trance to guitar-driven prog;
GINZA DUNE (Germany) - Symphonic prog five-piece outfit
fans of early HAPPY FAMILY will love it
whose vocalist sounds very much like Peter GABRIEL
GEYERS (Germany) - Swinging folk rock with partly frivolous
GIOBIA (Italy) - Spacey psych prog with female vocals and
lyrics
Eastern vibes
GEYSIR (USA) - Folk/psych prog by American band stationed
GIRO STRANO, Il (Italy) - PINK FLOYD inspired with lots of
in Iceland
Hammond organ
GHIRIBIZZI (Belgium) - Symphonic prog in early
GIZMO (UK) - Modern-day neo-prog with some ELP
MARILLION style
influences
GHOST (UK) - Prog/psych & folk legends
GLASS (USA) - Keyboard-fronted symphonic prog trio from the
GHOST CIRCUS (Netherlands & USA) - Nice blend of 70’s just recently reformed
modern prog and AOR
GLASS HAMMER (USA) - Symphonic prog with superb
GIACOMO, Francesco Di (Italy) - Legendary BANCO singer melodic flow, driven by strong Hammond organ a la ELP
with BANCO members backing
GLEEMEN (Italy) - Pre-GARYBALDI and very similar in style
GIALMA 3 (Italy) - Symphonic jazz led by piano and double
GLI ALISEI (Italy) - Melodic symphonic prog like BOTTEGA
bass
DELL’ARTE and Il GIARDINO DEI SIMPLICI
GIAN CASTELLO (Italy) - Irish style prog folk with classical
GLOBALYS (Belgium) - Excellent symphonic prog with a
instruments
slight Canterbury feel
GIANT HOGWEED ORCHESTRA, The (Finland) -
GLONKLER, Thomas (Germany) - Guitarist and songwriter
Instrumental blend of PORCUPINE TREE and OZRIC
of ICU. Nice Robert FRIPP/Anthony PHILLIPS & Mike
TENTACLES. Excellent!!!
OLDFIELD style
GIARDINI D’AUTUNNO (Italy) - Majestic floating prog with
GLUGGAMYND (Iceland) - Folky prog with female vocals
lots of mellotron and an electronic slant
GNAGS (Denmark) - Soft prog from the mid 70's
GIARDINO DEI SEMPLICI, Il (Italy) - Soft progressive 70'
band GNIDROLOG (UK) - Slight GIANT/TULL-influenced prog
GIARDINO DELLE DELIZIE, Il (Italy) - Excellent prog in GOAD (Italy) - GENESIS, PINK FLOYD vibes to this band that
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has quite a few private releases under their belt
GOBLIN (Italy) - Heavy and moody with a FLOYDian prog
feel and generally pretty good
GODBLESS (Indonesia) - Started off gently proggy, early
GENESIS-like, and then grew into hard prog
GODFREY, Robert John (UK) - In 1973, one of the two
founders of The ENID releases a symphonic prog/classical album
filled with loads of mellotron titled “Fall Of Hyperion”
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (Canada) - Talented
musicians combining the swirling atmospherics of ambient music
with the uncompromising textures and socio-political vision of
the Rock In Opposition crowd, framing it all in a semi-classical,
string-dominated style that recalls the avant-chamber prog of
UNIVERS ZERO or ART ZOYD.
GOLIATH (UK) - 70’s heavy prog with flute, guitar and female
vocals. AFFINITY meets JETHRO TULL meets FRUMPY
GOLIATH (USA) - Hard prog from 1972
GOLOWIN, Sergius (Germany) - POPUL VUH-like prog,
featuring intriguing acid folk compositions
GOMA (Spain) - Post-SMASH prog; symphonic prog with sax,
lies somewhere between the 70’s British Italian scenes
GOMORRAHA (Germany) - Classic early 70’s German prog
GONG (Daevid ALLEN) (UK) - Psych/space & fusion/prog
with some Mike OLDFIELD influences
GONG, MOTHER GONG, NEW YORK (UK) - Mix of jazz
and RIO led by Daevid ALLEN
GONG, Pierre Moerlen’s (UK) - Follow-up formation of
legendary GONG after the departure of Daevid ALLEN under
the leadership of drummer Pierre MOERLEN with some
collaboration from Mike OLDFIELD
GONGZILLA (USA) - Bon LOZAGA’s fusion rock group
GOPAL, Sam (UK) - Acid psych rock from the late 60’s
GORAGUER, Alain (France) - Famous for his haunting
soundtrack to ’73 cult movie “The Fantastic Planet” (“La Planète
Sauvage”). Trippy fusion of psych-jazz, strings, sighs, slo-mo
beats. Excellent!
GORDIAN KNOT (USA) - Talented musician Sean MALONE
with a complex prog project featuring first-class session
instrumentalists Steve HACKETT (GENESIS), Bill BRUFORD
(KING CRIMSON) and Jim MATHEOS (FATES WARNING)
GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA (Sweden) - Excellent instrumental
prog rooted in the 70’s like KEBNEKAISE and TRETTIARIGA
KRIGET with a dose of RIO
GOTHIC LUNCH (Italy) - Sounds like a mixture of ASIA,
Aaln PARSONS and PINK FLOYD
GOTIC (Spain) - Beautiful instrumental prog with flute and a
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CAMEL feel
GOTO, Tadashi (Japan) - Instrumental symphonic fusion
GOTTSCHING, Manuel (Germany) - ASH RA TEMPEL
guitarist. Electronic music in Klaus SCHULZE style
GOZZO ZOO (France) - Jazz rock
GPS (UK) - Fantastic neo-prog supergroup featuring ex-ASIA
members John PAYNE and Jay SCHELLEN, in collaboration
with SPOCK’S BEARD keyboardist Ryo OKUMOTO
GRACE (UK) - Solid neo-prog
GRACIOUS (UK) - Great early prog with mellotron
GRAIL (Germany) - Heavy prog with aggressive vocals
GRANADA (Spain) - Classic Spanish prog
GRANCHER, Philippe (France) - Piano and synth driven prog
with a striking similarity to the first CLEARLIGHT album
GRAND NEBULEUX, Le & Les LAVEURS DE
CONSCIENCES (France) - Late 70’s prog/jazz
GRANDBELL (Brazil) - Symphonic prog comparable to YES
GRANDES GRUPOS PROGRESIVOS (Spain) - With PAN Y
REGALIZ, EVOLUTION, CEREBRUM
GRANDSTAND (Sweden) - Symphonic prog with ELP,
GENESIS influences
GRANICUS (USA) - Good hard rock
GRAPHITE (UK) - Like FANTASY/SPRING with sleepy
mellotron
GRASS (UK) - Good mixture of rock and prog
GRATTO (USA) - Side project of LEGER DE MAIN with solid
guitar work from Chris RODLER
GRAVE (Germany) - Early heavy progressive
GRAVESTONE (Germany) - Private doomy krautrock from the
late 70’s. Great guitar!
GRAVY TRAIN (UK) - Classic 70’s prog
GRAY, William (Argentina) - Modern conceptual prog
featuring fantastic melodies and arrangements with influences
from AYREON, Steve HACKETT and latter-day PINK FLOYD
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (UK) - Fine 70’s prog
GRECAS, Las (Spain) - Great flamenco psych/rock with dual
female vocals
GREEN (Italy) - Fine melodious rock production with a some
progressive tendencies
GREEN CHILDREN, The (Italy) - Classical/folk & prog
GREENSLADE (UK) - Ex-COLOSSEUM Dave
GREENSLADE keyboardist. Comparable to groups like
REFUGEE, KING CRIMSON, EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
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and YES GRUPPO D’ALTERNATIVA (Italy) - Great complex, beauti-

ful progressive band
GREENSLADE, Dave (UK) - Ex-GREENSLADE and
COLOSSEUM leader sends us to keyboard heaven with some GRYPHON (UK) - Medieval 70’s prog at its best
ambitious solo works
GTR (UK) - Successful but short-lived supergroup founded by
GREENWALL (Italy) - Keyboard-driven Italian band featuring Steve HACKETT (GENESIS) and Steve HOWE (YES)
subtle, smooth, almost new age like music
GUADALQUIVIR (Spain) - Great prog fusion
GREENWOOD, Nicholas (UK) - Killer organ-driven prog from
GUALBERTO (Spain) - One of Spain’s best guitarist
ex-Arthur BROWN’S KINGDOM COME bassist
GUAPO (UK) - Blends Zeuhl with space rock
GREGER JR. / PILAR / ANTOLINI (Germany) -
Keyboard-fronted instrumental prog jazz from the late 70’s GUARDIAN’S OFFICE, The (Norway) - Offshoot of
FRUITCAKE and in the same vein
GRENDEL (France) - Neo-prog in the MARILLION tradition
GUERCIA (Italy) - New prog ensemble with excellent keyboard
GREY LADY DOWN (UK) - Solid neo-prog with great
play, particularly the piano
keyboards and guitars, JADIS/PENDRAGON like
GUERIN, Shaun (USA) - Symphonic prog by the late, highly
GREY MATTER (Canada) - Heavy instrumental prog fusion.
sought-after session drummer
Excellent!
GUILLAUME DE LA PILIERE (France) - Lead axeman of
GREYHAVEN (USA) - Lead by monster-synths, nice neo-prog
VERSAILLES
that will also appeal to prog metal fans
GULISANO & DI LORENZO (Italy) - EDITH connections
GREYLEVEL (Canada) - Excellent melodic prog in
and quite similar
PINEAPPLE THIEF and mid-period PORCUPINE TREE style
GUNESH ENSEMBLE (Turkmenistan) - Mix of jazz, prog
GRIMALKIN (Italy) - Fluid symphonic prog melodies with a
and avant-garde
neo edge
GURNEMANZ (Germany) - Progressive folk from the late 70’s
GRIME (France) - In the French tradition (ANGE, ATOLL),
with dramatic elements and theatrical vocals GURU GURU (Germany) - Most imaginative bands to emerge
from the 70’s Krautrock scene. Fuelled by a combination of LSD
GRINGO (UK) - Prog rock from the early 70’s similar to groups
and loud raunchy experimental music, incorporated many styles
like SANDROSE, EARTH & FIRE and FUSION ORCHESTRA
from jazz to pop
GROBSCHNITT (Germany) - Brilliant symphonic rock
GUSTAVSON, Jukka (Finland) - Jazz rock by WIGWAM
GROOVECTOR (Finland) - Two keyboardists with mellotron keyboardist
and Hammond all over
GWELTAZ (France) - Mixes prog with traditional folk
GROOVY POP SESSION (France) - Multi-artist project
GWENDAL (France) - Blend of Celtic folk with jazz and prog
featuring ANGE, PULSAR, MOONLIGHTS, ABRACADABRA
- sort of like a folky GENTLE GIANT
and others
GYGAFO (UK) - Folk/psych rock with guitar, organ and vocal
GROSSKOPF, Harald (Germany) - Electronic wizard
harmonies
GROTESK (Germany) - 70’s instrumental progressive jazz
GYPSY KYSS (USA) - Exciting rock with progressive leanings
rock. Quite good!
fronted by Michael DICKEN
GROUP 1850 (Netherlands) - One of the earliest Dutch
prog-psych groups
GROUP THERAPY (Japan) - Instrumental jazz rock
GROUPA (Sweden) - Folk with traditional leanings
GROVES, Carl (USA) - SALEM HILL leader solo work
GROVJOBB (Sweden) - Instrumental folk/psych in JETHRO
TULL vein
GROWING DREAM (Canada) - Folk-tinged prog with
GENESIS, RENAISSANCE influences
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H2O (Italy) - Italian symphonic prog, like a cross between PFM
and LOCANDA DELLE FATE. A must!
HAAS, Daniel & Yves HASSELMANN (France) - ANGE/
TRAVELLING connected
HABITAT (Argentina) - Romantic melodic symphonic music
HACKENSACK (UK) - Heavy mid-70’s rock’n’blues psych
HACKETT, John (UK) - Melodic prog by brother of renowned
guitar wizard Steve HACKETT
HACKETT, Steve (UK) - Ex-GENESIS legendary guitarist.
Complex musician, draws influences from a wide variety of
styles and melds them into super compositions
HADDAD (Brazil) - Six-piece melodic prog, 70’s style, full of
lush instrumental passages in CAMEL vein
HAGEN (Sweden) - Heavy symphonic prog with Irish folk
melodies. Features KAIPA keyboardist Hans LUNDIN
HAGLER, Steve & Carol (USA) - Religious solo project by
STARCASTLE guitarist
HAINES BAND, Norman (UK) - Post-LOCOMOTIVE prog
from the early 70’s
HAIR (Denmark) - Psych rock from the early 70’s
HAIRY CHAPTER (Germany) - Early 70’s Krautrock
HAIZEA (Spain) - Basque folk/prog
HAKANSSON, Kenny (Sweden) - KEBNEKAISE guitarist.
Energetic folk on electric guitar. Great!!!
HAL & RING (Japan) - Pre-SHINGETSU prog bands that just
recently recorded their 70’s compositions. Excellent prog
featuring organ with a spacey edge
HALLELUJAH (Germany) - Good organ/guitar-dominated
prog from the early 70’s
HALLOWEEN (France) - Mostly dark symphonic prog with
nice touches of violin
HAMACAS AL RIO (Argentina) - Nice symphonic pop with
excellent female vocals and flute parts
HAMADRYAD (Canada) - Crunchy sound, intricate music:
great heavy modern prog rooted in the 70’s
HAMMEL, HLADIK, VARGA (Czech Republic) - Prog
masters join forces
HAMMILL, Peter (UK) - Ex-VAN DER GRAAF
GENERATOR legendary singer and lyricist
HAMSTER THEATRE (USA) - One of the premier RIO
groups. Blend of avant-garde, folk and world music
HANDS (USA) - 70’s prog a la GENTLE GIANT
HANNIBAL (UK) - Vintage prog band that went on to form
many splinter successful groups
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HANSSON & KARLSSON (Sweden) - Very nice prog with
massive keyboards and wild drums
HANSSON, Bo (Sweden) - Early Swedish symphonic prog with
a beautiful Nordic pastoral feel
HAPPY ACCIDENTS (UK) - A mix of RIO/avant-garde jazz
with Canterbury-style prog
HAPPY FAMILY (Japan) - Excellent prog/avant-garde
HAPPY THE MAN (USA) - Brilliant 70’s prog full of
originality
HARAMBEE (South Africa) - Classical folk with members of
ABSTRACT TRUTH and FREEDOM’S CHILDREN
HARANT (Germany) - OHRWASCHL craziness with FRIPP,
Anthony PHILLIPS and Andrew BELEW influences
HARD STUFF (UK) - Early 70’s hard rock by ex-
QUATERMASS and ATOMIC ROOSTER members
HARDAL (Turkey) - Mega-rare Turkish prog from the early
80’s
HARDSCORE (Belgium) - Crazy jazz rock with great female
vocals and a somewhat MAGMA and ZAPPA influence. Some
really unique stuff here!
HARLEQUIN MASS (USA) - RENAISSANCE/GENESIS
flavoured symphonic prog
HARLIS (Germany) - 70’s melodic hard rock founded by Ex-
JANE members
HARMONIA (Germany) - Electronic/ambient from the mid-
70’s, aquatic, dreamy atmospheres with floating synth effects
HARMONIUM (Canada) - One of the finest prog exponents of
Quebec’s golden era. Dreamy prog with killer mellotron
HARNAKIS (Spain) - Neo-prog from the 90’s with an Italian
flair & MARILLION style
HARVEY, Alex & HIS SOUL BAND (U.K.) - Jazzy blues
HARVEY, Jancis (UK) - Christian folk singer/songwriter
HARWOOD, Chris (UK) - Female singer similar to Linda
HOYLE
HASLAM, Annie (UK) - Lead singer of classical English prog
band RENAISSANCE
HATA, Aki (Japan) - Symphonic prog with female voice, in
SHINGETSU and FROMAGE vein
HATFIELD & THE NORTH (UK) - Excellent band from the
Canterbury school, with extreme explored musicianship, led by
ex-CARAVAN leader/bass player Richard SINCLAIR
HATTLER, Hellmut (Germany) - Prog fusion by this great
bass player from KRAAN
HAWK (South Africa) - Hippie prog from the early 70’s
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HAWKWIND (UK) - SPACE ROCK (see page 25)
HAX CEL (Germany) - Soft, restrained prog from the 70's
focused around the flute and harpsichord
HAYSTACKS BALBOA (USA) - Heavy bruisers from the 70’s
with DOORS-like vocals and heavy organ
HAZE (Germany) - Early 70’s heavy prog
HAZE (UK) - ELP-like progsters
HEAD MACHINE (UK) - Heavy psycho fuzz guitar from the
late 60’s
HEAD POP UP (Japan) - Solid progressive jazz rock
HEADBAND (Australia) - Prog/psych from the 70’s
HEADRUSH (Italy) - Melodic hard rock leaning slightly on the
prog side; for fans of ENCHANT and QUEENSRYCHE.
HEATWAVE (Italy) - Symphonic/folk prog with alternating
male and female vocals
HEAVY CRUISER (USA) - Hard rock from the early 70’s
featuring Neil MERRYWEATHER
HECENIA (France) - Excellent symphonic prog a la TIEMKO
HECTOR (Finland) - Finnish melancholy prog from the 70’s
HEDNINGARNA (Sweden) - Brilliant Scandanavian
traditional folk
HEJU (Hungary) - Instrumental electronic music. Very good!
HELD, Zeus B. (Germany) - Keyboard-driven prog featuring
use of the vocoder by 70’s member of BIRTH CONTROL
HELDEN RUNE (Italy) - Gothic music by MALOMBRA and
Il SEGNO members
HELDON (France) - Electronic prog led by Richard PINHAS
HELLEBORE (France) - RIO for fans of HENRY COW and
ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN
HELMET OF GNATS (USA) - Fantastic instrumental
top-notch fusion. Recommended!
HELP (USA) - Top-notch psychedelic rock
HELPFUL SOUL, The (Japan) - Heavy rock from the late 60’s
HEMMINGSON, Merit (Sweden) - Female keyboardist plays
wonderful organ highly reminiscent of TRACE
HENNIG, Sonny (Germany) - Alternates between Deutsch rock
and soft political prog
HENRY COW (UK) - Master of the acid-space rock genre
HENRY FOOL (UK) - PENDRAGON and NO-MAN members
join forces to create a mix of 60’s and 70’s prog
HENRY TENNIS (Japan) - Wonderful mix of Canterbury and
progressive
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HEON (Canada) - Electric guitar explorations creating
interesting sounds and guitar landscapes
HERBE ROUGE (France) - Obscure 70’s jazz rock
HERETIC (Japan) - Best known Japanese avant-garde group
HERMETIC SCIENCE (USA) - Mix of classical, jazz, new age
and ELP-like prog
HERNANDEZ, Francisco (Mexico) - CAST guitarist going
solo, HACKETT style
HERO (Italy) - Wonderfully gloomy hard prog band with
English lyrics
HERU AVENGER (USA) - For fans of space and Krautrock
HIAKARA (Finland) - Highly sought-after early 70’s prog
HIDRIA SPACEFOLK (Finland) - Trippy, energetic, hypnotic
space rock. Great!
HIGH FIDELITY ORCHESTRA, The (Mexico) - Sought-
after KING CRIMSON-like prog
HIGH TIDE (UK) - One of the most important underground
hard rock band from Britain
HIGH WHEEL (Germany) - Very good prog with PINK
FLOYD leanings
HIGHDELBERG (Germany) - Krautrock collaboration of
Mani NEUMEIER, Helmet HATTLER and MOEBIUS &
ROEDELIUS
HIGHER CIRCLES (USA) - Highly reminiscent of RUSH with
a melodic approach
HILLAGE, Steve (UK) - Ex-GONG legendary guitarist
HILLMAN, Steve (UK) - Electronic master who can also
display some biting guitar chops
HIMALIA (France) - Jazz rock influenced by WEATHER
REPORT, SOFT MACHINE and GONG
HINE, Rupert (UK) - Well-known producer of FIXX, SAGA,
RUSH and Tina TURNER who released great solo works,
sometimes under the pseudonym ‘’Thinkman’’
HINZE COMBINATION, Chris (Netherlands) - Amazing
flute playing by Chris. Great!
HITCHINGS, Tracy (UK) - SHADOWLAND/STRANGERS
ON A TRAIN singer
HJARNIDAUDI - PAIN: NOISE: MARCH (Norway) - Dark,
drone/ambient doom metal band
HOBO (Yugoslavia) - Keyboard-dominated art rock band from
the mid 70’s
HOBSON’S CHOICE (USA) - Excellent keyboard-driven
symphonic prog
HODGSON, Roger (UK) - Famous singer, guitarist and

composer of SUPERTRAMP
HOELDERLIN (Germany) - One of the best 70’s German
symphonic groups with a folk touch
HOENIG, Michael (Germany) - Brilliant 70’s electronic music
HOFFMAN, Kay (Italy) - Progressive/folk & avant-garde
wonderwork with PIERROT LUNAIRE members
HOLDING PATTERN (USA) - Brilliant mellotron-laden
instrumental symphonic prog
HOLE IN THE WALL (Norway) - Blend of prog/psych and
folk with alternate male/female vocals
HOLLMER, Lars (Sweden) - Of SAMLA MAMMAS
MANNA fame
HOLY LAMB (Latvia) - YES and CAMEL-inspired neo/
symphonic prog with English vocals
HOLY RIVER FAMILY BAND (Sweden) - SPACIOUS MIND
offshoot
HONEYELK (France) - Excellent progressive rock fusion
HOPO (Italy) - Great symphonic prog similar to BANCO DEL
MUTUO SOCCORSO
HOPPER, Hugh (UK) - SOFT MACHINE bassist and
composer who released a classic jazzrock album in 1977 titled
“Hopper Tunity Box”
HORDE CATALATIQUE POUR LA FIN (France) -
Avant-garde improvising quartet
HORIZONT (Russia) - Brilliant sophisticated symphonic prog.
Highly recommended!
HORIZONTE (Argentina) - Classic 70’s prog with strong
ethnic elements
HORSE (UK) - Hard rockers
HORSLIPS (Ireland) - Very good mix of hard rock with
traditional folk and progressive references
HORTOBAGYI, Laszlo (Hungary) - Eastern/African sounds
HORUS (Italy) - Early 70’s keyboard-driven symphonic prog
not unlike LOCANDA DELLE FATE, PROCESSION and Le
ORME
HOSOKAWA, Masahiko (Japan) - Member of LACRYMOSA.
Solo piano and electronics
HOST (Norway) - Brilliant 70’s heavy prog
HOSTSONATEN (Italy) - Symphonic flute-driven prog, side
project from FINISTERRE masterminded by Fabio ZUFFANTI
HOT FUR (Isarel) - Unique blend of progressive, fusion and
jazz. Excellent!
HOT THUMBS O’RILEY (Finland) - Jim PEMBROKE of
WIGWAM goes solo
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HOURGLASS (USA) - Delightful prog metal epics in a style
between RUSH, KANSAS and DREAM THEATER
HOUSE OF NOT (Canada) - Like PINK FLOYD. Very good!
HOUSE, Simon (UK) - Violinist who played with HIGH TIDE
HOUSTON FEARLESS (USA) - Organ/fuzz guitar psychedelia
from the late 60’s
HOVEN DROVEN (Sweden) - A mix of FAIRPORT
CONVENTION and BLACK SABBATH (of all things!)
HOWE, Steve (UK) - Ex-YES legendary guitarist
HOWE’S REMEDY, Steve (UK) - YES member with his own
band project of similar type as his solo works
HOYLE, Linda (UK) - AFFINITY lead singer
HUANCARA (Argentina) - Ethnic folk with bamboo flutes,
acoustic guitars etc…
HUBER, Walti (Switzerland) - Progressive folk with
male-female vocals
HUDSON-FORD (UK) - Ex-STRAWBS members Richard
HUDSON and John FORD join forces
HUGHES, Gary (UK) - Excellent epic rock opera project by
TEN’s vocalist, in the style of AYREON
HUINCA/LITTO NEBBIA (Argentina) - Mix of rock and prog
HUMAN BEAST (UK) - Wacked-out psych from the early 70’s
HUMUS (Mexico) - Complex prog not unlike LOCH NESS
HUNGERSTRIKE (Italy) - Mix of prog and modern rock full
of angst
HUNKA MUNKA (Italy) - Excellent melodic prog dominated
by keyboards with vocals a la Demis ROUSSOS
HURDY GURDY (Denmark) - Hard rock with Eastern
influences
HUTCHINSON, Clark (UK) - 70’s progressive blues
HUYGEN, Michel (Spain) - Of NEURONIUM fame
HYACINTUS (Argentina) - Symphonic rock with a definite
Mike OLDFIELD influence
HYBRID (UK) - Neo-prog for fans of ARENA, IQ and
PENDRAGON
HYDRAVION (France) - Very good 70’s atmospheric and
rhythmical electronic music under the leadership of French
synth-wizard Philippe BESOMBES
HYDROTOXIN (Germany) - Keyboard and guitar-driven prog
metal with heavy progressive stylings
HYPERION (France) - Alternately hypnotically dreamy,
symphonic, ethnic or electro music by French multi-
instrumentalist Olivier FRECHE
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HYPERTER (Hungary) - Instrumental prog like a cross

between OZRIC TENTACLES and DREAM THEATER. Great!
HYPNOS 69 (Belgium) - Wistful psychedelic prog rock early
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I DRIVE (UK) - Hard rock from the early 70’s
IA-BATISTE (Spain) - Jordi BATISTE & friends including
Max SUNYER from ICEBERG
IBIO (Spain) - Essential late 70’s prog rock
IBIS (Italy) - Hybrid of many Italian legends
ICARUS (UK) - Early 70’s prog band that put out a concept
album with strong progressive elements
ICE (Germany) - Super heavy prog trio from the 80’s, for fans
of NOVALIS
ICE (Netherlands) - Post-MARYSON symphonic prog that sits
somewhere in between PINK FLOYD and MARILLION. Very
good!
ICEBERG (Spain) - Fusion masters
ICECROSS (Iceland) - A trio with Axel EINARSSON proving
to be a dab hand on the old fretboard - mighty heavy rocker from
the late 70’s
ICONOCLASTA (Mexico) - Number-one Mexican prog group
ICU (Germany) - Really good neo-prog
IE RAIS SHAN (Japan) - Symphonic prog with female vocals
similar to VERMILLION SANDS or PROVIDENCE
IF (UK) - 70's progressive jazz rock
IGGINBOTTOM’S WRENCH (UK) - With
HOLDSWORTH
IHRE KINDER (Germany) - 70’s heavy prog
III MILENIO (Brazil) - Similar to PINK FLOYD or RUSH.
Great concepts!
IKARUS (Germany) - Heavy early 70’s organ-driven prog with
a dose of jazz rock
ILIJIN, Dorde (Yugoslavia) - Excellent instrumental
symphonic prog by TAKO keyboardist
ILLUSION (UK) - Original RENAISSANCE line-up playing in
the same style
ILLUSION, The (USA) - Psychedelic rock from the late 60’s
ILUVATAR (USA) - Great neo-prog with soaring synths, great
vocals and long instrumental excursions
IMAGIN’ARIA (Italy) - 70’s influenced with baroque and
medieval roots with violin
IMAGO (France) - Late 70’s rock and folk with acoustic and
electric instrumental parts
IMAN CALIFATO INDEPENDIENTE (Spain) - Classic late
70’s prog/symph & fusion. One of Spain’s best bands
IMPERO DELLE OMBRE, L’ (Italy) - Heavy symphonic prog
somewhere between Il BALLETTO DI BRONZO and PINK
LETTER I
FLOYD
IMPROVED SOUND LIMITED (Germany) - Psych and
West-Coast rock
IN NOMINE (Spain) - A blend of classic and neo-prog
IN SPE (Estonia) - Clever prog, mixes classical compositions
with rock or symphonic orchestration
IN THE LABYRINTH (Sweden) - Soft delicate prog/folk &
Eastern rock
INDACO (Italy) - Prog with an Eastern feel. BANCO members
INDEX (Brazil) - Fantastic instrumental symphonic prog in
CAMEL, GENESIS style
INDEXI (Yugoslavia) - Mix of prog and rock characterized by a
dominant organ sound with distinguished guitar, mirroring
influences from PROCOL HARUM, The BEATLES, or early
DEEP PURPLE
INDIGO (Austria) - Post-KYRIE ELEISON progressive
INDIGO (Germany) - Great 70’s keyboard prog rock like early
NOVALIS
INDISCIPLINE (Canada) - Very similar to KING CRIMSON,
as you would imagine
INDISCIPLINED LUCY (Sweden) - Mix of CRIMSON with
PAVLOV’S and ZELLO
Allan
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE (Italy) - Fantastic instrumental
symphonic fusion. Recommended!
INDUKTI (Poland) - Powerful prog made up of dual guitars,
violin, bass and drums
INES (Germany) - Melodic prog with great female keyboardist
INFINITY (USA) - Great prog from late 70’s like GENTLE
GIANT and STARCASTLE
INFRA (Sweden) - KING CRIMSON inspired
INKABB HOLNAP (Hungary) - Excellent instrumental
symphonic prog with a touch of fusion
INNER FLAME (Brazil) - Heavy symphonic prog. English
vocals
INQUIRE (Germany) - Fine neo-prog reminiscent of IQ
IN-TENSION (Netherlands) - Heavy symphonic with nice
female vocals
INTERFACE (Japan) - KING CRIMSON style
INTERFERENCES SARDINES (Canada) - Similar to
CONVENTUM
INTERGALACTIC TOURING BAND (UK) - A one-time
super project of the mid-70’s involving Arthur BROWN, Dave
COUSINS, Annie HASLAM, Anthony PHILLIPS, Percy JONES
and a host of others
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INTERPOSE (Japan) - Jazz fusion with distinct symphonic INCENSE (Netherlands) - Exceptional melancholic and
tendencies, with occcasional female vocals and fusion outbreaks. symphonic rock, calm and subtle on the one hand, energetic and
TSUBOY (KBB) guests on violin raw on the other
INTRA (USA) - Mid 70’s American prog, like YES, INDIAN SUMMER (UK) - 70’s classical symphonic prog with
GNIDROLOG. Great! bluesy hard rock roots
INVADERS (South Africa) - Heavy prog from the early 70’s INTENCE (Germany) - Atmospheric electronic music closely
like URIAH HEEP, HEAD MACHINE and TOE FAT resembling TANGERINE DREAM
INVISIBLE (Argentina) - Emotional melodic prog INTERFACE (Germany) - Fresh sounding substantial
electronic music along the lines of the great ones: Klaus
IONA (UK) - One of the leaders when it comes to Celtic prog
SCHULZE, VANGELIS, TANGERINE DREAM
IPE I LAZA (Yugoslavia) - Symphonic rock with female vocals
IRRLICHTER, Die (Germany) - Medieval/fantasy & folk
and mellotron
played exclusively by female members playing with ancient
IQ (UK) - NEO-PROGRESSIVE (see page 28) instruments on Middle-Ages markets
IRAKLIS (Greece) - Mid-70’s symphonic prog with touches of IRRWISCH (Switzerland) - Timeless melodic pop from one of
Greek folk the oldest Swiss bands
IRIS (France) - Early 70’s prog rock in early ANGE style ISRAEL, Fred (Sweden) - Obscure jazzy symphonic prog with
highlighted by swirling organ mellotron from the late 70’s
IRISH COFFEE (Belgium) - Heavy organ/guitar prog from the IT BITES (UK) - Successful progressive pop band of the later
early 70’s 90’s
IRRGARTEN (Canada) - Reminiscent of early MARILLION IVANHOE (Germany) - The German answer to DREAM
and IQ THEATER: energetic mid-tempo tracks with vocals reminiscent
of James LABRIE (DREAM THEATER) and Daniel
ISAIAH (Austria) - Early 70's prog in the GENTLE GIANT,
GILDENLÖW (PAIN OF SALVATION)
KING CRIMSON vein
IVORY (Germany) - Excellent symphonic prog very similar to
ISILDURS BANE (Sweden) - Excellent symphonic/classical
GENESIS
rock with Swedish folk roots
IVORY TOWER (Germany) - Trend-setting prog rock/metal
ISLAND (Switzerland) - Fantastic complex prog in the KING
band from exalted level
CRIMSON vein
IX (Venezuela) - Unique progressive project by TEMPANO
ISOLATION (UK) - Psych folk from the 70’s reminiscent of UK
keyboardist Guiglio Cesare DELLA NOCE and other members;
folk-psych legends ITHICA
the music ranges from fusion, jazz and classical to folk,
ISOPODA (Belgium) - Great mid-GENESIS inspired prog electronic and contemporary
ISOTOPE & Gary BOYLE (UK) - Jazz rock fusion band IXION (Netherlands) - Standard conceptual/lyrical symphonic
ISOTOPE featuring guitarist GOYLE prog with male and female vocals, mellotron, cello and heavy
guitars
IT (USA) - Great instrumental skill and complex melodies,
similar to UTOPIA (Tod RUNDGREN)
ITHACA (UK) - Dreamy pastoral folk/psych
ITOIZ (Spain) - Top Basque prog group
ITZIAR (Spain) - More great Basque prog folk with female
vocals
IZRI, Brahim (Armenia) - Conceptual symphonic prog with
female vocals
IZUKAITZ (Spain) - Basque folky prog
IZZ (USA) - Mix of SPOCK’S BEARD, KING CRIMSON, ELP
and GENESIS
IMAN CALIFATO INDEPEDIENTE (Spain) - Late 70’s
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J.E.T. (Italy) - Think a heavier version of MUSEO
ROSENBACH and Il BALLETTO DI BRONZO
JACK YELLO (Germany) - Ex-DARIUS prog between
ARENA, MARILLION and SPOCK’S BEARD
JACKAL (Canada) - Heavy prog in DEEP PURPLE vein
JACKS, Scott (Canada) - FIRST AID keyboard whiz goes solo
JACKSON HEIGHTS (UK) - Post-NICE and Pre-REFUGEE
melodic progressive rock
JACULA (Italy) - Inspired by a funeral: church organ,
harpsichord + electronics fused with acoustics
JADE (France) - Current instrumental and experimental trio that
evokes TIEMKO or KING CRIMSON, but with a highly
jazz-influenced rhythm section
JADE (UK) - Early 70’s folk rock in TREES vein
JADE WARRIOR (UK) - Melodically simple/rhythmically
complex or vice versa. Absolutely unique!
JADIS (UK) - Solid neo-prog similar to IQ
JAEN KIEF (Colombia) - Wonderful symphonic prog with a
PINK FLOYD feel
JAGA JAZZIST (Norway) - Remarkable 10-piece jazz rock
collective indulging in electronic experiments and flirting with
new art rock a la GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
JAGIELLO (Germany) - MARILLION-like prog group later
renamed JACK YELLO
JAKLIN (UK) - Power blues
JAKSZYK, Jakko M. (UK) - Great mix of art and jazzrock.
Playing with JAPAN members in the 90’s, JAKSZYK now
collaborates with famous musicians such as Robert FRIPP, Mel
COLLINS, Ian McDONALD, Ian WALLACE (all KING
CRIMSON), Hugh HOPPER (The SOFT MACHINE) and John
GIBLIN, to name but a few
JAMES, Nell (USA) - Young talented female musician plays
some lush, classical folksy prog that blends together bits of
GENTLE GIANT and RENAISSANCE; references could also
include Joni MITCHELL and Aimee MANN
JAN DUKES OF GRAY (UK) - Blend of acid folk and prog
JANE (Germany) - 70’s krautrock legends
JANEYRAND, Gilles (France) - Soft symphonic prog with nice
orchestral arrangements and mellotron
JANISON EDGE (UK) - Big sound with strong melodies, for
IQ, PENDRAGON, ARENA fans
JANSCH, Bert (UK) - Scottish acoustic guitar folk musician,
founder member of successful folk rockers PENTANGLE
JANUS (Germany) - Heavy hard rock combined with clear
influences from symphonic prog
LETTER J
JARGON (Finland) - Instrumental jazz/fusion rock
JARRE, Jean-Michel (France) - One of the pioneers of
electronic music, along with artists and bands such as Wendy
CARLOS, VANGELIS, KRAFTWERK, Isao TOMITA and
TANGERINE DREAM
JAZZ Q (Czech Republic) - Jazz rock/fusion
JELLY JAM (USA) - MORGENSTEIN, TABOR, MYUNG
super-mix of rock, fusion and metal
JENGHIZ KHAN (Belgium) - Heavy psych prog from the 70’s,
with Big FRISWA on guitar
JENNINGS, Iain (UK) - MOSTLY AUTUMN keyboardist
whose music is very similar in sound
JENS (Sweden) - Whispered psychy-folk songs by original
SPACIOUS MIND member
JEREMY & PROGRESSOR (USA) - Instrumental symphonic
space rock as JEREMY teams up with X RELIGION guitarist
PROGRESSOR
JEREMY (USA) - Instrumental keyboard prog
JERICHO (UK) - Heavy to melodic, guitar-driven prog from
the early 70’s
JERICHO JONES (UK) - Same band as the above, under a new
name
JERONIMO (Germany) - Heavy cosmic blues from the 70's
JERUSALEM (UK) - Hard rock from the early 70’s
JESTER’S JOKE (Italy) - Neo-prog like IQ, MARILLION
JET LAG (Italy) - Blends PFM with AREA. Fantastic!
JETHRO TULL (UK) - FOLK PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see
page 22)
JINETES NEGROS (Argentina) - Fantastic symphonic prog
enhanced by beautiful keyboards and choirs. Recommended!
JO YUN (South Korea) - A cross between OLDFIELD and
TANGERINE DREAM
JODY GRIND (UK) - Heavy progressive from the late 60’s and
early 70’s with nice guitar and organ
JODY ST. (UK) - Excellent hard rock
JOHANNSSON, Johann G. (Iceland) - Mix of rock, pop and
Icelandic folk
JOHANSSON, Bjorn (Sweden) - Great symphonic prog with
Par LINDH
JOIN IN (Germany) - Mostly instrumental progressive jazz
rock from the mid-70’s
JOLLIFFE, Steve (UK) - Ex-TANGERINE DREAM and
STEAMHAMMER musician performing original classical
themes
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JON & VANGELIS (UK) - Jon ANDERSON (YES) and

VANGELIS (Greek progressive electronic artist). An art-pop
style of music comparable to '80's YES and perhaps ASIA
JONATHAN (Germany) - Late 70’s synth/drums duo creates
interesting electronic soundscapes
JONESY (UK) - 70’s prog with mellotron, similar in style to
KING CRIMSON but with trumpet
JOY UNLIMITED (Germany) - Early 70’s krautrock with
female vocals
JOYCE, Jessy (France) - Mid-70’s hard rock with female
vocals
JTB (Finland) - Instrumental jazz/fusion with Jukka
TOLONEN, Coste APETREA and Joachim KUHN
JUAN DE LA CRUZ (Philippines) - Legends of 70’s Phillipine
prog with Wally GONZALES and Mike HANAPOL
JUD’S GALLERY (Germany) - Classic krautrock of the 70’s
JUGHEAD (USA) - Power pop with Ty TABOR and Derek
SHERINIAN
JULIAN'S TREATMENT (UK) - Early 70’s prog built upon
the expressive and powerful vocals of Cathy PRUDEN and
Julian Jay SAVARIN’s compelling keyboards
JULVERNE (Belgium) - Great chamber rock group
JULY (UK) - Classic UK psych
JUMBLE LANE (UK) - Mixture of rock, jazz and folk from the
early 70’s
JUMBO (Italy) - Excellent 70’s heavy prog
JUMP (UK) - Neo-prog from the 90’s with twin guitars and
plenty of keyboards
JUNIPHER GREENE (Norway) - Blend of psychedelic and
folk
JUPITER 9 (Canada) - Instrumental light symphonic prog and
melodic fusion
JUPU GROUP (Finland) - Solid violin jazz rock like ZAO
JUST (UK) - Heavy neo-prog/AOR
JUTRO (Yugoslavia) - Jazz-rock from the mid-70’s quite
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K2 (USA) - Great mellotron-laden symphonic prog with Allan
HOLDSWORTH, Ryo OKUMOTO, Shaun GUERIN and Ken
JAQUESS
KAAMOS (Finland) - Prog folk from the 70’s that mixes folk,
Medieval and classical with bits of blues and funk
KACZYNSKI, Charles (Canada) - Fantastic mystical
symphonic group led by the passionate violin playing of
KACZYNSKI. Just beautiful all the way around!
KAD (France) - KADWALADYR with a now shortened name.
Great!
KADA (Hungary) - Maybe ZAPPA meets KING CRIMSON?
Amazing!
KAHVAS JUTE (Australia) - Early 70’s progressive hard rock
with stunning guitar play
KAIPA (Sweden) - Top 70’s Swedish symphonic prog featuring
Roine STOLT
KAIZEN (Brazil) - Ex-members of QUATERNA. Good
symphonic prog
KALABAN (USA) - Prog with some symphonic emphasis
evoking EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
KALACAKRA (Germany) - Really good spacey psychedelic
prog a la YATHA SIDRA
KALEIDON (Italy) - Jazz rock from the 70’s with great
keyboard play
KALEIDOSCOPE (Mexico) - Garage psych with English
vocals from the late 60’s
KALEIDOSCOPE (UK) - Pre-FAIRFIELD PARLOUR
psychedelia from the late 60’s
KALEVALA (Finland) - Highly acclaimed early 70’s prog.
Good stuff!
KALO (Japan) - Mostly instrumental (occasional female
vocals) symphonic prog. Excellent!
KALSA (Italy) - Highly recommended if you like AREA and
ARTI E MESTIERI
KAMELOT (USA) - Symphonic epic metal group which sounds
more melodious and more progressive with every new album
KAMPAI (Germany) - Prog band formed in the early 90’s a bit
similar to ELOY
KAMPMAN, Eric (USA) - Symphonic keyboard work by
ex-NOW keyboardist
KANSAS (USA) - Blend of UK prog with American folk rock.
One of the most popular bands of the 70’s
KAOS MOON (Canada) - Neo-prog in MARILLION/IQ style
KAPLAN BROTHERS, The (USA) - Unique mellotron
melancholy prog with psych arrangements
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KAPUTTER HAMSTER (Germany) - Good early 70’s prog
with that raw underground feel
KARA (UK) - Lush symphonic prog with female vocals, a cross
between LANDMARQ and IONA. Very good!
KARCIUS (Canada) - Instrumental blend of prog/fusion/jazz
rock & prog metal
KARDA ESTRA (UK) - Evokes symphonic and classical
elements full of haunting beauty and dynamics
KARFAGEN (Ukraine) - Brilliant instrumental symphonic prog
with lush, sweeping keyboards, solid guitar interplay, mellow
melodies and some jazzy influences
KARMA (Brazil) - An excellent prog folk trio that sounds more
Greek than Brazilian
KARMA DEPTH (Belgium) - Impressive prog that sounds a bit
like DREAM THEATER
KARMAKANIC (Sweden) - FLOWER KINGS symphonic
off-shoot led by Jonas REINGOLD. Great!
KARNATAKA (UK) - Fans of CLANNAD and IONA will like
these
KARPAT (Hungary) - BARBARO guitarist. Ethno/
contemporary
KARRER, Chris (Germany) - Founder member of psychedelic
commune AMON DÜÜL II
KASEKE (Estonia) - Like a cross between PINK FLOYD and
CAMEL
KASSOU (France) - Instrumental piano, very intimate and full
of sensitivity
KATARSIS (Mexico) - Five-member prog group, Italian in style
KATHARGO (Germany) - Hard prog from the mid 70’s (later
changed their name to EPSILON)
KAYAK (Netherlands) - Dutch pop-rock with prog tendencies,
similar to SUPERTRAMP
KBB (Japan) - Excellent symphonic rock and fusion
KC (France) - Instrumental guitar fuzz fusion. KING
CRIMSON meets HELDON.
KEATS (UK) - Early 80’s group of clever pop prog produced by
Alan PARSONS, with vocalist Colin BLUNSTONE, keyboardist
Pete BARDENS, drummer Stuart ELLIOTT, guitarist Ian
BAIRNSON and bassist David PATON. Very much like the Alan
PARSONS PROJECT
KEBNEKAISE (Sweden) - Great prog with folk touches
KEDAMA (Switzerland) - Guitar-driven prog trio, essentially
complex, slightly CRIMSON-like
KEHELL (Japan) - Progressive fusion
KEITH TIPPETT GROUP, The (UK) - A unique duo of
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husband and wife doing jazz improvisations
KEN’S NOVEL (Belgium) - Seductive neo-prog for those who
like NOW, NO NAME or ATRIA
KENNEDY (Japan) - Classic spacy prog with mellotron
between KING CRIMSON and MAHAVISHNU
KENSO (Japan) - Instrumental prog fusion. Japanese
equivalent of HAPPY THE MAN. Essential!
KENZINER (Finland) - Nice symphonic prog metal by
keyboardist/guitarist Jarno KESKINEN
KERBEROS (Sweden) - Hard prog of the 90’s with metal
leanings a la DREAM THEATER
KERRS PINK (Norway) - Mix of soft Scandinavian folk and
prog with ornate keyboards. CAMEL inspired
KEX (Hungary) - Pyschedelic prog band from the late 60’s
KEY LARGO (UK) - British blues from the early 70’s
KEYBOARDS TRIANGLE (Japan) - Wonderful prog covers
by members of GERARD and ARS NOVA
KHACHEH, Kamran (Italy) - Persian leader with Italian
ensemble, music cose to GATTO MARTE, ZYPRESSEN, OPUS
AVANTRA
KHAN (UK) - Early 70’s Canterbury outfit features Steve
HILLAGE, Dave STEWART among others. Essential!
KHARMA (Sweden) - Straight-ahead hard rock and pompous
melody & progressive rock with fantastic singer Göran EDMAN
KHATSATURJAN (Finland) - Excellent rock symphony
project by four multi-instrumentalists, featuring great vocal
harmonies
KIN PING MEH (Germany) - Krautrock band from the 70’s
KING CRIMSON (UK) - HARD PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see
page 23 )
KING EIDER (Netherlands) - Mostly instrumental band made
up of members from NICE BEAVER, CLIFFHANGER and
KNIGHT AREA, whose floating keyboards and emotive guitar
play give their music a classic CAMEL feel
KINGS, I (Italy) - Italian beat
KINGSTON WALL (Finland) - Brilliant space rock
psychedelia
KINO (UK) - Prog supergroup with Pete TREWAVAS, Chris
MAITLAND, John MITCHELL and John BECK
KINZOKUEBISU (Japan) - Very good symphonic prog, heavy
on the mellotron
KISTENMACHER, Bernd (Germany) - Electronic space prog
KITAKAYAMA, Makoto (Japan) - Ex-SHINGETSU singer.
Clever prog evoking KING CRIMSON with symphonic
overtones
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KLAATU (Canada) - Strange mixture of early The BEATLES
but in much more progressive way
KLADIVO, KONJ & VODA (Slovenia) - Psych folk with
female vocals and violin
KLAN (Poland) - Early 70's organ/guitar-driven prog
KLAUSS (Argentina) - Electronic music somewhere between
TANGERINE DREAM and VANGELIS
KLIMPEREI (France) - Blend of avant-garde and minimalistic
sounds
KNIGHT AREA (Netherlands) - Excellent symphonic prog
with mellotron
KOLINDA (Hungary) - Hungary’s internationally-renown
prog-folk band. Have been around since 1975
KOLLEKTIV (Germany) - Rocking and innovative krautrock
KONG LAVRING (Norway) - Mid-70’s Norwegian folk prog
with fine songwriting
KONT RA BURGER (Poland) - Fine folk based on traditional
Polish music and beyond. Influences from roots music but also
jazz, rock, circus music and more
KOPECKY (USA) - Mix of progressive and fusion rock
KOPPERFIELD (USA) - Organ/guitar-driven heavy prog from
the mid 70’s
KORAI OROM (Hungary) - Percussive space rock with
hypnotic atmospheres and bits of trumpet & flute
KORAL (Hungary) - Hard but melodic prog
KORMORAN (Hungary) - Hungarian ethnic folk prog
KOROVA (France) - Unique eclectic conceptual prog with
hidden influences from CAN, ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN,
MAGMA and perhaps GENESIS
KOTEBEL (Spain) - Symphonic prog with great keyboards
KOTZEV, Nikolo (Bulgaria) - Author of a great rock opera
about Nostradamus by BRAZON ABBOT member, featuring a
35-piece symphonic orchestra and well-known musicians from
the prog scene
KOVAC NEW SET, Roland (Germany) - Complex
instrumental jazzy prog jams from the 70’s
KOVAL, Sergio (Argentina) - Teutonic synth/sequencer style
electronic music with power & energy
KRAAN (Germany) - Classic krautrockers but with a spacey
feel
KRABAT (Germany) - Light Canterbury jazz with a ZAPPA
feel
KRACQ (Netherlands) - Brilliant prog with spacey feel and
complex themes
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KRAFTWERK (Germany) - Electronic wizards who need no

introduction
KRAFTWERK (ORGANISATION) (Germany) - Pre-
KRAFTWERK electronics
KRAKATAU (France) - Created by composer Alexandre
BORCIC this band has a DEAD CAN DANCE and ENYA feel
as well as hints of PINK FLOYD, PULSAR and VANGELIS
KRAKATOA (USA) - Excellent symphonic prog with violin.
Recommended!
KRAUTZEN, Henry (Belgium) - Leader of FINNEGAN’S
WAKE goes solo. Same style with Canterbury influences
KRE (Venezuela) - ANEKDOTEN and KING CRIMSON
influenced and entirely instrumental
KREUZWEG (Germany) - Keyboard prog that resembles early
NOVALIS
KRISTINA, Sonja (UK) - Lead vocalist of CURVED AIR
KRISTYL (USA) - Excellent Christian guitar psych prog
KROKODIL (Switzerland) - 70’s krautrockers with guitar,
bass, drums, sitar, klavino, harp, flutes and strong compelling
vocals
KROMLECH (Mexico) - Fine instrumental prog with great
guitar work
KULL, Brett (USA) - Solo from ECHOLYN guitarist.
Singer/songwriter style
KULTIVATOR (Sweden) - Fantastic progressive acid folk from
the 80’s
KUNDALINI (Sweden) - Good fusion with Eastern influences
KURGAN’S BANE (USA) - Art rock from brothers Pete and
Jeff LARAMEE. For RUSH and SAGA fans
KVAZAR (Norway) - Similar to PORCUPINE TREE
KYRIE ELEISON (Austria) - Symphonic prog at its best with
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L. & ADAMAH, John (Germany) - Ex-ASH RA TEMPEL
percussion space prog
LABORATORIO DI MUSICA E IMMAGINE (Italy) -
Instrumental prog, jazz and avant-garde
LABRIE, James (USA) - DREAM THEATER vocalist
LAC PLACIDE (France) - Symphonic prog work with female
vocals, something of a cross between PINK FLOYD and the last
few albums by ANGE
LACRIMOSA (Germany) - Primarily a goth rock outfit, they
now compose electronic based music with beautiful eerie
melodies and lyrical texts. For prog fans who like a touch of
gothic
LADY LAKE (Netherlands) - Instrumental melodic prog in
CAMEL vein
LAFERRIERE, Yves (Canada) - Relatively unknown artist
from the late 70’s joined by members of CONTRACTION and
CONVENTION. Mainly instrumental with an overall jazzrock
feel
LAGGER BLUES MACHINE (Belgium) - Somber Zeuhl from
the 70’s with heavy Hammond organ; elements of SOFT
MACHINE, MAGMA, ZAPPA & KING CRIMSON
LAGHONIA (Peru) - Late 60’s psychedelia with influences
ranging from The BEATLES to The MONKEES, The DOORS
and The ROLLING STONES
LAGUARDA & TAPINERIA, Pep (Spain) - Delicate folk from
the 70’s
LAGUNA, Fabio (Brazil) - Completely instrumental keyboard
attacks
LAHOST (UK) - Neo-prog similar to PENDRAGON/
MARILLION and TWELFTH NIGHT
LAKE (Germany) - Band from northern Germany mostly
successful in the second half of the 70’s with brilliant Scottish
vocalist James HOPKINS-HARRISON
LAKVEET, John (Spain) - Sequencer-based electronic music in
the retro style-like Berlin School with experimental atmospheres
LALA KOVACEK GROUP (Yugoslavia) - Jazzrock from the
late 70’s
LAMB, Kevin (UK) - Singer/songwriter
LAMOTHE, Claude (Canada) - Great violin player performing
hot instrumental fusion with classical elements
LAMOUR (France) - Minimalistic electronics and jazz
LAMP OF THE UNIVERSE (New Zealand) - Great cosmic
space rock
LANCASTER, Jack (UK) - Talented sax, flute, clarinet player
and composer, best-known for his collaboration with
BLODWYN PIG and Rick VAN DER LINDEN (EKSEPTION)
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LANCASTER, Jack / Rick VAN DER LINDEN (UK) - Highly
underated instrumental symphonic fusion prog artist
LAND OF CHOCOLATE (USA) - Similar to ECHOLYN with
a taste of fusion
LANDBERK (Sweden) - Beautiful melancholy prog
LANDMARQ (UK) - Neo-prog with Tracy HITCHINGS on
vocals
LANDS END (USA) - Lush symphonic psychedelia with a
strong West-Coast feel
LANE, Lana (USA) - One of the most prolific female vocalists
in hard rock & heavy metal
LANFEAR (Germany) - Elaborate neo-prog meets prog metal;
frequent in tempo changes and diversified vocals
LANGLOIS, Jerome (Canada) - Founder of MANEIGE
alongside members of MANEIGE, CONVENTUM and
OCTOBRE. Sounds similar to CONVENTUM. Great!
LANNHUEL, Manuel (France) - Electric acid folk
LANVALL (Germany) - Smooth, melodic prog similar to
MOONGARDEN or GANDALF
LAPOUGE, Jean (France) - Guitar player from NOETRA in a
new jazz quartet. For fans of ECM
LARD FREE (France) - Gilbert ARTMAN strangeness
LARVAL (USA) - Similar to KING CRIMSON but with an
avant-garde edge
LASER (Italy) - Organ-driven prog from the 70’s, somewhat
similar to The NICE
LAST LAUGH (Sweden) - Twisted hard/prog rock with lots of
riffs and wicked turns
LAST TURION (Germany) - Heavy neo-prog that mixes a
great sense of melody with high energy
LASTING WEEP (Canada) - Pre-MANEIGE that blends prog
with psych. Lots of great flute work
LATTE E MIELE (Italy) - Vintage Italian symphonic prog at its
best! Excellent prog trio!
LAVA (Germany) - Brain Krautrock with a touch of blues
LAZONA (Italy) - Fabio ZUFFANTI (FINISTERRE) project.
Long instrumental tracks with mellotron. Excellent!!!
LAZULI (France) - Fascinating mix of new art rock and world
music with FRIPPertronic guitars and dramatic prog like ANGE
LAZZARUOLO, Lucio (Italy) - NOTTURNO CONCER-
TANTE leader performs acoustic guitar tracks by Steve
HACKETT, 17th century classical artists and some originals
LE FRANÇOIS, Michel (Canada) - Symphonic prog with
mellotron and occasional orchestration. Great!
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LEAFHOUND (UK) - Hard-blues band famous for their cult ELP similarities
release “Growers Of Mushrooms” in 1970
LEVIATHAN (USA) - 70’s prog/hard rock at its best
LEB I SOL (Yugoslavia) - Fusion band who combined elements
LEWIS, Jeannie (Australia) - Prolific Australian prog/rock
of rock, jazz and local ethnic music
singer
LEBLANC, Guy (Canada) - NATHAN MAHL keyboard
LIBERA, Giorgio (Switzerland) - Sophisticated twisted music
player with Scott MCGILL. If you are a MAHL fan, you need
that ranges from ZAPPA and KENEALLY to STRAVINSKY.
this
Amazing stuff!
LEDESMA, J. L. Fernandez (Mexico) - NIRGAL VALLIS
LIBRA (Italy) - Great prog horror soundtrack music straight out
keyboardist
of the GOBLIN school
LEE, Geddy (Canada) - RUSH frontman plays bass and
LIE TEARS (Italy) - Symphonic/melodic prog of the best kind
keyboards besides his exalted vocals
LIED DES TEUFELS (Germany) - Post-MURPHY BLEND
LEGACY (USA) - Neo-prog with an unique sound and strong
project. Experimental jazz and Krautrock
classical influences
LIFE (Germany) - Heavy Krautrock from the early 70’s
LEGEND (UK) - Early symphonic/rock blues & folk
LIFE (Sweden) - Legendary Swedish prog from the early 70’s.
LEGER DE MAIN (USA) - Very good aggressive/busy prog
This is the English version.
metal
LIFT (USA) - Essential mellotron prog! Influences include
LEGGAT (Canada) - Post-A FOOT IN COLD WATER early
YES, GENESIS and ELP
80’s prog led by the LEGGAT brothers
LIGERTWOOD & CO., Alex (France) - Pre-TROC jazz rock
LEHMUJEN (Brazil) - Purely instrumental keyboard-driven
prog. Quite good! LIGHT (Netherlands) - Wonderful 70’s art rock with jazzy
(brass) elements
LEI SECA (Brazil) - Great symphonic rock! Fans of PINK
FLOYD will love them! LIGHT OF DARKNESS (Germany) - Heavy blues rock
British band who released albums in Germany
LEMAY, Bruno (Canada) - Singer/songwriter acoustic guitar
folk LIGHT, The (USA) - Art rock that sounds like a cross between
KANSAS and STYX
LEMMUS LEMMUS (Israel) - Group that mixes elements of
prog and psych with vintage moog LIGHTSHINE (Germany) - Excellent and obscure prog with
great fuzz guitar and dreamy atmosphere
LENFANT DE DAGOBERT, Philippe (France) - Electronic
music LIKE WENDY (Netherlands) - Symphonic prog similar to
MARILLION and GENESIS
LENO (Spain) - Heavy guitar dominated prog
LILLAN (Finland) - Blend of rock, prog and blues from the mid
LENS, The (UK) - IQ project and in relatively same style
70’s
LEONARD, Kevin (USA) - Solo work by NORTH STAR
LILY (Germany) - Flipped-out heavy underground blues-tinged
keyboard wizard
prog
LEONARDO (USA) - Based on the famous painter, the cast
LIMBUS 4 (Germany) - Free-form ethnic space rock with
includes members of MAGELLAN
chanting and unique instrument use
LEONI, I (Italy) - Keyboard prog trio from the early 70’s
LIMERICK, Lee (UK) - Universal appeal with a feel-good
LEPRINO, Franco (Italy) - Really good electronic prog quality by this talented musician
LETHEAN (Italy) - Instrumental mix of prog and fusion. LINCOLN STREET EXIT (USA) - Hard-hitting rock from the
Excellent! late 60’s
LEVEL π (Germany) - Electronic spacy Krautrock in Berlin LINDENMUTH GROUP, Scott (USA) - Fusion with guitarist
School style - for fans of TANGERINE DREAM, ASHRA and in the melodic tradition of Pat METHENY
Klaus SCHULZE
LINDH, Bjorn Jason (Sweden) - Ranges from jazz to new age
LEVI SMITH’S CLEFS (Australia) - Heavy organ and wild to classical
vocals
LINDH, Par & Bjorn JOHANSSON (Sweden) - Tolkien-
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guitarist Björn JOHANSON LLACH, Lluis (Spain) - Catalan singer/songwriter who

composes beautiful epics
LINDH, Par (PROJECT) (Sweden) - Excellent classical
keyboard-driven prog LLYN Y MORYNION (Switzerland) - For fans of SAGA,
RUSH and GALLEON
LINDQUIST, Freddy (Norway) - A rare and heavy psych/prog
from the early 70’s from Norway LOAD, The (USA) - Keyboard-driven prog trio with a ELP
flavour. Excellent!
LINE (Germany) - Neo-prog similar to IQ and CASTARNARC
LOCAL 7 (France) - Instrumental prog. Sometimes
LINNEGAR’S SNAKESHED, Steve (South Africa) - Monster
symphonic, sometimes heavy but always good
FLOYDian dream-psych from the 80’s. Great guitar!
LOCANDA DELLE FATE (Italy) - Italian melodic prog with
LIQUID HORIZON (Germany) - Melodic prog metal with
dual keyboards. An absolute must!
mainly VANDEN PLAS and DREAM THEATER influences
LOCH NESS (Mexico) - Instrumental psych prog influenced by
LIQUID SCARLET (Sweden) - Fantastic prog with loads of
KING CRIMSON
mellotron. Like a cross between ANGLAGARD and
LANDBERK LOCOMOTIVE (UK) - Pre-SACRIFICE heavy prog led by
keyboardist/vocalist Norman HAINES
LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT (USA) - With Tony
LEVIN, John PETRUCCI, Mike PORTNOY and Jordan LOCURCIO, Emilio (Italy) - Composer of concept albums,
RUDESS light operas and other experiments
LISE SCHLATT (Switzerland) - Hard prog like URIAH HEEP LODGE, The (UK) - Group by John GREAVES (HENRY
meets FRUMPY COW, NATIONAL HEALTH) to be settled in the Canterbury
scene with jazzy tendencies
LISKER (Spain) - Brilliant instrumental prog that will appeal to
psych and space rock fans LOGAN DWIGHT (Italy) - Early 70’s symphonic prog trio
who played a R&B-tinged rock
LITTLE ATLAS (USA) - Sounds a bit like KANSAS and
SPOCK’S BEARD LOGARIDAS (Greece) - AKRITAS keyboardist goes solo.
Ranges from prog to electronic to pop
LITTLE KING (USA) - Conceptual group of prog/AOR
LOLE Y MANUEL (Spain) - Progressive/folk/singer-
LITTLE TRAGEDIES (Russia) - Predominantly instrumental
songwriter duo from the mid-70’s
classical & symphonic rock
LOLLIPOP SHOPPE, The (USA) - Garage psych rock from
LIVE (Germany) - Great heavy Hammond organ-led prog in
the late 60’s
NOVALIS/JANE style
LOMBARDI, Angelo Santo (Italy) - Passionate symphonic
LIVES & TIMES (UK) - Kate BUSH fans will enjoy them
prog dominated by LOMBARDI’s keyboards and vocals
LIVGREN, Kerry (USA) - Founding member and one of the
LOME (Italy) - Great piano-driven prog with a singer who
primary composers of 70’s supergroup KANSAS, currently
sounds like Demetrio STRATOS
member of KANSAS followers PROTO-KAW
LONDON UNDERGROUND (Italy) - PINK FLOYD meets
LIVING FORCE (New Zealand) - Driving hard rock prog with
JETHRO TULL. Heavy Hammond organ
TICKET and UNDERLOGS members
LONELY BEARS, The (USA) - Mix of fusion, folk, ethnic and
LIVING LIFE (Italy) - Complex avant-prog that mixes
prog
RIO/fusion/improvisation. Prominent sax
LOO, Alan (France) - Nice instrumental music that brings to
LIVING MUSIC (Italy) - Unique progressive blend of jazz, folk
mind early EDHELS of J. P. BOFFO
and space prog
LORD FLIMNAP (Israel) - Mysterious prog not unlike RAW
LIVING WRECK (UK) - High-energy space rock. Heavy, fast
MATERIAL or parts of SPRING
and powerful
LORD OF MUSHROOMS (France) - On par with groups like
LIVIT (Germany) - Hard neo-prog with crunchy guitars
IZZ, SPOCK’S BEARD and ECHOLYN
LIZARD (Poland) - Inspired by KING CRIMSON but has a
LORD, John (UK) - DEEP PURPLE legendary organist with
unique flavour
very good music that mixes classical, classic rock and prog rock
LIZETTE & (Sweden) - Emotional contemporary rock with the
LOREAU, Bertrand (France) - Electronic musician similar in
voice of SPEKTRUM
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LORENZINI, Mimi (France) - Jazz rock guitarist keyboards and wonderful female vocals
LORIAN (Germany) - Special highlight of German progressive
LUZ NEGRA (Mexico) - Progressive avant-garde
rock in the mid-90’s. Close to MARILLION, IQ and PALLAS
but self-contained LYNNE, Bjorn (Norway) - Like OLDFIELD and GANDALF
LORIEN (UK) - Neo-prog in the style of MARILLION and LYRIEL (Germany) - Romantic/Celtic rock with slight metal
HOGARTH period. Sometimes symphonic with a bit of YES leanings, somewhere between BLACKMORE’S NIGHT and
influence WITHIN TEMPTATION - groovy female vocals
LOS BRINCOS (Spain) - Early 70’s Spanish pop/beat combo
with spacey keyboards, flute and guitar
LOS JAIVAS (Chile) - Best known Chilean prog group
LOST TALES (Italy) - Excellent group in PFM, H20, GENESIS
style. Recommended highly!
LOST WORLD (Russia) - Great instrumental prog with varied
jazz, folk, classical and symphonic parts
LOTHLORIEN (Italy) - Great prog band with JETHRO TULL,
ANGE and DEUS EX MACHINA influences
LOTUS (Sweden) - Early 70’s prog with great instrumentals.
For fans of CARAVAN, KAIPA and YES
LOUDEST WHISPER - Early 70’s Irish folk made up of
bewitching songs with male/female vocals
LOUVETON, Jean-Pierre (France) - Leader and brains behind
NEMO
LU7 (Japan) - Great instrumental symphonic fusion
LUCA, Simon (Italy) - 70’s prog/classical/rock/blues
LUCIFER (Japan) - Far-East traditional folk with female vocals
LUCIFER WAS (Norway) - Heavy prog not unlike early
JETHRO TULL
LUMMEN (Brazil) - Symphonic band with a bit of JETHRO
TULL influence
LUNA (Italy) - Ex-OSANNA melodic progressive rock
LUNA INCOSTANTE (Italy) - Combination of guitars/
reeds/bass/keyboards & drums; lots of minor chords
LUNA SET (Germany) - Refreshing electronic-based rock with
very unique female vocals and the use of wind instruments
(clarinet and saxophones) as constitutive elements
LUNAR CHATEAU (USA) - Prog trio with melodic, catchy
pop elements
LUNATICA (Switzerland) - Symphonic rock mixture between
melodic rock and prog metal led by wonderful female vocals
LUSVARDI, Pietro (Italy) - Classical recording by GATTO
MARTE bass player
LUZ DA ASIA (Brazil) - Pleasant world fusion/cosmic Eastern
sounding classical folk
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MAAD (Italy) - Very underrated jazz rock with hints of African
music
MACH ONE (UK) - Neo-prog band from the 80’s with two
guitarists
MACHIAVEL (Belgium) - Belgian GENESIS. Great!
MACHINA COELI (Italy) - Electronic prog by guitar/keyboard
duo with Bjorn LYNNE style leanings
MACHINE AND THE SYNERGETIC NUTS (Japan) - Blend
of Canterbury and jazz fusion. Great stuff!
MACKAY, Duncan (South Africa) - Organ wizardry by a
master. Killer!
MACKENZIE THEORY (Australia) - Like an Australian
mixture of Canterbury and MAHAVISHNU fusion
MAD CRAYON (Italy) - Good modern-day neo-prog with
Canterbury leanings
MAD CURRY (Belgium) - Pre-SHAMPOO similar to
AFFINITY and the first EARTH & FIRE album
MAD PUPPET (Germany) - Great prog with a slight folk
influence
MADDEN, Mike (USA) - Drummer from MATTER. Uses
plenty of percussion, Theramin and mellotron
MADE IN GERMANY (Germany) - Early 70’s prog with flute,
organ and female vocals
MADE IN SWEDEN (Sweden) - Aggressive, jazzy 70’s prog
with mellotron, strings and soft vocals
MADISON DYKE (Germany) - Prog from the 70’s with a
likeness to the first few RAMSES albums
MADORAMI (Japan) - Pre-BI KYO RAN
MADRIGAL (France) - Prog with a bit of a hard edge.
Something like QUEEN meets YES
MADRIGAL (USA) - Sophisticated prog like a cross between
ECHOLYN, KANSAS and HAPPY THE MAN
MADRUGADA (Italy) - Classic 70’s symphonic folk group
MADURA (USA) - Post BANGOR FLYING CIRCUS rock/jazz
& prog from the early 70’s featuring solid organ riffs
MAELZEL METRONOME (Italy) - Nice blend of jazz and
classical
MAESTOSO (UK) - Keyboardist Woolly WOLSTENHOLME
of BARCLAY JAMES & HARVEST fame offers music full of
bombastic pretentious fun
MAESTRACCI, Jacky (France) - Multi-instrumentalist offers
a splendid collection of symphonic pieces
MAESTRO, Louie (USA) - Multi-instrumentalist with great use
of keyboards
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MAGDALENA (Japan) - Heavy symphonic prog with female
vocals
MAGDALENA (Spain) - Top Basque prog with 3 electric
guitars and no keyboard. A bit like LISKER
MAGDALITH (France) - Experimental prog wrapped around
the fantastic vocals of MAGDALITH
MAGELLAN (USA) - Hard, aggressive neo-prog with lots of
stops and starts
MAGENTA (Belgium) - Melodic hard prog from the mid-70’s
MAGENTA (UK) - Powerful neo-prog led by strong female
vocalist; blends modern production with the spirit of the 70’s to
perfection. Recommended!
MAGIC CARPET (UK) - Prog with a Far-East approach with
tabas, sitar etc...
MAGIC ELF, The (USA) - Instrumental fusion
MAGIC PIE (Norway) - Great symphonic prog somewhere
between the 70’s and modern prog groups
MAGIOSTRA, La (Italy) - Folk trio with traditional leanings
MAGMA (Argentina) - Fantastic prog with a folk edge.
Produced by Lito VITALE!
MAGMA (France) - Led by classically-trained drummer
Christian VANDER, MAGMA helped to create a whole genre of
music (nicknamed "Zeuhl" after the unique MAGMA language).
Their music combined elements of jazz, opera, minimalism and
20th century classical music
MAGMA (Germany) - Keyboard/drum duo from the mid-70’s
MAGNA CARTA (UK) - Prog folk from the 70’s, with a strong
emphasis on the “folk” part
MAGNESIS (France) - Comparable to MARILLION in many
ways
MAGNITUDE 9 (USA) - Solid prog metal full of passion and
energy
MAGNOLIA (Sweden) - Heavy rock for those into
MOUNTAIN, CREAM and NOVEMBER
MAGNUM (UK) - Melodic hard rock band featuring
well-known vocalist Bob CATLEY. Their prog gets increasingly
hard over the years
MAGNUM OPUS (Brazil) - Great symphonic prog in the
ELOY tradition
MAGNUS, Nick (UK) - Fine symphonic prog with guests John
& Steve HACKETT
MÄGO DE OZ (Spain) - Excellent folk prog metal by the
Spanish Wizard of Oz. Combines powerful as well as
ballad-based metal with Spanish folk using Celtic instruments
like flutes and bagpipes - vocals are in traditional language

MAGRATHEA (UK) - Symphonic prog with GENESIS and IQ
influences. Quite good!
MAGUS (USA) - SAGA meets FLOYD
MAHEUX, Martin (Canada) - SPACED OUT percussionist.
Instrumental mix of jazz-rock, fusion and RIO
MAHJUN (France) - Mid-70's underground prog.
interesting blend of psychedelia, folk and humour
MAHL DYNASTY (Canada) - NATHAN MAHL counterpart.
Instrumental jazz/fusion prog
MAHOGANY (UK) - Blues rock from the late 60’s
MAHOGANY BRAIN (France) - French underground
free-rock/avant-garde cult band from the early 70’s
MAILLET, Frederic (France) - Synthesizer music, a cross
between electronic and new age
MAINHORSE (UK) - Keyboardist Patrick MORAZ solo
project from the early 70’s
MAJORITY ONE (UK) - Melodic psych pop from the early
70’s
MAKAM (Hungary) - Eastern folk with female vocals
MAKI CARMEN & OZ (Japan) - Prog with female vocals and
excellent grinding organ
MALAAVIA (Italy) - Wonderful symphonic prog with female
vocals, violin, mandolin and plenty of keysboards. A real gem!
MALACHI (UK) - Organ-driven 70’s prog in GRACIOUS,
LAURELIE vein
MALDOROR (France) - Very good prog with an ANGE and
GENESIS feel
MALIBRAN (Italy) - Excellent symphonic prog with some
JETHRO TULL influence
MALICORNE (France) - Well-known, French traditional folk
band with a progressive edge
MALOMBRA (Italy) - Spacey prog with a slight OZRIC
TENTACLES feel
MALON (France) - Early 70’s psych prog with fuzz guitar and
organ
MAMA BEA TEKIELSKI (France) - Acid/prog/folk demonic
virtuoso Polish-born vocalist who deliveres powerful rants with
Patti SMITH-style anger
MAMA LION (USA) - Good progressive blues rock from the
70’s led by Janis JOPLIN sound-alike Lynn CAREY, featuring
bassist Neil MERRYWEATER and keyboardist James Newton
HOWARD
MAN ON FIRE (USA) - Similar to RUSH. Melodic vocals,
layered keyboards and heavy guitars
LETTER M
MANAR (Iceland) - Nice early 70’s prog with prominent flute
and organ and melancholy vocals
MANDALABAND (UK) - Fully orchestrated, first-rate highly
melodic symphonic prog
MANDEL, Michel (France) - Complex RIO rock using mostly
clarinets and saxophones
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MANDRAGORA (Argentina) - Argentina answer to
MARILLION
MANDRAKE (Japan) - Spacey 70’s symphonic prog with
demented organ a la Keith EMERSON
MANEIGE (Canada) - One of the most important Canadian
progressive bands serves a perfect blend of classical, folk and
jazz
MANGALA VALLIS (Italy) - Symphonic prog like a cross
between GENESIS and SPOCK’S BEARD
MANGONI, Jerry (Italy) - Nice symphonic prog in The ENID
vein
MANGROVE (Netherlands) - Great symphonic prog. Those
into GENESIS, FLOWER KINGS, LIKE WENDY, MAGIC PIE
and IQ will love them
MANI, Le (Italy) - Wonderful prog in ALUSA FALLAX,
CORTE DEI MIRACOLI and BANCO style
MANN, Geoff (UK) - The brains behind TWELFTH NIGHT
MANNING, Guy (UK) - Prog multi-instrumentalist mixes
symphonic rock with folk, jazz and world music
MANTRA (Brazil) - Prog with a definite O TERÇO influence
MANZAREK, Ray (USA) - Organist of legendary band The
DOORS offers very good keyboard-driven rock and an
astonishingly remarkable voice
MAQUINA DE HACER PAJAROS, La (Argentina) - Folky
prog
MAQUINA! (Spain) - Early 70’s organ-driven prog with a
psych edge
MAR DE ROBLES (Chile) - Prog with lots of flute with
influences ranging from KING CRIMSON to JETHRO TULL
MARASLIS, Alexandre (Brazil) - Instrumental prog by
CHRONOS MUNDI leader
MARATHON (Germany) - Neo-prog in the style MARILLION
by way of GENESIS influences
MARATHON (Italy) - Hard prog with raging guitars, similar to
MAGELLAN and MASTERMIND
MARATHON (Netherlands) - Solid neo-prog offers good
ballads and RUSH-like muscle. Like SAGA
MARCHETTI, Walter (Italy) - Piano improvisation
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MARCO (Mexico) - Excellent symphonic prog with the help of
CODICE members
MARGE LITCH (Japan) - Heavy symphonic with powerful
female vocals
MARGUERITE (France) - Melodic symphonic prog from the
70’s
MARILLION (UK) - NEO-PROGRESSIVE (see page 28)
MARIPOSA (Italy) - Electronic music
MARKS AND LEBZELTER (USA) - From the late 60’s, some
of the craziest prog you’ll ever hear
MARS VOLTA, The (USA) - Exquisite electronic triphop/
avant-garde and art rock
MARSHALL BROTHERS BAND, The (Australia) -
Symphonic prog from the mid-70’s with Rick WAKEMAN,
GENESIS and YES influences
MARSUPILAMI (UK) - Dark, foreboding mix of prog, blues
and experimental jazz from the early 70’s
MARTIGAN (Germany) - Formidable neo-prog comparable to
MARILLION, IQ and SAGA
MARTIN, Charlotte (USA) - Art pop chansonette like Kate
BUSH and with a very similar voice
MARTZ, Jasun (USA) - Classic mellotron-driven classical/
ambient & prog
MARY CELESTE (UK) - Soft delicate folk with female vocals
MARY JANE (UK) - Great folk rock with the voice of Jo
QUINN (ZANEY JANEY)
MARY NEWSLETTER (Italy) - Modern-day prog but in the
purest Italian tradition. Great prog!
MARYGOLD (Italy) - Heavy GENESIS and MARILLION
influence with a nice blend of guitars, keyboards and flute -
English vocals
MARYSON (Netherlands) - Fantasy novels from author and
keyboardist W. J. MARYSON (aka Wim STOLK) set to music by
neo-prog band in a PENDRAGON, IQ, MARILLION style
MASCARADA (Spain) - Symphonic rock duo. Large dose of
keyboards, especially mellotron and synths
MASCHERA DI CERA, La (Italy) - Brilliant 70’s style prog
with flute, mellotron, organ, synths
MASFEL (Hungary) - Mixes classical with jazz and
experimental
MASKE, DAan (USA) - Instrumental symphonic prog with lush
keyboards
MASQUE (Sweden) - CAMEL-style symphonic prog with lush
keyboards
MASS MEDIA (Italy) - Great progressive fusion band in the
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MASSAGE, Jomi (Denmark) - Pseudonym of many-sided
female artist Signe HØIRUP WILLE-JØRGENSEN. Creates
experimental and abstract sound sculptures reminiscent of Laurie
ANDERSON and Kate BUSH
MASSON, Colin (UK) - MORRIGAN multi-instrumentalist,
essential for those into The MORRIGAN
MASTERMIND (USA) - ELP on midi guitar
MASTERS APPRENTICE, The (Australia) - Most
well-known Aussie prog band, blues rock with charging guitars
MAT 3 (France) - Soft progressive from the early 70’s
MATCHING MOLE (UK) - Fusion/Canterbury group fronted
by ex-SOFT MACHINE Robert WYATT
MATERIA GRIS (Argentina) - Early 70’s prog with
psychedelic feel
MATHEMATICIANS (USA) - High-caliber instrumental
fusion
MATORE (Germany) - Experimental pop with lovely female
vocals similar to Kate BUSH
MATRAZ (Chile) - Heavy symphonic with female vocals.
Excellent!
MATS/MORGAN (Sweden) - Prog/fusion super duo
MATTER (USA) - Great instrumental rock with CRIMSON and
HELDON influences
MATTISEN, Alo (Estonia) - Electronic music from the late
MATTISEN, the mind behind IN SPE’s second incarnation
MAURY E I PRONOMI (Italy) - Great symphonic prog in the
Italian 70’s grand tradition
MAXIMUM INDIFFERENCE (USA) - Great instrumental
heavy prog like RUSH
MAXOPHONE (Italy) - PFM-like classic
MAXWELL’S DEMON (USA) - Instrumental prog in the
ANGLAGARD style
MAXWELLS (Denmark) - Interesting mix of psych, jazz and
prog from the late 60’s
MAY BLITZ (UK) - Classic hard rock
MAYBE (Norway) - Good folky prog
MAYPH TOYAIITA (Greece) - Greek symphonic prog similar
to English band DRUID
MAZE (Sweden) - If you like The FLOWER KINGS, this band
will knock you out completely
MAZE OF TIME (Sweden) - Typical brilliant Swedish
symphonic prog with strong melodies, reminiscent of GENESIS,
YES, CAMEL, KAIPA and PINK FLOYD

MCAULEY, Jackie (UK) - Offshoot of TRADER HOME and
folk rock as well
MCCARTHY (UK) - Mix of prog and pop. Features Rob REED
of MAGENTA and CYAN on keyboards
MCCHURCH SOUNDROOM (Switzerland) - Rare psych
blues with that underground rock feel
MCCRITE, Mark (USA) - ROCKET SCIENTISTS guitarist
McDONALD & GILES (UK) - Substantial 70’s prog from
KING CRIMSON members Ian MCDONALD and Michael
GILES
MCDONALD, Ian (UK) - Symphonic prog by keyboardist of
KING CRIMSON fame
MCGILL, Scott (USA) - FINNEUS GAUGE guitarist
performing prog fusion
MCGILL, Scott / Michael MANRING / Vic STEVENS (USA)
- Fusion/prog rock & metal
MCGREGOR, Chris (BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH)
(South Africa) - Jazz with big-band sound
MCKENNITT, Loreena (Irland) - Brilliant female progressive
celtic folk signer and Irish harp player
MCLUHAN (USA) - Heavy prog with long tracks
MCOIL (Germany) - Hard-driving prog with gritty vocals, and
a very English feel at times
MCPHEE (Australia) - Heavy organ and female vocal from the
early 70’s
MEADE, Laura (USA) - Nice pop by IZZ vocalist
MECKI MARK MEN (Sweden) - Heavy organ psych prog
from the late 60’s
MEDICINE MAN (UK) - Neo-prog band from IQ and
PENDRAGON members, among others
MEDINA AZAHARA (Spain) - Like TRIANA
MEGATON (UK) - Obscure heavy rocker from the early 70’s
MELECHET (Israel) - Wonderfully grandiose rock opera
created by 4 young multi-instrumentalists
MELIA (Canada) - Duo led by acoustic guitars, mellotron and
the wonderful voice of Claudia CÔTÉ. Fantastic!
MELIMELUM (Argentina) - Folk rock from the mid-70’s
MELLO, Andre (Brazil) - Solo effort by TEMPUS FUGIT
keyboardist. Ranges from classical and prog to new age
MELLONTA TAUTA (Italy) - GENESIS-influenced band who
do some GENESIS medlies too
MELLOW CANDLE (UK) - Imaginative psych folk rock and
early prog in the vein of FAIRPORT CONVENTION or
FOTHERINGAY. Energetic with the singing talents of two
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ladies (Alison WILLIAMS and Clodagh SIMONDS)
MEMORIA ZERO (Italy) - Wonderful mix of jazz, Canterbury,
fusion and Zeuhl
MEMORIANCE (France) - Imagine ANGE combined with
CARPE DIEM. Near CARAVAN or FRUUPP with some VDGG
remembrances. To be rediscovered!
MEN OF LAKE (Italy) - Prog with vintage organ sound
MENACHE, Jacques (Mexico) - Symphonic prog with female
vocals by a talented guitarist
MENAYERI (Puerto Rico) - Symphonic prog reminiscent of
Chilean band MATRAZ
MEPHISTOPHELES (Australia) - Great conceptual
symphonic prog with orchestra, choir and mellotron
MERCHANTS VICE (UK) - Prog with MARILLION and
PINK FLOYD influences
MERCURY REV (USA) - Creative melodic psychedelic rock:
magical, beautiful, simply out of this world
MERCY TRAIN (UK) - Neo-prog with Karl GROOM and Peter
GEE
MERCY, Phil (UK) - Excellent jazz/prog guitarist
MERLIN (Argentina) - Gustavo MONTESANO’s group after
the demise of CRUCIS. Nice prog
MERLIN (Germany) - Neo-prog, very RENAISSANCE like,
with male and female vocals
MERLIN (Italy) - Great rock opera by this FINISTERRE
related project
MERMAID KISS (UK) - Atmospheric progressive soundscapes
with impressive female vocals
MERRYWEATHER, Neil (USA) - Heavy mid-70's guitar space
rock
MESS (Estonia) - Fantastic keyboard-drive space prog from the
mid-70’s
MESSAGE (Germany) - Impressive instrumental space rock
from the 70’s
MESTRE, Nito (Argentina) - Ex-SUI GENERIS pastoral prog
with acoustic guitars and flute
METABOLISME (France) - Classic 70’s French prog
METAMORFOSI (Italy) - Killer 70’s Italian prog
METAMORFOSIS (Spain) - Brilliant instrumental prog fusion
METAMORPHOSIS (Switzerland) - Symphonic prog by
Jean-Pierre SCHENK and friends
METAPHOR (USA) - Nice symphonic prog in CAMEL style
METHUSELAH (UK) - Religious psych rock from the late 60’s
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MEW (Denmark) - Prog pop - or easy swinging pop mixed with
melancholic prog - quite unique
MEZQUITA (Spain) - Absolutely essential late 70’s prog
MIA (Argentina) - First-rate, complex symphonic prog with
definite Argentinean/latin folk influence
MICHELENA, Rigel (Venezuela) - Progressive jazz rock with
hints of HOLDSWORTH, WEATHER REPORT and KING
CRIMSON
MIDAS (Japan) - Great symphonic prog from the 80’s based on
keyboards, violin, bass and drums
MIDDLE AGING (Italy) - Soft prog with female vocals, flute
and acoustic guitars
MIDLAKE (USA) - Harmonic and psychedelic folk rock in the
70’s vein
MIDNIGHT (USA) - Ex-CRIMSON GLORY vocalist under his
pseudonym. Impressive, excentric prog influenced by
psychedelic rock with extravagant and fascinating vocals
MIDNIGHT CIRCUS (Germany) - Great dreamy prog with
folk leanings
MIDNIGHT SUN (Denmark) - Early 70’s prog, like a cross
between COLOSSEUM and BURNIN’ RED IVANHOE
MIGHT COULD (USA) - Three guitarists playing in similar a
style as the CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO
MIGHTY BABY (UK) - Laid-back prog/rock/psych & acid folk
from the early 70’s
MIKE & The MECHANICS (UK) - GENESIS guitarist Mike
RUTHERFORD and his mechanics with tasteful and cleverly
arranged pop tunes
MIKLAGARD (Sweden) - Excellent keyboard-driven
symphonic prog from the late 70's
MIKROMIDAS (Norway) - Prog with heavy Hammond organ
and mellotron at the forefront
MILES MARTIN FOLK GROUP, The (UK) - Folk from the
early 70’s with male and female vocals
MILKWEED (Canada) - Obscure band from the 70’s who
mixed modern alternative prog elements a la MERCURY REV
with classic late 70’s prog
MILLADOIRA (Spain) - Excellent Galician folk prog
MILLENIUM (Poland) - PENDRAGON and early
MARILLION style of neo-prog
MILLER, Dave & Keith CORBETT (Australia) - Straight-
ahead rock from the early 70’s
MILLER, Phil (UK) - Guitarist from HATFIELD & THE
NORTH, MATCHING MOLE and NATIONAL HEALTH
MILLO, Mario (Australia) - Ex-SEBASTIAN HARDIE
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MIND GALLERY (Canada) - Complex, adventurous
instrumental prog close to DJAM KARET, EDHELS,
MANEIGE and TIEMKO
MIND KEY (Italy) - Forceful and competent progressive hard
rock with dominant keyboards and innovative ideas
MIND SKY (USA) - Excellent symphonic prog with GENESIS
and The FLOWER KINGS influences
MIND’S EYE (Sweden) - Heavy symphonic prog with a tinge
of prog metal
MINDFLOW (Brazil) - Well made powerful progressive metal
ala FATES WARNING, RUSH and DREAM THEATER
MINDFLOWER (Italy) - Melodic symphonic prog with
classical tinges. Slightly reminiscent of Anthony PHILLIPS and
Steve HACKETT
MINDFLOWERS (Hungary) - Top-notch instrumental prog
fusion
MINDFUCK (Germany) - Excellent spacey psych stuff
MINDGAMES (Belgium) - Neo-prog similar to PENDRAGON
and GENESIS
MINDLESS OTHER GODS (USA) - RUSH-style prog
MINGO (Lewis) (USA) - Great instrumental prog fusion by
Ex-SANTANA percussionist with lots of keyboards and African
percussion
MINGO (USA) - Power prog from the mid-70’s featuring lavish
keyboards and guitars
MINI (Hungary) - Good 70’s prog with flute. Relatively
unknown group
MINIMUM VITAL (France) - Great symphonic prog firmly
rooted in the Canterbury school of music
MINOKE? (Japan) - Jazz with folk melodies featuring piano
and saxophone at the forefront
MINOTAURI (Finland) - Doom heavy prog metal
MINOTAURUS (Germany) - Fantastic melodic prog with
mellotron, spacey vibes and hooky compositions
MINSTREL (Italy) - Impressive modern-day symphonic prog
with operatic vocals
MIRAGE (France) - Very much in the same style as CAMEL
MIRAGE (Italy) - Really good symphonic prog with some
BANCO members as guests
MIRANDA, Marcos (Mexico) - Progressive avant garde with a
POPOL VUH influence
MIRIODOR (Canada) - One of the finest Canadian
experimental bands. Great complex fusion

MIRROR (Netherlands) - Pre-LETHE prog from the 70’s.
Essential!
MIRTHRANDIR (USA) - GENESIS, GENTLE GIANT-like
70’s prog classic. Highly recommended!
MISCELLANE (Czech Republic) - Prog metal band that
focuses on atmosphere and melody
MISSING LINK (Germany) - Blends prog with jazz fusion;
good guitar/saxophone & keyboard interplay
MISSUS BEASTLY (Germany) - Underground Krautrock
MITTELEUROPA EMSEMBLE (Italy) - Blend of jazz (horns,
contrabass, piano) and opera
MIZUKAGAMI (Japan) - Symphonic rock in the style of
SHINGETSU and VERMILLION SANDS
MIZUTANI, Kimio (Japan) - Very underrated progressive band
from the early 70’s featuring a mix of heavy psychedelic acid
guitars and Canterbury style jazz rock
MK II (UK) - Instrumental symphonic prog
MO.DO. (Italy) - Great prog at times reminiscent of CAMEL, at
times like GENTLE GIANT
MOBY DICK (Italy) - Hard prog band from the golden age of
prog
MODRY EFEKT (Czech Republic) - Post-BLUE EFFECT
prog
MODULOS (Spain) - Early 70’s psych/prog
MOGUL THRASH (UK) - Heavy guitar prog from the early
70’s, like a rockier COLOSSEUM
MOHODISCO (USA) - A must for OZRIC TENTACLES fans
MOLCA (France) - Ethnic fusion
MOLCA (Japan) - Prog with super-ethnic flavour: flute, diffle,
ethnic strings & percussions, melodion, etc.
MOLOCH (USA) - Heavy rock and blues from the early 70’s
MONA LISA (France) - Top 70’s French prog
MONACO, Donella Del (Italy) - Opera from OPUS
AVANTRA’s beautiful vocalist
MONGOL (Japan) - Technical symphonic prog with a fusion
edge
MONKMAN, Francis (UK) - Excellent keyboard player from
CURVED AIR and SKY
MONOLITH (USA) - Three-piece symphonic prog reminiscent
of ELP
MONTAUK PROJECT (Brazil) - Instrumental trio, similar to
TRYO
MONTE DE VENUS (Brazil) - Acid prog from Brazil
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MONTEFELTRO (Italy) - Fine symphonic prog in the style of
Le ORME and PFM
MONTES (Argentina) - Hard rock with some prog moves
MONTESANO, Gustavo (Argentina) - Ex-CRUCIS
keyboardist/vocalist
MONTGOMERY, Emil (Uruguay) - TANGERINE DREAM
meets Jorge REYES
MONUMENT (UK) - Strong BLACK SABBATH influence.
Jagged time changes and wasted vocals
MOODY BLUES, The (UK) - SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE
ROCK (see page 21)
MOON FOG PROPHET (Finland) - Experimental prog with
strong space influence. Unclassifiable!
MOON SAFARI (Sweden) - Symphonic prog reminiscent of
YES, DRUID and The FLOWER KINGS
MOON TROTSKIJ (Sweden) - Trippy cosmic space rock led
by SPACIOUS MIND guitarist/bassist. Great!
MOONGARDEN (Italy) - Fine smooth neo-prog with complex
structures. Like CAMEL
MOONLIGHT (Poland) - Heavy prog metal with female vocals
in Polish
MOOR, The (Sweden) - Wave/progressive strangeness with
mellotron
MORANGE & FORTIER (France) - Ex-CLIVAGE
conceptual prog
MORDOR (Poland) - Symphonic doom/death metal prog
MORENO, Benito (Spain) - Melodic progressive rock by
TRIANA members
MORENO, Eduardo (Spain) - Electronic/symphonic prog
MORESCA ANTICA, La (Italy) - Blend of classical,
traditional and medieval music
MORGAN (UK) - Keyboard-driven prog from the 70’s with
tons of Wakeman/Emerson style keyboards
MORIA FALLS (UK) - Neo-prog for followers of GRACE,
JADIS or PENDRAGON
MORMOS (France) - Mix of folk and classical music
MORON, Diego De (Spain) - Prog from the 70’s with mellotron
and contributions by TRIANA and GRANADA members
MORPHELIA (Germany) - The band’s name consists of
mythologic ‘Morpheus’ and Shakespeares ‘Ophelia’. Very good
progressive hard rock combining influences from MARILLION
and SAGA
MORPHEUS (Germany) - All-instrumental jazz rock from the
70’s with lots of sax and bits of flute
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MORRIGAN (UK) - Medieval folk rock
MORRIS ON (UK) - Folk rock family project produced by
Ashley HUTCHINGS (FAIRPORT CONVENTION,
STEELEYE SPAN, ALBION BAND) over three decades,
featuring the “who’s who” of folk rock
MORSE CODE (Canada) - Blends influences of GENESIS and
CAMEL. Vocals in the style of HARMONIUM
MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE (USA) - As the name suggests,
buddies Neal MORSE, Mike PORTNOY and Randy GEORGE
join forces to do covers of various bands (BEATLES, CREAM,
BOWIE, U2, BADFINGER, etc.); nothing very proggy but well
done.
MORSE, Alan (USA) - Great fusion material by SPOCK’S
BEARD guitarist
MORSE, Neal (USA) - Former leader of SPOCK’S BEARD
MORSE, Steve (USA) - Of DIXIE DREGGS fame
MORSE, Tim (USA) - Keyboard-driven prog trio with heavy
hints of ELP, GENESIS and KANSAS
MORSOF (Japan) - Complicated jazz rock with sax at the
forefront. Somewhat like HENRY COW
MORTE MACABRE (Sweden) - Fantastic dark mellotron
symphonic prog from members of ANEKDOTEN and
LANDBERK
MORTICIA (USA) - Doomy prog mixed with David
BOWIE-like vocals. Although recent, it sounds out of the 80’s.
MORTON, Mandy (UK) - Folk rock from the lead singer of
SPRIGUNS
MOSAIC (France) - Mostly instrumental fusion prog from the
70’s. For fans of NATIONAL HEALTH and HATFIELD & THE
NORTH
MOSAIC (Italy) - GENTLE GIANT-like prog
MOSCA, La (THE FLY) (Spain) - Psychedelic pop from the
early 70’s
MOSES (Denmark) - Hard rock from the early 70’s
MOSTLY AUTUMN (UK) - PINK FLOYD meets Celtic rock.
CAMEL fans will love them
MOTHER MALLARD’S PORTABLE... (USA) - Synthesizer
ensemble
MOTHER SUPERIOR (UK) - Multi-instrumental all-female
group. Jazz rock/progressive with haunting vocals
MOTIS (France) - Wonderful symphonic prog with Celtic and
folk influences that uses flute, mellotron, bouzouki, mandolin,
acoustic guitars and bass pedals
MOTOR TOTEMIST GUILD (USA) - Chamber music
ensemble
MOUCTOURIS, Philippe De (France) - Impressionistic guitar
moves
MOULIN, Jean-François (France) - Electronic, similar to
some of the works of VANGELIS
MOVING GELATINE PLATES (France) - Great prog fusion
for ZAPPA and SOFT MACHINE fans
MR BROWN (Sweden) - Nice piano and organ, long
instrumental passages. Symphonic rock between somewhere
CAMEL and PINK FLOYD
MR BROWN (Sweden) - Symphonic prog somewhere between
CAMEL and PINK FLOYD
MR. ALBERT SHOW (Netherlands) - Early 70’s prog with
heavy organ
MR. GIL (Poland) - Solo effort by COLLAGE guitarist with
two other members participating. Very good!
MR. QUIMBY’S BEARD (UK) - Melodic space rock, a
mixture of GONG, HAWKWIND and OZRIC TENTACLES
MR. SIRIUS (Japan) - A mixture of symphonic and Canterbury
styles with a strong classical feel. Great!
MR. SO & SO (UK) - YES-style neo-prog
MR. TOAD (Israel) - Mellow prog like a mix of GRYPHON
and Anthony PHILLIPS
MUCCHIO, Il (Italy) - One of the very first Italian symphonic
prog bands, very much organ driven
MUFFINS, The (USA) - Avant-garde, Canterbury style quartet
MUGEN (Japan) - Really good symphonic prog; mellow,
classical guitar and waves of good mellotron
MULLMUZZLER (USA) - Side project of DREAM
THEATER’s James LABRIE
MUNDI DOMINI (Canada) - Brilliant symphonic folk with
sitar, accordion, flute, piano and acoustic guitars. A must!
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL (France) - Down & dirty
guitar-driven acid prog from the 90’s
MUROS DE AGUA (Mexico) - Canterbury/fusion with ethnic
influences
MURPHY BLEND (Germany) - Speedy/fiery guitar and
organ-driven Krautrock from the 70’s
MURPHY, Patrick (USA) - Beautiful electronic epics,
predominant instrumental and orchestral sounding
MURPLE (Italy) - Excellent early prog with menacing vocals
MUSEO ROSENBACH (Italy) - Heavy prog (though not as
heavy as METAMORFOSI or SEMIRAMIS) dominated by
synth/organ and some guitar
MUSHROOM (UK) - Blend of prog, rock and traditional folk
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MUSICA D’REPUESTO (Cuba) - RIO KING CRIMSON

meets PRESENT or UNIVERS ZERO
MUSICA DE ERICH ZANN, La (Mexico) - RIO a la ART
ZOID and UNIVERS ZERO
MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA (France) - Improvised/
experimental electronic jazz from the early 70’s
MUSICA URBANA (Spain) - Jazz rock at its finest
MUSICAENCHIRIADIS (Italy) - Electronic/symphonic prog
mixed with ambient sounds
MUSICAL BOX, The (Canada) - World-famous GENESIS
cover band licensed by GENESIS members themselves. Using
the band’s original instruments and costumes, they replicate
original GENESIS gigs from the Peter GABRIEL era in their
most minute details. A truly professional cover band
MUSICAL WITCHCRAFT (Hungary) - Led by SOLARIS
flute player Atilla KOLLAR and in the same style
MUSICALIA (Italy) - Excellent symphonic prog with strong
classical overtones
MUSICANTE (Mexico) - Exceptional classical rock
MUSIQUE NOISE (France) - Mix of jazz rock and Zeuhl. For
fans of ESKATON and MAGMA. Great!
MUTANTES (Brazil) - Early period influenced by psychedelia;
became more progressive over time
MY SOLID GROUND (Germany) - Have released a heavy
psych-prog masterpiece in 1971; imagine a mix of very early
PINK FLOYD (“One Of These Days”) and THIRSTY MOON
MYRDHIN (France) - One of the best harp players in the world
MYRIAD (USA) - Reminiscent of RUSH
MYROS (Italy) - Keyboard rock like EMERSON and
WAKEMAN
MYSTER KAH (France) - Stylistically, quite similar to
LANDMARQ
MYSTERY (Canada) - Neo-prog band whose style evolved
over the years from AOR solid art rock
MYTHOLOGIE (USA) - LEGER THE MAIN side project.
Energetic prog with female vocals. Solid!
MYTHOS (Germany) - Classic prog act, evolved from
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N.H.U. (Spain) - 70's organ prog with that wonderful
underground flair
NADA (& Miguel ABUELO) (Argentina) - Rare early 70's
prog. Ranges from heavy to melodic with fine guitar work
NADIR (Italy) - Kind of a mix of ARTI E MESTIERI,
DEDALUS and AGORA
NAHUATL (Mexico) - A mainstay of Mexican psychedelia
NANOOK OF THE NORTH (Sweden) - Delicate
symphonic/art rock with alternate male/female vocals
NAOS (France) - In the style of MONA LISA and ANGE
NAPOLI CENTRALE (Italy) - Jazz/fusion band that spans
over three decades
NARANJA MECANICA (Argentina) - Rare melodic prog
from the 70’s with great keyboard work
NARANJA MECANICA (Cuba) - Keyboard and flute-
dominated prog from the 90’s
NARROW PASS (Italy) - One-man project with excellent
classical Italian symphonic prog in the CAMEL and ERIS
PLUVIA vein with some help from La MASCHERA DI CERA
and ERIS PLUVIA members
NASH THE SLASH (Canada) - FM’s violin player
NATHAN MAHL (Canada) - Killer prog fusion
NATIONAL HEALTH (UK) - Canterbury legends
NATIONAL STEAM (USA) - Great space prog from the 90’s
with loads of keyboards and effects
NATTURA (Iceland) - Heavy prog from Iceland with organ,
folk touches and female vocals
NATURAL ACOUSTIC BAND (UK) - 70’s folk rockers
NATURAL MYSTIC, The (Italy) - Fantastic 6-piece prog band
with acoustic & electric guitars, flutes, percussion etc.
NATURAL SCIENCE (Netherlands) - Solid prog metal in the
vein of DREAM THEATER and RUSH with moderate vocals
NAUTILUS (Germany) - Electronic voyages through the world
of Jules Verne novels. Imaginative music between Berlin School
electronics and spacey prog
NAUTILUS (Switzerland) - Organ, guitar filled prog from the
late 70’s
NAUTILUS (UK) - Four-piece instrumental symphonic prog
outfit creates dark sounds and exciting atmosphere; some PINK
FLOYD and KING CRIMSON references
NAVE (Brazil) - Symphonic prog with influences from YES as
well as from world music
NAVE, La (Italy) - Close to Le ORME, strongly rooted in the
70’s Italian tradition
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NAZCA (Mexico) - RIO. A mixture of UNIVERS ZERO and
ART ZOYD with Mayan folk
NDIO (UK) - Ex-Hugh HOPPER BAND, SOFT MACHINE
jazz rock
NDV (USA) - SPOCK’S BEARD drummer. Mix of prog and
pop
NEAL, Chris (Australia) - Great mellotron-driven symphonic
prog by this multi-instrumentalist
NEBELNEST (France) - Wonderfully dark symphonic prog
influenced by KING CRIMSON, PULSAR, MAGMA &
SHYLOCK, laced with psychedelia and improvisation
NECROMANDUS (UK) - Doom rock with BLACK
SABBATH-style riffs and twisted vocals
NECRONOMICON (Germany) - Underground prog/psych
from the early 70’s
NEGATIVE ZONE (France) - Wonderful musical journey in
the style of PINK FLOYD
NEGRA LINEA (France) - Mystical and seductive blend of
female voices, percussion, saxophones, guitars and accordions.
Fantastic!
NEKROPOLIS (PETER FROHMADER) (Germany) -
Electronics and avant-garde
NEKROPSI (Turkey) - Something of a cross between FLOYD
and KING CRIMSON yet quite unique
NEKTAR (Germany) - The most German-like of the 70's
British bands and to their stylistic approach (assimilated to
Krautrock)
NELSON, Paul (USA) - Hot instrumental guitar-driven fusion
NEMA NIKO (Italy) - Atmospheric electronic music
NEMO (France) - Post CRUCIFERUS with Canterbury feel a la
EGG and KHAN
NEMO (France) - Very good heavy symphonic prog
NENA, Los (Mexico) - Blends RIO with jazz, avant-garde and
Mexican traditional. Unique!
NEO (France) - Legendary five-piece 70's group with hints of
CAMEL/KING CRIMSON & CARAVAN
NEO (UK) - Neo-progressive super group with Clive NOLAN,
John JOWITT, Nick BARRETT, Alan REED and more
NEON ROSE (Sweden) - Straight-ahead, no-frills, solid classic
70’s hard rock band
NEPENTHE (USA) - Fine old school prog with emotional mood
comparable to early GENESIS and YES
NERO, Leo (Italy) - Il BALLETTO DI BRONZO keyboardist
Gianni LEONE under an alias
NERONIA (Germany) - Follow-up formation from 90’s

neo-prog band ULYSSES. Good neo-prog in the same class as
EVERON or SYLVAN; sounds a lot like SAGA and RUSH
NESSIE (Belgium) - 70’s mellotron-based prog
NETHERWORLD (USA) - Early 80’s legendary prog rock
from Los Angeles
NEU! (Germany) - ‘Mid-70’s electronic/Krautrock masters
NEUMEIER GENRICH SCHMIDT (Germany) - Follow-up
to the Psychedelic Jam and that’s exactly what it is
NEUMEIER, Mani (Germany) - GURU GURU drummer
NEURONIUM (Spain) - Electronic/prog & new age
NEUSCHWANSTEIN (Germany) - Fantastic symphonic prog
like GENESIS, IVORY and AMENOPHIS
NEUTRONS (UK) - Classic 70’s prog with prominent
keyboards
NEW AGE (USA) - Little-known keyboard prog heavily
influenced by Keith EMERSON & ELP
NEW BLIZZARD SYMPHONY (USA) - A Christmas project
featuring various 70’s prog bands
NEW CELESTE (UK) - Electrifying Scottish folk rock from the
mid-70’s
NEW EDEN ORCHESTRA (USA) - Power prog in a GLASS
HAMMER, KANSAS, AVIARY vein
NEW GROVE PROJECT, The (Switzerland) - Symphonic
prog with Roine STOLT and Par LINDH participating
NEW MACHINE (USA) - Prog-oriented melodious rock
inspired by RUSH, PINK FLOYD and TOTO
NEW ST. GEORGE, The (USA) - Folk rock with female vocals
NEW SUN (USA) - Symphonic rock with excellent axe work
NEW TROLLS (Italy) - Pioneering Italian band
NEW VIOLIN SUMMIT (France / UK) - Live at the Berlin
jazz festival with Jean-Luc PONTY, Robert WYATT & Terje
RYPDAL
NEWMAN, Tom (UK) - Classical folk, with Mike
OLDFIELD’s participation
NEWSOM, Joanna (USA) - Exceptional psychedelic folk by
female harpist/vocalist backed up by complete classical
orchestra. Lyrical vocals and heartfelt harp playing
NEWTONE EXPERIENCE (France) - Ethno-jazz trio with
two guitarists and a tabla player
NEXT (Italy) - Futuristic prog with YES, GABRIEL leanings
NEXUS (Argentina) - Best Argentinian band in the last decade.
Brilliant symphonic with female vocals
NIACIN (USA) - Funky prog with ELP feel; interesting
compositions and inspired improvisation
LETTER N
NIADEM’S GHOST (UK) - Peter NICHOLLS’ band after he
first left IQ
NICE BEAVER (Netherlands) - Catchy art rock with prog
leanings; hints of CAMEL and RUSH
NICE, The (UK) - Power-organ trio with Keith EMERSON
NICO, Gianni, & Frank MAURIZIO (Italy) - NEW TROLLS
offshoot from 1973. Great prog!
NIEMEN (Poland) - SBB keyboard player
NIGHT FLIGHT (Brazil) - Post-QUANTUM instrumental
prog
NIGHT RIDER (France) - Hard-edged prog. For RUSH and
SAGA fans
NIGHTALES (USA) - Ex-PARAGONE in CAMEL vein
NIGHTWATCH (Netherlands) - Delicate progressive folk with
alternating male/female vocals
NIGHTWATCH, The (see The WATCH) (Italy) - Same style
as GENESIS & MARILLION. Good stuff!
NIGHTWISH (Finland) - Operatic prog metal at its best with
female vocals
NIL (France) - Hot mainly instrumental prog with occasional
male/female vocals
NILSSON, Stefan (Sweden) - Instrumental symphonic fusion
by KORNET keyboardist
NIMBUS (Chile) - Blend of prog with jazz and avant-garde
NIMBUS (Finland) - Excellent 70’s psych prog
NINE DAYS’ WONDER (Germany) - Mid-70’s Krautrock
layered with rich instrumentation
NIQUEL (Uruguay) - Modern group plays tribute to PSIGLO,
DIAS DE BLUES, DINO, MOONLIGHTS, DELFINES
NIRGAL VALLIS (Mexico) - Little-known symphonic
progressive. Great!
NIRVANA (UK) - Early 70's soft rock
NITE CITY (USA) - Brilliant late 70’s band by The DOORS
keyboard-player Ray MANZAREK.
NLC (France) - Contemporary French studio project who play
electronic/chamber & neo-classical music
NNECRA PACKE (France) - Brings to mind DJAM KARET,
KING CRIMSON and early PINK FLOYD. Excellent!
NNIKNKU (Japan) - Blistering prog led by fabulous guitar and
flute with the occasional mellotron.
NO NAME (Luxembourg) - Solid neo-prog
NO NAMES (Israel) - Prog rock from the mid-70’s
NOCENZI, Vittorio (Italy) - Keyboard maestro of BANCO
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NODENS ICTUS (UK) - Related to the OZRICS and space rock
as well
NODO GORDIANO (Italy) - Modern-day prog with 70’s
approach. Maybe CITTA FRONTALE meets PFM. Great!
NOEKK (Germany) - Retro prog with operatic and pathetical
vocals. Dark melodies with light tendencies to gothic rock and
lots of mellotron
NOETRA (France) - Good complex prog slightly similar to
CARPE DIEM
NOGOJIRI (South Korea) - Hard rock/prog trio
NOLAN, Clive & Oliver WAKEMAN (UK) - Bombastic
keyboard-based symphonic rock, and a very impressive line-up
of members from LANDMARQ, PENDRAGON and
MAGNUM. The singers and the musicians are really great and
very skilled!
NOMADI, I (Italy) - Melodic Italian prog, has been compared
to SPRING
NO-MAN (UK) - Steve WILSON’s techno band
NON CREDO (USA) - Unique blend of opera and RIO with
female vocals, clarinet, percussion, glockenspiel and other
strange sounds
NORDENSTAM, Emma & Oscar DANIELSSON (Sweden) -
Theater music but with the same feel as above
NORDENSTAM, Emma (Sweden) - Imagine Linda PERHACS
and TURID’s first album but with even more sadness. Acoustic
guitars, piano, trumpet, cello
NORDSTROM, Monte (Canada) - Half of PTARMIGAN and
half as good, features nice mellotro
NORLANDER, Erik (USA) - Lana LANE composer.
Comparable to EMERSON and WAKEMAN
NORRLATAR (Sweden) - Traditional folk rock with fiddle,
viola, etc…
NORTH STAR (USA) - Keyboard-driven prog with strong
influence from GABRIEL-era GENESIS
NORTHWIND (Greece) - Hard rock for fans of BUDGIE and
BLACK SABBATH
NORTHWIND (UK) - Rural sounding prog from the early 70’s
with slight WISHBONE ASH leanings
NORTHWINDS (France) - Gothic metal to melodic Eastern
prog
NOSFERATU (Germany) - Heavy progressive Krautrock from
the early 70’s
NOSKE, Bernd (Germany) - Late 70’s solo trip by
drummer/vocalist of Krautrock band BIRTH CONTROL
NOSOUND (Italy) - The band follows in the footsteps of PINK
FLOYD and PORCUPINE TREE
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NOSTALGIA (Italy) - Melodic neo-prog; nice keyboard flights.
CAMEL influenced
NOT MOVING (Italy) - Heavy Hammond, heavy progressive
NOTABENE (Italy) - Fantastic prog highly reminiscent of mid
70's BANCO with added violin and occasional trombone
NOTTURNO CONCERTANTE (Italy) - Italian neo-prog with
MARILLION, IQ & PENDRAGON feel
NOVA (Finland) - 70’s organ/guitar-driven symphonic prog with
influences from PINK FLOYD, PROCOL HARUM, WIGWAM
and perhaps ELOY and YES
NOVA (Italy) - OSANNA offshoot and really similar
NOVA MALA STRANA (Italy) - Good 90’s Italian symphonic
prog with female vocals
NOVACT (Netherlands) - Dark melodic prog metal with a
touch of gothic
NOVALIS (Germany) - Top German 70’s prog rock
NOVELA (Japan) - Hard & heavy prog led by Terutsugu
HIRAYAMA (TERU’S SYMPHONIA)
NOVEMBER (Sweden) - 70’s heavy prog rock legends
NOVOX (Netherlands) - Excellent instrumental symphonic
prog with fusion elements by members of CLIFFHANGER and
KNIGHT AREA
NOW (Belgium) - Post-PRELUDE neo-prog
NOW (USA) - Great harmonic prog with nice melodies
NU (Spain) - Heavy Spanish JETHRO TULL
NUANCE (France) - Similar to ANGE, MONA LISA and the
like
NUCLEUS (UK) - Ethereal jazz rock close to the modern-day
SOFT MACHINE
NUCLEUS TORN (Switzerland) - Symphonic Celtic prog with
mellotron, strings and a dark mysterious feel; at times folky, at
times aggressive
NUGENT, Ted & The AMBOY DUKES (USA) - Heavy
psych/acid rockers from the mid-70’s
NUMEN (Spain) - Nice melodic keyboard-driven neo-prog
NUMI, I (Italy) - BEATLES-inspired psychedelia from the early
70’s
NUOVA ERA (Italy) - Like ELP and Le ORME. Outstanding!
NUOVA ERA, La (Italy) - Obscure religious prog folk
NUOVA IDEA (Italy) - Good organ-driven of the early 70’s with
Canterbury influences
NUOVOCORSOITALIA (Italy) - Jazz fusion rock trio made up
of bass, saxophone and drums
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NURT (Poland) - Blend of rock and prog from the early 70’s
NUTZ (UK) - Inventive mid-70’s hard rock with progressive
intros that lead into solid blues-rock pieces
NUVOLE DI PAGLIA (Italy) - Typical 70’s, organ-driven prog
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(I AM) ONE (Netherlands) - Mix of art rock and prog. Great ODYSSICE (Netherlands) - Great smooth, CAMEL-like prog
keyboards!
OHRESSER, Guy (France) - Jazz rock
O TERÇO (Brazil) - Most important Brazilian prog band of the
OISEAU RARE (France) - Blends jazz rock and progressive
70's
with great flute parts
O’HARA, Wittox (Canada) - Amazing dark classical rock. A
OKTOBER (Germany) - Political protest rock with very good
combination of instrumental prog with improvisation and a touch
progressive instrumentation. Same league as Krautrock heroes
of RIO
FLOH DE COLOGNE and EULENSPYGEL.
OBAZDA (Germany) - Formidable progressive rock with
OKUMOTO, Ryo (USA) - Keyboard superman from SPOCK’S
Bavarian vocals
BEARD
OBERON (UK) - Dark mysterious gothic folk
OLAEGUI TRIO, Andres (Chile) - Instrumental jazz rock trio
OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (USA) - Early FLOYD meets Nick
OLD MAN AND THE SEA (Denmark) - Hammond-driven
DRAKE. Mix of PINK FLOYD covers and originals
classic of Nordic prog from the early 70’s
OCARINAH (France) - Instrumental keyboard prog in EGG
OLDFIELD, Mike (Ireland) - Groundbreaking prog
style
instrumentals with tubular bells as musical trademark
OCEANSIZE (UK) - Unconventional mix between new art rock
OLIVE MESS (Latvia) - Classical, contemporary and RIO
and independent rock
OLIVER KLAUS (Canada) - Psych rock from the early 70’s
OCTAVO (France) - Complex rock
OLYAM (France) - Electronic music with a slight prog edge
OCTOBER (USA) - Classic 70’s dual keyboard and violin
symphonic prog OM (Spain) - Mostly instrumental jazz/prog the early 70’s led by
Jordi SOLER
OCTOBER EQUUS (Spain) - KING CRIMSON,
ANGLAGARD, GENTLE GIANT and UNIVERS ZERO echo OM ART FORMATION (Hungary) - World music and very
throughout their music interesting stuff
OCTOBER PROJECT (USA) - Well-known Celtic band. OMEGA (Hungary) - Hungary’s most beloved prog band
Atmospheric keyboards, guitar and nice female vocals
OMEGA PLUS (France) - Trio from the late 60’s with Claude
OCTOBRE (Canada) - Seminal Quebec prog group in the same ENGEL. Prototype French heavy prog
mold as MORSE CODE
OMETAXALIA ET BUCCI (France) - Similar to E. BOOZ
OCTOHPERA (Brazil) - Symphonic rock group with a bit of
OMINOX (Sweden) - Great fusion led by keyboard maestro
GENTLE GIANT influence
Lale LARSON
OCTOPUS (Chile) - Instrumental mix of aggressive prog and
OMNI (Poland) - Electronic/progressive duo
prog metal
OMNI (Spain) - Excellent symphonic rock. A mixture of
OCTOPUS (Germany) - Fabulous prog with female vocals
CAMEL, GENESIS and Spanish folklore
OCTOPUS (Norway) - Prog killer and totally unknown monster
ONIRIS (France) - Wonderful 70’s prog with ANGE, MONA
from the 80’s. Dark complex symph/prog
LISA and ARACHNOID-like sounds
ODEJA, The (Italy) - Melodic prog with nice female vocals
ONZA (Spain) - Nice fusion prog with folky overtones
ODESSA (Italy) - Solid organ/guitar prog rooted in Italian
OPA (Uruguay) - Latin jazz & funk performed by a string of
tradition. Original material and covers
tamboriles (Afro-Uruguayan instrument)
ODIN (UK) - Rare heavy organ prog similar to ELP and heavy
OPALE (France) - Beautiful prog with a folk slant
guitar
OPETH (Sweden) - Death metal band that went progressive
ODISSEA (Italy) - Sometimes overlooked Italian great.
over the years. No more metal grunts: vocals are clean, Mikael
Certainly one of the best of the 70’s
AKERFELDT is actually a good singer
ODMENN (Iceland) - From the 70’s, blues-based psych with
OPHIUCUS (France) - Elegant and delicate, mainly acoustic
lots of acid guitar and some organ
music with polished vocals
ODRAREG (Venezuela) - TEMPANO offshoot of instrumental
OPPOSSUM (Germany) - Pre-MORPHEUS instrumental
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OPUS (Chile) - Instrumental prog trio (guitar, bass and drums)
similar to TRYO
OPUS (Germany) - Keyboard-based symphonic prog in same
mold as ANYONE’S DAUGHTER, NOVALIS and P’COCK
OPUS (Yugoslavia) - Heavy organ trio in early Italian tradition
OPUS 5 (Canada) - Top 70’s Canadian fusion prog in
HATFIELD AND THE NORTH line. A must!
OPUS ALFA & DIAS DE BLUES (Uruguay) - Hard blues and
some psychedelia
OPUS AVANTRA (Italy) - Mix of avant-garde, prog, classical,
opera, jazz and just plain weirdness
OPUS EST (Sweden) - GENESIS/IQ-like band with beautiful
guitar work and pleasant keyboards
ORA (UK) - From the late 60’s. Ranges from strange psych to
hard rock to blues/folk
ORANGE PEEL (Germany) - Heavy Hammond-driven prog
from the 70’s
ORANG-UTAN (UK) - Heavy rock from the early 70’s
ORCHESTRE SYMPATHIQUE, L’ (Canada) - Quebec jazz
rock. For fans of MANEIGE
ORDORIKA, Ruper (Spain) - Rare Basque folk from the early
80’s
ORESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (Sweden) - Some of the
best progressive electronic space rock around
ORFORD, Martin (UK) - IQ keyboard player
ORIENT SQUEEZERS (Sweden) - Indian-inspired psyche-
delia
ORION’S BEETHOVEN (Argentina) - Hard and heavy 70’s
prog
ORIOXY (Canada) - Instrumental mix of prog, jazz and Eastern
music. Really good!
ORME, Le (Italty) - ITALIAN and SYMPHONIC
PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page 24)
ORNE (Finland) - Seven-piece dark prog influenced by VAN
DER GRAAF GENERATOR, BLACK WIDOW and BLACK
SABBATH
ORPHAN PROJECT (USA) - Art rock in the style of
KANSAS, STYX and YES
ORPHANED LAND (Israel) - Powerful prog combined with
Jewish and Arabian folk using chamber music instrument
ORPHEO (Netherlands) - Symphonic prog with occasional
prog metal outbreaks. Reminiscent of EGDON HEATH but with
female vocals
OS MUNDI (Germany) - Spacey Krautrock with great flute and
saxophone
LETTER O
OSAGE TRIBE (Italy) - Unique trio from the early 70’s with a
tribal progressive feel
OSANNA (Italy) - 70’s group that had a great impact on the
Italian prog scene
OSE (France) - Electronic/progressive classic by Richard
PINHAS and Hervé PICART
OSI (USA) - Features Mike PORTNOY, Steve WILSON and
Sean MALONE
OSIRIS (Bahrain) - Carefully worked-out neo-prog with
delicate and tasteful melodies
OSKURRI (Spain) - Most prolific Basque folk band
OSM’OZ (France) - PINK FLOYD-inspired symph/prog with
female vocals
OSMOSAIC (Canada) - Folk/prog with male-female vocals,
somewhat like HARMONIUM
OSSIAN (Poland) - A bit like AGITATION FREE with lots of
percussion and Tibetan sounds
OTHELLO SYNDROME, The (UK) - Innovative band that
mixes VDGG with early GENESIS
OTHER SIDE (USA) - Slight Kate BUSH approachs
O-U (Japan) - Blend of classical, avant-garde and jazz rock
OUGENWEIDE (Germany) - One of Germany’s most beloved
folk rock bands
OUST LOUBA (France) - Unique style that shifts between
classical, jazz and Canterbury with a certain degree of mysticism
OUT OF DARKNESS (UK) - Christian psych/rock from the
early 70’s
OUT OF FOCUS (Germany) - Psychedelic music with solid
organ/saxophone & guitar/flute
OUTER LIMITS (Japan) - Symphonic rock with violin from
the 90’s
OUTSIDE (France) - If you like IQ and MARILLION, these are
for you
OVERDRIVE (Italy) - Neo-prog with nice keyboards. For fans
of SAGA
OVERHEAD (Finland) - Refined, elegant symphonic prog with
clear and powerful vocals
OVNI (El Salvador) - El Salvador's only prog band. Unique
modern prog with other-wordly theme
OXOMAXOMA (Mexico) - These guys sound like the more
experimental side of The RESIDENTS, FAUST and MAGMA.
OZ KNOZZ (USA) - Blend of prog, rock and jazz
OZONE QUARTET (USA) - Great fusion rock with violin,
Chapman stick, guitar and drums
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OZRIC TENTACLES (UK) - Legends of the UK underground.

Inspired by a myriad of musical genres and musicians from
Krautrockers KRAAN to guitar maestro Steve VAI, from ethnic
Arabic to electronic techno, from HENDRIX to HILLAGE
OZTURK TRIO, Murat (Turkey) - Jazz rock trio led by pianist
MURAT, considered among the greatest revelations of the French
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P’COCK (Germany) - Prog rock with spacey keyboards in
ELOY and RAMSES style
P205 (Germany) - Rare heavy psych prog like PINK FLOYD
and BLACK WIDOW
PAATOS (Sweden) - LANDBERK offshoot and in the same
melancholy style, with female vocals and beloved mellotron
PABLO “EL ENTERRADOR” (Argentina) - Killer, highly
emotional symphonic prog with dual keys
PACIANA STORY (Italy) - Conceptual prog/pop from the
mid-70’s led by two ex-DALTON members
PACIFIC DRIFT (UK) - Progressive psychedelia from the early
70’s
PACIFIC SOUND (Switzerland) - Masters of acid psychedelia
PACIFICO (Argentina) - Folky prog from the early 70’s
PAESE DEI BALOCCHI, Il (Italy) - Brilliant classical,
romantic, delicate prog
PAGAN’S MIND (Norway) - Powerful prog metal in the vein of
SYMPHONY X and DREAM THEATER
PAGANI, Mauro (Italy) - Of PFM fame
PAGANI, STRATOS, TOFANI (Italy) - Legendary Italian
musicians doing covers
PAGANOTTI, Bernard (France) - Excellent prog in MAGMA
style from MAGMA’s great bass player
PAGEANT (Japan) - Wonderful symphonic prog with female
vocals
PAIKAPPU (Japan) - Spacey instrumental prog with a CAMEL
feel
PAIN OF SALVATION (Sweden) - PROGRESSIVE METAL
(see page 32)
PAINT BOX (Italy) - From the 90’s a mixture of rock, prog and
downright crazy music
PALADIN (UK) - One of the best hard prog bands of the early
70's
PALE ACUTE MOON (Japan) - Keyboard-driven symphonic
prog. Some of the finest Japanese 80’s prog
PALERMO BIG BAND, Ed (USA) - Headed by guitarist-
saxophonist, big band cover of ZAPPA classics
PALLAS (UK) - Energetic, magnificent neo-prog on par with
IQ, 80’s MARILLION and PENDRAGON
PALMA (Brazil) - Fantastic instrumental symphonic folk led by
flute and acoustic guitars. Reminiscent of CAMEL’s “The Snow
Goose”
PALO ALTO (France) - Music is close to that of ART ZOYD,
UNIVERS ZERO and the RESIDENTS
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PAN (Denmark) - Heavy prog from the early 70’s
PAN Y REGALIZ (Spain) - Like early JETHRO TULL on acid
PANAMA LIMITED (JUG BAND) (UK) - Late 60’s jugband
blues outfit
PANCAKE (Germany) - Fantastic melodic guitar-driven prog
from the mid-70’s
PANDORA (Sweden) - Symphonic prog from the mid-70’s in
KAIPA style
PANGAEA (USA) - Very refined slick U.S. prog
PANGEA (Italy) - Borderline neo-prog/soft rock, features
delicate, haunting and spacey atmospheres
PANGLOSS (Canada) - Theatrical prog in ANGE style.
Wonderful!
PANNA FREDA (Italy) - Good prog a la early Arthur BROWN
PANTA REI (Sweden) - Mid-70’s trippy psych prog, complex
compositions and mind-expanding improv
PANTHEON (Netherlands) - Melodic prog from the early 70’s
similar to TRACE
PANTOKRATOR (Estonia) - Prog with ethnic folk from the
80’s
PANTOMMIND (Bulgaria) - Heavy prog metal with
symphonic atmospheres, will appeal to fans of DREAM
THEATER, QUEENSRYCHE and VANDEN PLAS
PANUNZI, Stefano (Italy) - Mostly instrumental music that
mixes ambient sounds with new art rock. Main influences are
PORCUPINE TREE and David SYLVIAN.
PANZERBALLET (Germany) - Excellent hard fusion
PANZERPAPPA (Norway) - Crazy prog/jazz/fusion similar to
MIRIODOR or SAMLA but with melodic mellotron landscapes
PARALLEL MIND (USA) - Instrumental keyboard-filled
symphonic prog trio with William KOPECKY. Great!
PARALLEL OR 90° DEGREES (UK) - A blend of classical
prog rock with independent rock and psychedelic music
PARANOISE (USA) - Great progressive world rock with a
heavy edge
PARISH HALL (UK) - Murderous, jarring gut rock power trio
from the early 70’s
PARLOUR BAND, The (UK) - Classic melodic prog from the
early 70’s similar to FANTASY
PARMENTER, Matthew (USA) - DISCIPLINE leader. If you
like DISCIPLINE you will like this.
PARMENTER, Ryan (USA) - Creative progressive pop by the
front man of EYESTRINGS
PARRENIN, Emmanuelle (France) - Folk/Celtic rock legend
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PARRISH & GURVITZ (UK) - Post-GUN West Coast prog
from the early 70’s
PARRY, Ian (UK) - Successful combination of classic rock and
powerful progressive rock, with passionate vocals
PARRY’S CONSORTIUM PROJECT, Ian (UK) - Symphonic
melodic prog metal by Ian PARRY who recorded a rock opera
trilogy
PARSONS PROJECT, Alan (UK) - Famous prog/art rock
project of highly successful producer Alan PARSONS and
songwriter Eric WOOLFSON; their albums, often conceptual,
feature a host of musicians and vocalists.
PARTHENON (Venezuela) - Pre-AMAROK prog. Similar to
ELP
PARZIVAL (Germany) - Folky prog slightly reminiscent of
JETHRO TULL
PASSPORT (Germany) - Jazz rock legends
PASTORAL (Argentina) - Romantic progressive folk
PATAPHONIE (France) - Classical-style music with a mix of
RIO and fusion in SOFT MACHINE, MAGMA, HENRY COW,
UNIVERS ZERO vein
PATCH (Australia) - Great symphonic prog from the late 70's
PATCH WORK MUSIC (France) - Electronic
PATERNOSTER (Austria) - Early 70’s dark psychedelia with
eerie vocals and lots of organ
PATTO (UK) - Soulful, acid jazz rock with legendary guitarist
Ollie HALSALL and vocalist Mike PATTO
PAULY, Henning (USA) - FRAMESHIFT and CHAIN solo in
more of rock setting with some prog moves
PAVLOV’S DOG (USA) - Seminal, inventive prog rock group
PAVOL HAMMEL & PRUDY (Czech Republic) - With
Marian VARGA but more in the soft singer/songwriter vein
PAX (Peru) - Heavy, hairy psychedelic hard rock band from the
early 70’s
PAYSSAN, Jean-Luc (France) - Half of VITAL DUO and
MINIMUM VITAL guitarist
PAZOP (Belgium) - In the realm of MOVING GELATINE
PLATES, ERGO SUM and KING CRIMSON
PEACE & QUIET (USA) - Classic rock from the early 70’s
PECK SMYTH & OFF (Mexico) - Psych from the mid-70’s
PEGASUS (Spain) - Post-ICEBERG fusion/jazzrock
PELICAN (Iceland) - Obscure prog band from the mid-70’s
PELL MELL (Germany) - Classically tinged German prog with
violin and keyboards from the 70’s
PELOSI, Mauro (Italy) - Of PFM fame
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PEMBROKE, Jim (Finland) - Ex-WIGWAM keyboardist
PENDRAGON (UK) - NEO-PROGRESSIVE (see page 28)
PENTAGON (Germany) - Progressive blues from the 70’s
PENTAGRAM (USA) - The kings of doom rock
PENTANGLE (UK) - Very successful folk rock band founded in
the late 60’s by virtuoso guitarists Bert JANSCH and John
RENBOURN; they mix classical folk rock and traditional folk
songs and ballads.
PENTOLA DI PAPIN, La (Italy) - Good obscure prog with nice
organ, mellotron
PENTWATER (USA) - Definite early YES with a touch of
GENTLE GIANT supported by a lyrical violin and a bewitching
flute
PERAINO’S KINGDOM COME, Victor (USA) - Mid-70’s
mellotron with strings, choir, cellos and brass all over
PERC MEET THE HIDDEN GENTLEMAN, The
(Germany) - 90’s German rock in the Krautrock vein with
elements of blues and psychedelia
PERCEPTION & FRIENDS (France) - Pre-ZAO combination
of experimental music and jazz rock
PERERIN (UK) - Wonderful Welsh folk/prog with male and
female vocals, acoustic guitars, flute, piano and organ
PERFUME DE MUJER (Cuba) - Similar to DEUS EX
MACHINA and AREA
PERHACS, Linda (USA) - Stunning delicate folk by this
mystical singer/songwriter
PERIFERIA DEL MONDO (Italy) - BANCO meets AREA.
Great!
PERIGEO (Italy) - Pioneers of Italian jazz rock featuring bass,
keyboards, drums, guitar and saxophone
PEROTIC THEATRE, The (Germany) - Fantastic organ-
driven prog with nice breaks
PERRA, La (Mexico) - Guitar-driven prog that brings to mind
DJAM KARET
PERSONA NON GRATA (UK) - The new VULGAR
UNICORN formation
PESNIARY (Belarus) - A mixture of folk/rock/pop/psych and
hard rock with complex vocal harmonies
PETITGIRARD, Laurent (France) - Progressive jazz from the
early 70’s
PETRUCCI, John & Jordan RUDESS (USA) - Acoustic prog
by virtuoso DREAM THEATER members on acoustic and
electronic guitars (PETRUCCI) and on acoustic piano
(RUDESS)
PETRUS CASTRUS (Portugal) - Excellent symphonic prog

with keyboards, guitar flashes and fragile vocals
PHAESIS (France) - FLOYD inspired neo-prog with hints of
CAMEL
PHIDEAUX (USA) - Symphonic prog project by Rich
HUTCHINS and Phideaux XAVIER
PHILHARMONIE (France) - For fans of CRIMSON/Robert
FRIPP
PHILLIPS, Anthony (UK) - Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist and
original founding member of GENESIS. Has released several of
albums of smooth, pastoral prog, either solo or with guests
PHILLIPS, Simon (UK) - Melodic instrumental rock with jazz,
Latin and fusion influences
PHOENIX EYE (Canada) - Symphonic rock with ELP,
MARILLION and GENESIS influences
PHOLAS DACTYLUS (Italy) - 70’s Italian symphonic prog
with spoken vocals (no singing)
PHREEWORLD (USA) - Exciting, electrifying, the band
pushes technique and technology to their limits. A mix of YES,
DREAM THEATER, FM, HAPPY THE MAN and Steve
HACKETT all in one
PHYLTER (Belgium) - Sort of like mid-period GENESIS
PI2 (Spain) - Combination of space and prog rock
PICCHIO DAL POZZO (Italy) - Wild prog in the AREA
school
PICCOLO, Andrea Lo (Italy) - Instrumental classical/
symphonic prog
PICTORIAL WAND (Norway) - Killer symphonic prog with
conceptual approach with loads of analog synths
PICTURES (Italy) - Very well-done symphonic prog with a pop
edge
PIEDI NUDI, A (Italy) - Similar to Il BALLETTO DI
BRONZO. Superb!
PIEL, La (Mexico) - Piano and drums (ICONOCLASTA
drummer) duo. Soft classical jazz
PIENZA ETHNORKESTRA (Belgium) - Killer fusion with an
Eastern vibe
PIERETTI, Gian (Italy) - Orchestrated singer/songwriter prog
from the early 70’s
PIERO E I COTTONFIELDS (Italy) - Soft prog from the early
70’s with organ, mellotron, flute and saxophone
PIERROT LUNAIRE (Italy) - From the mid-70’s, an original
mix of soft prog and avant-garde atmospheres
PIG FARM ON THE MOON (Venezuela) - Georgeous
symphonic prog. A mixture of YES, GENESIS, ELP and a touch
of DREAM THEATER. Long songs, lush arrangements and
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catchy melodies
PIGS AND PYRAMIDS (UK & USA) - An all-star line-up,
among whom some TOTO and YES members, performing PINK
FLOYD songs
PIIRPAUKE (Finland) - World music pioneers
PILGRYM (UK) - Solid symphonic prog with neo-prog
influences
PINEAPPLE THIEF (UK) - Reminiscent of PORCUPINE
TREE
PING PONG (Italy) - Early 70’s prog with flutes and guitars a
la JETHRO TULL and GRAVY TRAIN
PINHAS, Richard (France) - The brains behind HELDON
PINK FLOYD (UK) - PSYCHEDELIC & SPACE ROCK (see
page 22)
PINK MICE, The (Germany) - Keyboard prog based on
classical themes. Great!
PINNACLE (USA) - Three-piece melodic, song-oriented prog
band that mixes KANSAS, RUSH and SPOCK’S BEARD
influences
PINNELLA, Michael (USA) - SYMPHONY X keyboardist.
Great keyboard workouts
PIP PYLE’S BASH! (UK) - Canterbury, jazz and fusion
PIRAMIS (Hungary) - Hard rockers from the 70’s/80’s
PIRANA (Australia) - Heavy organ, guitar prog from the early
70’s
PISCES (UK) - Folk rock from the early 70’s
PITAGORA, Paola (Italy) - Vocal chamber folky prog
PLACKBAND (Netherlands) - Very warm, melodic neo-prog
with strong vocal harmonies
PLANET P PROJECT (USA) - Prog trilogy project by
well-known keyboardist Tony CAREY; music with a PINK
FLOYD feel
PLANET X (USA) - Heavy instrumental fusion rock with Derek
SHERINIAN and Tony MacALPINE
PLANETA IMAGINARIO (Spain) - Fantastic instrumental
band that mixes prog/space/fusion & jazz. Recommended!
PLANETARIUM (Italy) - Masterful Italian prog from the early
70’s with strong classical influences
PLANTS (USA) - Psychedelic folk act that blend ethereal
acoustic textures with melancholy lyrical beauty using strings,
organs, flutes and bells
PLANXTY (Ireland) - Very popular Irish folk rock band
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folk music PORCHETTO, Raul (Argentina) - Important figure of

Argentinian prog
PLASTIC CLOUD, The (Canada) - Classic psych from the late
60’s PORCUPINE TREE (UK) - SPACE ROCK (see page 30)
PLATINA, The (Israel) - Jazz rock from the mid-70’s POSEIDON (Germany) - Underground 70's prog. ELOY meets
TROYA
PLATYPUS (USA) - Blend of prog, fusion and rock
POST IMAGE (France) - UPPSALA’s rhythm section performs
PLJ BAND (Greece) - Incredible psych prog with killer fuzz
fusion influenced by Miles DAVIS
guitar
POTEMKINE (France) - Instrumental prog that successfully
PLUM NELLY (USA) - Heavy psych/prog from the early 70’s
combines jazz fusion and prog
PLUTO (UK) - Dual guitar 70’s rock
POWER OF ZEUS (USA) - Late 60’s psychedelic rock
PNEUMA (Japan) - Klaus SCHULZE/TANGERINE
PRAT, Jean-Paul (France) - Operate in the jazz space just
DREAM-like electronic music
outside the MAGMA orbit
POCHAKAITE MALKO (Japan) - Instrumental prog fusion
PRAVDA (USA) - Melodramatic prog rock
with MAGMA and ELP-like sonic attacks
PRAXIS (Mexico) - One of Mexico’s best, similar to
POCKET ORCHESTRA (USA) - Up-tempo instrumental
ICONOCLASTA. A must!
fusion/prog/Canterbury & jazz. Great stuff!
PRAYING MANTIS (UK) - One of the more mellow bands to
POCKETFUL (Sweden) - Ex-MASQUE musicians mixes prog
emerge from the new wave of British heavy metal scene; they
and alternative rock
play melodic hard rock with strong prog influences.
POCOS & NUVENS (Brazil) - Mixture of prog and folk rock.
PREDMESTJE (Yugoslavia) - Jazzy prog from the mid-70’s
Nice acoustic guitar and flute
PREGHIERA DI SASSO (Italy) - Light guitar-led obscurity by
POHJOLA, Pekka (Finland) - Of WIGWAM fame
Italian jazz quartet
POHL, Bill (USA) - Excellent fusion, a cross between Allan
PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (or PFM) (Italy) -
HOLDSWORTH and Eric JOHNSON
ITALIAN and SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page
POLE VOLT (Canada) - Instrumental space rock with OZRIC 26)
TENTACLES, PINK FLOYD and PORCUPINE TREE
PRESAS, Julio (Argentina) - MATERIA GRIS guitarist. Like
influences
OLDFIELD and CAMEL. Excellent!
POLESTAR (USA) - Hard prog with a cosmic twist
PRESENCE (Italy) - Somber, heavy symphonic prog with
POLIFEMO (Argentina) - Wonderful heavy prog with solid female vocals. Reminiscent of TALE CUE
organ and guitar throughout
PRESENT (Belgium) - Classical rock/industrial/RIO
POLLARD, Brendan (UK) - Solo project of keyboardist from
PRESTO BALLET (USA) - Very good modern symphonic prog
ROGUE ELEMENT; outstanding electronic music with
that harkens back to early KANSAS
mellotron
PRIAM (France) - Outstanding instrumental prog fusion
POLLEN (Canada) - Best symphonic prog to ever come out of
the 70’s French-Canadian prog scene PRIME MOVER (Finland) - Symphonic art rock with the
sound of vintage keyboards; mostly English but sometimes
POLYPHONY (USA) - One of the first U.S. prog bands. ELP
Swedish lyrics
influenced
PRIMITIVE INSTINCT (UK) - Heavy but melodic neo-prog
POOR GENETIC MATERIAL (Germany) - A kind of modern
that conveys a lot of emotion
retro-prog band
PRINCIPAL EDWARDS (UK) - Mix of prog and Southern rock
POP INSTRUMENTAL DE FRANCE (France) - Classical
complex prog concept from the early 70’s. Great organ PRIOR, Maddy (UK) - The voice of STEELEYE SPAN goes
throughout! solo
POPOL VUH (Germany) - Pioneers in such genres as PRIORITY (Japan) - Mix of fusion and textural guitar
electronic, ethnic or new age music. Favour acoustic elements landscapes a la Pat METHENY
including a lot of oboe, konga, tamboura accompaniment and
PRISM (Japan) - Jazz rock masters
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PRO ARTE (Yugoslavia) - Heavy rock mixed with melodic PSEU (France) - Zeuhl band from the late 70’s and early 80’s.
organ rock Definitely for MAGMA aficionados
PROCESSION (Italy) - Early 70’s symphonic prog favouring PSICODREAMICS (Spain) - Electronic space prog
lots of acoustic guitar
PSICOTROPIA (Spain) - Sort of like KING CRIMSON with a
PROCOSMIAN FANNYFIDDLERS (Norway) - Bits of dose of blues
ANGLAGARD and ZAPPA. Excellent!
PSIGLO (Uruguay) - Legendary hard-psych group
PROCUL HARUM (UK) - One of the precursors of progressive
PSYCHONOESIS (Italy) - Superb instrumental band made up
rock (along The MOODY BLUES and The NICE) and mixed
of dual guitars, bass, drums and trumpet. Mixes prog with fusion
with some classical influences
and Canterbury
PRODUCT (USA) - PORCUPINE TREE meets MARILLION
PSYMBIENCE (USA) - Impressive new art rock with spacy
PROF. WOLFFF (Germany) - Organ-driven prog from the psychedelic prog rock/metal structures; sounds like a mix of
early 70’s KING CRIMSON with moderate TOOL
PROFETAS, Los (Mexico) - 60’s psych/rock PTARMIGAN (Canada) - Classic West-Coast dreamy, folky
psychedelia
PROGRESIVE TM (Romania) - Obscure 70’s prog rock band
PTOSE (France) - Known as the French “RESIDENTS”
PROGRESS 2 (Czech Republic) - Classic Czech prog
PTS (Netherlands) - Like JADIS
PROGRESSIVE ROCK BASTARDS (Germany) - Strange
mix of prog rock/metal and humour PUCKSPONY (Sweden) - PAATOS drummer goes solo. Dark,
frightening, ambient and technical music from outer space
PROJECT CREATION (Brazil) - Hugo FLORES project that
lies somewhere between art rock and prog. Quite good! PUDDLE JUMPERS, The (USA) - Folk rock
PROJECT LO (USA) - Features keyboardist J. HATCH, PUENTE DE ALVARADO, El (Mexico) - Good concept prog
BRAND X bassist Percy JONES, guitarist Bon LOZAGA, with ICONOCLASTA and CHAC MOOL members
violinist Caryn LIN and the mysterious and captivating cult
PUGH’S PLACE (Netherlands) - Mix of rock and prog from
vocalist Happy RHODES
the late 60’s with acoustic guitars, vibes, flute and heavy organ
PROJECT: (Finland) - Symphonic prog in PINK FLOYD style
PULSAR (France) - Dark 70’s killer prog
PROJETO CALEIDOSCOPIO (Brazil) - Blends Brazilian
PULSE (USA) - British-sounding rock from the late 60’s
instruments with a prog appeal
PUPPET SHOW (USA) - 70's prog musical influences led by an
PROLOUD (Italy) - Great powerful prog with jazzy touches
aggressive vocalist
combined with prog metal, reminiscent of early DREAM
THEATER PURSAFLOKKURINN (Iceland) - Excellent Icelandic prog
folk similar to SUPERSISTER
PROM (Germany) - Amateurish prog from the late 70’s
PUSSY (UK) - A psych obscurity from the late 60’s
PROSPOR (Germany) - Progressive jazz from the mid-70’s
PYE FYTE (USA) - A new and crazy symphonic band
PROTO-KAW (USA) - Headed by former KANSAS member
reminiscent of SUPERSISTER and AIRLORD
Kerry LIVGREN. Comparisons might be made with GENESIS,
JETHRO TULL (with the flute) and ELP. A must-have for PYTHAGORAS (Netherlands) - Lush keyboard symphonic
KANSAS fans! prog from the 80’s with loads of mellotron
PROTOS (UK) - Excellent instrumental symphonic prog that
mixes GENESIS and CAMEL-like sounds
PROVIDENCE (Japan) - Powerful mid-90’s neo-prog with
excellent female vocals
PROWLERS (Italy) - Amazing prog metal with strong key-
board-driven epic progressive and very complex parts
PRUDENCE (Norway) - 70’s hard rock
PRYME TYME (Japan) - Dynamic heavy instrumental fusion.
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QNTAL (Germany) - Middle-Ages folk rock with beautiful Heavy Hammond symphonic. Essential!!!
female vocals in several old languages, a combination of
QUINTESSENCE (UK) - Late 60’s and early 70’s psych/prog
medieval lyrics and electronic sounds
with religious and Eastern overtones
QOPH (Sweden) - Psych prog ranging from CAPTAIN
QWAARN (Canada) - Symph/prog, like a blend of GENESIS
BEYOND to NOVEMBER
and IQ
QUADRA (France) - Great French band in ANGE, ATOLL and
MONA LISA style with a modern twist
QUADRAPHONIC (Italy) - Electronic/ambient prog by Fabio
ZUFFANTI
QUANTUM (Brazil) - Symphonic prog a bit similar to CAMEL
but with a fusion edge
QUANTUM FANTAY (Belgium) - Uplifting psychedelic space
rock in the vein of OZRIC TENTACLES and HIDRIA
SPACEFOLK. Lots of lovely flute and wave-like sequencers.
QUANTUM JUMP (UK) - Progressive jazz rock group by
well-known producer Rupert HINE
QUARKSPACE (USA) - Modern-day space rockers with
loosely structured psychedelia
QUARTIK (Canada) - Very similar to Pierre MOERLEN's
GONG with predominant vibraphone. Instrumental
QUASAR (UK) - Nice late 80’s symphonic prog with lead
vocals by Tracy HITCHINGS (STRANGERS ON A TRAIN &
LANDMARQ)
QUASAR LUX SYMPHONAE (Italy) - Exquisite symphonic
prog with huge operatic vocals!
QUASER (Japan) - Technical Japanese symphonic prog
featuring ex-AIN SOPH guitarist
QUATERMASS (UK) - 70's heavy prog rock trio
QUATERNA REQUIEM (Brazil) - Great CAMEL-like prog
centered around the keyboards and drums
QUEENSRYCHE (USA) - Well-known prog metal band, very
successful in the end-80’s and early 90’s
QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA (Italy) - Sophisticated,
beautiful Italian prog. An absolute must!
QUICKSAND (UK) - Very similar to other proto-prog outfits
such as CRESSIDA and SPRING
QUIDAM (Poland) - Great symphonic prog with female voice
QUIET CELEBRATION (USA) - Mystical music with an
Eastern vibe, reminiscent of JADE WARRIOR
QUIET WORLD (UK) - Symphonic prog from the early 70’s,
influenced by The MOODY BLUES. Features Steve HACKETT
(pre-GENESIS)
QUIKION (Japan) - Talking vocals and atmospheric
instrumentation create a psychic soundscape
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RAAD PROJECT, Elewout De (Netherlands) - Top-notch
instrumental fusion trio
RACCOMANDATA RICEVUTA RITORNO (Italy) - Classic
Italian prog from the early 70’s
RACHEL’S BIRTHDAY (Germany) - Well-played melodic
neo-prog from the mid-90’
RAD KJETIL & The LOVING EYE OF GOD (Sweden) -
Cosmic sounds by the friends of The SPACIOUS MIND
RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL (UK) - Great
TANGERINE DREAM/Klaus SCHULZE style electronics
RADIO PIECE III (USA) - Canterbury style prog. For fans of
EGG and NATIONAL HEALTH
RADIO SILENCE (Mexico) - Well-balanced cross between
prog and hard rock with a touch of dark gothic rock
RADIOACTIVE (Sweden & USA) - Great melodic hard rock
with prog tendencies by mastermind Tommy DENANDER
featuring guest musicians
RADIOMOBEL (Sweden) - Psych/prog and quite underground
sounding. Like PULSAR and PINK FLOYD with a bit of KING
CRIMSON tossed in
RADIUS, Alberto (Italy) - Famed guitarist of FORMULA 3 and
Il VOLO
RAEL (Argentina) - GENESIS sound-alike band, complete with
keyboard work a la Tony BANKS. Great!
RAG I RYGGEN (Sweden) - Hard prog in URIAH HEEP style
RAGNAROK (New Zealand) - Top New Zealand prog group.
Mellotron heaven!
RAGNAROK (Sweden) - Great atmospheric, Swedish
melancholy prog with folk leanings
RAGSDALE, David (USA) - Former KANSAS violinist goes
solo offers a mix of prog and classical music. RAGSDALE often
plays as guest violinist for progsters SALEM HILL
RAHN, Lutz (Germany) - NOVALIS keyboardist with
ambitious solo performance
RAIN (UK) - Excellent and unique conceptual prog and with a
slight PINK FLOYD/PORCUPINE TREE feel
RAIN (USA) - Early 70’s melodic prog with soft organ and
well-crafted songs
RAIN FOR A DAY (Germany) - Beautiful soft symphonic with
female vocals
RAIN OF THOUGHT (USA) - Wonderful prog by ex-NEW
CROSS members
RAINBOW BAND (Denmark) - Pre-MIDNIGHT SUN prog
RAINBOW THEATRE (Australia) - Classical rock with horns
and mellotron
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RAINS (Italy) - Italian band with jazz and avant leanings
RAINY SEASON (Russia) - Nice psych/space prog with
textural keyboards and impressionistic compositions with a
classical touch
RAISON DE PLUS (France) - PULSAR-inspired group
RAIZ DE PEDRA (Brazil) - Fine instrumental fusion prog
RAK (Switzerland) - Energetic and beautiful symphonic prog
led by the keyboardist Marc GRASSI
RAM (USA) - Excellent heavy prog from the early 70’s
RAMASES (UK) - From the 70’s, quirky pop rock with prog
overtones, featuring members of 10 CC
RAMINGHI, I (Italy) - Early psych prog with a marked 60’s
feeling
RAMLOSA KVALLAR (Sweden) - Traditional Swedish folk
with SAMLA members
RAMSES (Germany) - Similar to middle period ELOY, with
nice organ/mellotron. Very good!
RANDOM DEEDS (Hungary) - Fantastic prog with loads of
organ and guitar and right up PINK FLOYD’s alley
RANDONE, Nicola (Italy) - Powerful and highly emotional
symphonic music
RANDY PIE (Germany) - Legendary and excellent German
Krautrock from the 70’s that mixes rock, jazz and soul
RARA AVIS IN TERRIS (France) - Mostly instrumental
symphonic prog with FLOYDian feel. Nice!
RARE BIRD (UK) - Dual-keyboard prog band from the 70’s
with BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST sound
RASCAL REPORTERS (USA) - Like the MUFFINS of
HENRY COW
RATTO, Pietro (Italy) - Really good guitarist whose play ranges
from aggressive symphonic to acoustic
RAUX & HAMSA, Richard (France) - Progressive jazz rock
from the mid-70’s
RAVANA (Norway) - Melancholy Scandinavian prog with
CRIMSON and ZAPPA influences
RAW MATERIAL (UK) - Slighly jazz-tinged prog from the
early 70’s
RAY RUSSELL (UK) - Fine jazz rock by this renowned guitar
player
RAYUELA (Argentina) - Late 70’s prog with fusion slant with
a bit of acoustic folk thrown in
RAZOR WIRE SHRINE (USA) - Instrumental, heavy
aggressive prog fusion
RC2 (Venezuela) - Symphonic rock with excellent keyboards
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(particularly synths) and guitar or TRIUMVIRAT

READING ROOM, The (Netherlands) - Conceptual musical RELATIVITY (UK) - Celtic folk-rock project from the founders
adventure with ARAGON, GALLEON, NIGHT WATCH, LIKE of SILLY WIZARD, John and Phil CUNNINGHAM
WENDY etc...
RELAYER (USA) - Very good symphonic prog with
REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA (Italy) - Excellent 70’s ECHOLYN and (of course) YES influences
prog similar to BANCO, SAMADHI or LOCANDA DELLE
RELEASE MUSIC ORCHESTRA (Germany) - Super,
FATE
mostly instrumental prog/symphonic/fusion
REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA E ADRIANO MONTE-
RELOJ, El (Argentina) - Heavy prog. Imagine BLACK
DURO (Italy) - See above
SABBATH or LED ZEPPELIN going prog
REALE IMPERO BRITANNICO, Il (Italy) - GOBLIN under
RENAISSANCE (Mexico) - Legendary psych prog
an alias name, 70’s movie soundtrack
RENAISSANCE (UK) - FOLK PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see
REALM (USA) - If you like YES circa “Going For The One”;
page 24)
this is a must!
RENAISSANT (UK) - Project by RENAISSANCE member
REASONING, The (UK) - Prog outfit headed by Rachel
Terry SULLIVAN. Strongly comparable to RENAISSANCE,
JONES (MAGENTA); Steve ROTHERY makes a guest
but with male vocals only
appearance on their debut album.
RENARD, Eric (France) - Instrumental symphonic prog that
REBEKKA (Germany) - Fantastic RENAISSANCE-like
slightly brings to mind Mike OLDFIELD
symphonic prog
RENNO, Augusto (Brazil) - Instrumental fusion guitarist with
RECIDIVE (Poland) - Jammin’ heavy prog trio with flashes of
participation from Marcus VIANA
blues
RESISTENCIA (Venezuela) - Hard-power melodic prog from
RECORDANDO O VALE DAS MACAS (Brazil) - Mellow
the 80’s
Brazilian instrumental symphonic prog
RETROHEADS (Norway) - Name says it all! Great
RECREATION (Belgium) - Wonderful organ Canterbury prog
symphonic prog 70’s style
from the early 70’s. Similar to EGG
RETROVERTIGO (Venezuela) - Dark avant-garde with a
RED (UK) - Instrumental fusion rock. Great!
SHUB NIGGURAH and KING CRIMSON feel
RED CHAIR FADEAWAY (UK) - Indie folk
REVELATION (UK) - Neo-prog in the IQ and PENDRAGON
RED DIRT (UK) - Nasty & raw blues rock from the early 70’s vein
RED JASPER (UK) - Neo-prog and prog folk from the 90’s that REVERIE (Italy) - Ex-LETHE melodic prog
blends MARILLION and JETHRO TULL influences
REVIVAL (Iran) - Good guitar-driven instrumental prog with
RED MASQUE, The (USA) - Really great dark prog with flute
ANGLAGARD and MAGMA influences
REVOLUCION DE EMILIANO ZAPATA, La (Mexico) -
RED SAND (Canada) - Neo-prog MARILLION style Psychedelic rock from the early 70’s
RED TELEVISION (UK) - Super, drugged out acid-folk from REYES, Jorge (Mexico) - Ex-CHAC MOOL guitarist.
the mid-70’s Combines sounds from prehispanic instruments with modern
digital sampling techniques
REDD (Argentina) - Prog like PABLO EL ENTERRADOR and
MIA REZONANSA (Yugoslavia) - Prog folk with female vocals
from the mid-70’s
REDD LAND (Argentina) - Post-REDD symphonic prog
RFP (Sweden) - Hard rock
REFUGEE (UK) - Keyboard prog led by Patrick MORAZ
RH FACTOR (USA) - LEGER DE MAIN offshoot but in a
REGENESIS (UK) - GENESIS tribute group performing old
DREAM THEATER-style metal prog
classics
RHAPSODY (OF FIRE) (Italy) - Formerly known as
REID, Curtis (USA) - Excellent instrumental guitar-filled fusion
RHAPSODY, they are the leading Italian prog metal band known
REIGN GHOST (Canada) - Pre-CHRISTMAS/SPIRIT OF for their ultra fast guitar playing; great keyboards as well as
CHRISTMAS psych classical and operatic passages
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RIBLJA CORBA (Yugoslavia) - Devastating hard rock with
burning, flying, cascading guitars all over
RICHET, Christian (France) - Electronic music
RICOCHER (Netherlands) - Neo-prog similar to IQ
RICOCHET (Germany) - Song-oriented melodic neo-prog
with a strong bent on prog metal
RICORDI D’INFANZIA (Italy) - Beautiful Italian classical
prog
RIDDLE (Italy) - Instrumental prog with lots of unique sounds.
Maybe JADE WARRIOR meets KING CRIMSON? Very good!
RIECHMANN, Wolfgang (Germany) - Late keyboardist from
STREETMARK (murdered by drunken morons in 1978, shortly
before the release of his first solo album). Delightful electronic
music.
RIFF RAFF (UK) - Good blend of rock and prog
RIGONI & SCHOENHERZ (Austria) - Brilliant rock opera
that includes orchestra and choir
RING (Japan) - Seventies prog band highly reminiscent of the
FAR EAST FAMILY BAND
RING OF MYTH (USA) - Very good prog like YES
RIOS, Miguel (Spain) - Renowned guitarist
RIPAILLE (France) - Mix of symphonic and folk prog from the
70’s that resemble GRYPHON with a touch of GENTLE GIANT
RISE & SHINE (Sweden) - Psych-hard doom
RITUAL (Sweden) - Melodic prog folk with a YES edge
(violin, mandolin, bouzouki); complex rhythms
RIVENDEL (Spain) - Textured prog with really good
emotional vocals
RIVERSIDE (Poland) - Dark and moody atmospheric prog in
PORCUPINE TREE, OPETH, ANATHEMA and PINK FLOYD
style
RIVEST, Jacques Tom (Canada) - POLLEN leader and
multi-instrumentalist goes solo; sounds very much like POLLEN
with a slight folk edge
ROAR (Germany) - Symphonic prog with a slight religious feel
to it
ROBERTS, Sam (Canada) - Excellent song-oriented project
that mixes independent music, psychedelic rock and prog
ROBINSON, John (Australia) - BLACKFEATHER guitarist
and orchestra arranger
ROCCHI, Claudio (Italy) - Ex-STORMY SIX progressive jazz
ROCHA, Marcio (Brazil) - LUZ DA ASIA member goes solo.
Symph/prog with folk and chamber touches. Great!
ROCHE (France) - Light symphonic
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ROCKAPHONICA (Argentina) - Symphonic prog with a
heavy GOTIC/CAMEL influence
ROCKENFIELD SPEER (USA) - Great instrumental prog by
drummer Scott ROCKENFIELD (QUEENSRYCHE) and
guitarist Paul SPEER. Formidable drumming with melodic
guitar and effective keyboard play
ROCKET SCIENTISTS (USA) - Heavy prog with influences
from DEEP PURPLE, ELP, The BEATLES, KING CRIMSON,
UK among others
ROCKETBOB (USA) - Pretty prog by Swedish/American band
with impressive female vocals
ROCKY’S FILJ (Italy) - Wild & jazzy prog
RODRIGUEZ, Silvio (Cuba) - Great Cuban folk prog
singer/songwriter
RODULFO, Raimundo (Venezuela) - Beautiful blend of prog
and classical music by guitarist/multi-instrumentalist. The South
American Steve HOWE?
ROGUE ELEMENT (UK) - Electronic music in the classic 70’s
TANGERINE DREAM style, with mellotron to boot
ROLAND, Paul (UK) - Cult gothic/psych & baroque guitarist
once called “the male Kate BUSH”
ROMANZA-BEKKAN (Japan) - Symphonic prog with female
vocals in PAGEANT, PROVIDENCE and SHINGETSU style
RONDAT, Patrick (France) - Instrumental mix of hard rock and
prog by French guitar wizard - discovered by Jean-Michel
JARRE and often plays as guest-guitarist for other artists
RONGEY, Kurt (USA) - Nice symphonic prog slightly
reminiscent of CAMEL
ROOM (UK) - Great 70’s prog with brass section
ROOT (UK) - Project by multi-instrumentalist David
KENDALL. Influenced mainly by PINK FLOYD, with a bit of
MARILLION due to the Steve HOGARTH-like vocals
ROOTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (USA) - Really great
energetic prog with JETHRO TULL, GENTLE GIANT and
PINK FLOYD influences yet still unique
ROOTS OF ECHO (Sweden) - Swedish folky psychedelia from
the 90’s
RORO (UK) - Progressive rarity from the early 70’s
ROSAS TRIO (CUARTETO), Jaime (Chile) - Predominantly
instrumental blend of prog and fusion
ROSE (Canada) - Reminiscent of bands like KANSAS and
BOSTON
ROSE GROUP, David (France) - TRANSIT EXPRESS
violinist. Excellent fusion BRAND X style
ROSSA, La (France) - Fantastic prog like VDGG. Great piano!
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ROSTOCK (UK) - Strong MAN-influenced band RUSH (Canada) - HARD PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page
26)
ROTHER, Michael (Germany) - Ex-NEU, HARMONIA and
KRAFTWERK electronic guitarist RUSSELL, Dave (UK) - Space rock for OZRIC buffs
ROUGE CIEL (Canada) - Mixes classical, rock and jazz RUST (Germany) - Obscure rock/prog & psych from the late
60’s
ROUND HOUSE (Japan) - Late 70’s prog band who have
reformed in the new millennium RUSTICHELLI E BORDINI (Italy) - Killer keyboard/drums
duo. A must if you like ELP
ROUSSEAU (Germany) - Nice symphonic prog, like a hybrid
between CAMEL and NOVALIS RUTHERFORD, Mike (UK) - Songwriter and guitarist from
GENESIS and MIKE AND THE MECHANICS. Think pop-
ROVERSI, Cristiano (Italy) - Great prog by MOONGARDEN
oriented GENESIS
and SUBMARINE SILENCE keyboardist
RYPDAL / THOWSEN / CHRISTENSEN / ANDERSEN
ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA, Il (RDM) (Italy) - Italian
(Norway) - Experimental fusion
70's prog band plays dynamic prog with many rhythm changes.
ELP fans will love them
ROX, La (Italy) - Heavy rock featuring on vocals Morby from
metal band DOMINE
ROYAL HUNT (Denmark) - Mainstream melodic rock with
prog influences and great keyboards by mastermind André
ANDERSEN
ROYAL SERVANTS (Germany) - Pre-EULENSPYGEL band
plays primitive prog rock with beat elements
RPWL (Germany) - PINK FLOYD inspired group with three
former VIOLET DISTRICT members
RSC (Poland) - Symphonic prog group led by organ/synths and
FLOYDian-style guitar riffs
RUDESS, Jordan (USA) - DREAM THEATER wonder
keyboardist
RUDY’S JOURNEY (Germany) - Project by German pop band
PUR’s guitarist. The presence of David HANSELMANN
(MESSAGE, TRIUMVIRAT), Michael SADLER (SAGA) and
Michelle YOUNG is of interest to prog fans.
RUFUS ZUPHALL (Germany) - Fantastic prog with long
instrumental breaks and soaring flute
RUJA (Estonia) - Folk prog. The first major Estonian prog band
RUMBLIN’ ORCHESTRA (Hungary) - Highly orchestrated,
ELP-like symphonic prog with lots of keyboards. Bombastic,
luxurious themes, with a huge choir of vocals
RUMPLE STILZKEN KOMUNE (Switzerland) -
Swiss-Italian band from the 70’s that sounds like VDGG
RUMPLESTILTSKIN (UK) - Bluesy rock from the early 70’s
RUNAWAY TOTEM (Italy) - MAGMA-inspired prog
RUNNING MAN, The (UK) - Classic trio from the 70’s
focussing on the savage guitar-slinging of Ray RUSSELL, with
his incredible solos, speed and innovation
RUPHUS (Norway) - RENAISSANCE-like. One of the most
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(SAINT THOMAS) PEPPER SMELTER, The (Mexico) -
Psych rock from the late 60’s
S&L (Italy) - DREAM THEATER meets SAGA
S.P. GULLIVER (Estonia) - Symphonic keyboards galore.
Very classically inspired
SABA, Aalex (Brazil) - Instrumental guitarist influenced by
Anthony PHILLIPS, Steve HACKETT and Jan AKKERMAN
SABATES, Jordi (Spain) - Keyboardist behind a lot of
interesting 70’s Spanish albums. Classic prog
SABICAS (Spain) - Amazing blend of flamenco with
psychedelic rock and jazz from the early 70’s by a band well
ahead of its time. Among others, Tony LEVIN appears on their
only album.
SACKA (Italy) - A must if you like PFM, BANCO or
LOCANDA DELLE FATE
SAD MINSTREL (Italy) - Prog with symphonic and doomy
overtones
SADLER, Michael (Canada) - SAGA front man
SAECULA SAECULORVM (Brazil) - Great pre-SAGRADO
prog with Marcus VIANA on violin
SAENS (France) - Excellent neo-prog (formerly called SENS)
SAFFRAN (Germany) - Obscure mid-70's German prog, OUT
OF FOCUS offshoot from Munich
SAFT (Norway) - One of Norway’s leading early 70’s rock band
SAGA (Canada) - Possibly the first neo-prog band. Prog sound
derivative of YES and perhaps GENESIS
SAGA (Portugal) - Mid-70’s beautiful symphonic prog, Italian
style, mixed with Portuguese folk/pop
SAGA DE RAGNAR LODBROCK (France) - Prog with wild
vocals a la Emmanuel BOOZ
SAGGARAH (France) - Great modern-day prog if you like
MARILLION and COLLAGE
SAGITTARIAN (Japan) - Symphonic prog similar in style to
early NOVALIS
SAGRADO CORACAO DA TERRA (Brazil) - Brazil’s
premier prog band. Classic symphonic prog!
SAHARA (Germany) - Great 70’s German prog
SAINT JUST (Italy) - Prog tinged with folky mysticism and
beautiful female vocals of Jenny SORRENTI
SAINT-PREUX (France) - Nice prog from the 80’s with
classical adaptations in the vein of SKY and EKSEPTION
SAKRE (Spain) - Fine Basque prog
SAKURABA, Motoi (Japan) - Excellent keyboard-driven
symphonic prog
LETTER S
SALAMANDER (UK) - Early 70's prog somewhat similar to
DEEP PURPLE and early MOODY BLUES
SALEM (Canada) - Very much like JETHRO TULL
SALEM HILL (USA) - Good symphonic prog with the
song-approach of neo-prog bands (IQ, ARENA)
SALIS (Italy) - Soft prog by a family band from the 70’s
(brothers Antonio and Francesco SALIS)
SALLYANGIE, The (UK) - Mike & Sally OLDFIELD
SALMON (Netherlands) - Great modern symphonic prog in the
70’s vein. Sounds a bit like LANDMARQ
SALTATIO MORTIS (Germany) - Dark rock with melodious
folk tunes and heavy folky metal riffs
SAMA (Mexico) - Mix of jazz and avant-garde
SAMADHI (Italy) - From the 70’s, symphonic pop with prog
tendencies
SAMETI (Germany) - Early 70’s krautrock with ex-AMON
DÜÜL II Dieter SERFAS & Christian SHRAT
SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA (Sweden) - Swedish zany
legends
SAMMELSURIUM (Germany) - Lyrical prog with female
vocals, energetic themes and aerial flute
SAMSARA (Italy) - Neo-prog with passionate vocals. For fans
of IQ, PENDRAGON, GALAHAD
SAMSAS TRAUM (Germany) - Odd gothic prog with
imaginative verses sung in German; masterminded by Alexander
KASCHTE
SAMURAI (Japan) - English & Japanese musicians from the
early 70’s join forces to write softly orchestrated music as well as
heavy organ-driven prog
SAMURAI (UK) - Early 70’s somber and very brassy prog from
ex-members of WEB
SANCIOUS & TONE, David (USA) - Highly underrated,
outstanding symphonic fusion
SANCTUARY (USA) - 70’s prog that make good use of flute
and mellotron
SANDROSE (France) - Early 70’s French band similar in style
to early EARTH & FIRE
SANDSTONE (Norway) - Fine new young band whose music
mixes neo-prog with standard melodious porg metal
SANGIULIANO, Antonio (Italy) - Nice keyboard-dominated
prog from Antonio SANGIULIANO
SANTONI, I (Italy) - Overlooked and underated early 70’s prog
with nice organ
SARACEN (UK) - Bombastic, melodious, epic-oriented prog
from the 80’s in the vein of KANSAS or early MAGNUM; made
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SARAX (Chile) - Very aggressive instrumental trio in
CRIMSON (“Red”) style
SARCASME (France) - Neo-prog performed by two guitarists,
bass, drums and prominent flute; influences run from ANGE to
PINK FLOYD, PULSAR and DEEP PURPLE
SATELLITE (Poland) - Basically COLLAGE. Essential
neo-prog that rivals “Moonshine”
SATIN WHALE (Germany) - Classically-tinged 70’s prog with
a sprinkle of fusion
SATO, Masaharu (Japan) - BI KYO RAN drummer goes solo,
with help from Bernard PAGANOTTI. Mix of jazz/prog/Eastern
music
SATURNIA (Portugal) - Great modern psych prog by duo of
multi-instrumentalists space rock
SAUNDERS, Lee (UK) - Highly reminiscent of PINK FLOYD’s
“The Final Cut”
SAVA (Germany) - Melancholy medieval folk rock and
beautiful Renaissance music tunes
SAVAGE ROSE, The (Denmark) - 70’s rock with female vocals
SAVARIN, Julian Jay (UK) - The brains behind JULIAN’S
TREATMENT
SAVOY (Romania) - 70’s happy/psychy prog
SAWYER, Phil (Australia) - Folk rock from the early 70’s with
nice acoustic guitar and soft organ
SBB (Poland) - One of Poland’s top prog band. Killer
symphonic prog trio. A must!
SCAB, Dom F. (Spain) - Wonderful electronic music adapted
from the 70’s Berlin School ideals like Klaus SCHULZE and
TANGERINE DREAM style. Brilliant!
SCAPELAND WISH (USA) - Both ECHOLYN and SPOCK’S
BEARD fans will love them
SCARAMOUCHE (Germany) - Good melodic prog in
FLOYD, GENESIS and GROBSCHNITT style
SCARLET THREAD (Finland) - Outstanding instrumental
prog with guitars, violin and flute
SCARS SOULS (Brazil) - Good, heavy prog that borders on
prog metal
SCHANDMAUL (Germany) - The best German folk rock band
of the new millennium. They combine nice lyrical songs or
harder pieces with a little folk metal
SCHERPENZEEL, Ton (Netherlands) - Ex-CAMEL member
and classical solist; sounds like CAMEL
SCHIFF, Don (USA) - Stick player from ROCKET
SCIENTISTS joins forces with Eric NORLANDER and Lana
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LANE for some highly technical instrumental music that mixes
prog, rock, jazz and fusion
SCHIZOPHONIA (France) - Symphonic/prog with lots of lush
keyboards and biting guitar. Nice!
SCHMIDT, Erna (Germany) - Mostly improvised rock with
lots of bluesy guitar leads a la HENDRIX
SCHMOELLING, Johannes (Germany) - Early TANGERINE
DREAM member with very ambitious electronic solo works
SCHNEIDER, Fred (France) - Post-FRED & CO instrumental
jazz fusion. Very good!
SCHNITZLER, Conrad (Germany) - German electronic music
pioneer
SCHÖNHERZ (Austria) - Independent music by Richard
SCHÖNHERZ that mixes Krautrock and electronic prog
SCHØNNING, Klaus (Denmark) - Spacey symphonic
electronic music; favours long tracks
SCHRÖDER, Robert (Germany) - Great electronic music in
the Berlin School style. A must for fans of Klaus SCHULZE and
TANGERINE DREAM!
SCHTUNG (New Zealand) - Symphonic prog from the 70’s
SCHULTZE, Kristian (Germany) - Keyboardist from famous
German jazz rock group PASSPORT, with his own electronic
progressive music
SCHULZ, Ernst (Germany) - Ihre KINDER of “Ihre
KINDER/Ernst SCHULZ” goes solo
SCHULZE, Klaus (Germany) - Electronic composer and
member of TANGERINE DREAM and ASH RA TEMPEL.
Pioneering and prolific solo career spanning over 30 years, 40+
albums totalling 110+ CDs
SCHWARZARBEIT (Germany) - Good instrumental smooth,
symphonic prog from the 90’s
SCOT, Colin (UK) - SCOT knows how to surround himself on
his albums: Peter HAMMILL, Robert FRIPP, Rick WAKEMAN,
Phil COLLINS, Peter GABRIEL, Jon ANDERSON, Linda
HOYLE, Jane RELF, David JACKSON, Guy EVANS to name
but a few
SCYTHE (Germany) - First-rate modern symphonic prog 70’s
style, with heavy GENESIS YES influence
SEAMUS (France) - Wonderful dark prog in MAGMA,
PULSAR, VDGG, CRIMSON and UNIVERS ZERO style
SEBASTIAN HARDIE (Australia) - Symphonic prog at its
best with mellotron and powerful guitars
SEBKHA-CHOTT (France) - Very unique band that switches
from prog to fusion to prog metal to jazz, even to reggae.
SECOND CALLING (Germany) - Prog with a little portion of
metal and very good ballads

SECOND HAND (UK) - Wonderful prog/psych from the early
70’s, well ahead of its time
SECOND LIFE (Germany) - Early 70’s hard rock power trio.
Should appeal to HENDRIX fans
SECOND MOVEMENT (Germany) - Killer keyboard prog
from the mid-70’s with saxophone and woodwinds
SECONDA GENESI, La (Italy) - Monster 70’s Hammond
organ and guitar-driven prog with nice flute
SECONDA GENESI, LA PARIDE E GLI STEREO 4 (Italy)
- The above band plus another incarnation of themselves, under
the name PARIDE E GLI STEREO 4
SECOS & MOLHADOS (Brazil) - Psych/folk songs with
prog-like orchestrations
SECRET CINEMA (Italy) - Intense prog from the 90’s with
keyboards and mellotron all over. Great!
SECRET OYSTER (Denmark) - Classic and essential jazz
fusion from the 70’s
SECTION A (Denmark) - Exciting prog metal with their own
unique sound
SEDMINA (Slovenia) - Essential acoustic psych/prog folk band
from 70’s. They came back in the 90’s
SEFFER, Debora (France) - Excellent violin-driven
symphonic jazz by daughter of Yochko SEFFER
SEFFER, Yochko (France) - Of MAGMA and ZAO notoriety
SEGNO DEL COMANDO, Il (Italy) - Reminiscent of
GOBLIN
SEGNO DELLO ZODIACO, Il (Italy) - From the early 70’s,
music ranges from soft poppy rock to full-blown prog
SELDON’S INQUISITOR (USA) - Prog rock with ELP,
GENTLE GIANT and KANSAS leanings
SELTAE BEAT (France) - Sci-fi prog with a PINK FLOYD
touch
SEMENTE (Brazil) - Excellent symphonic/space prog led by
flute, synths and female vocals. Great!
SEMIRAMIS (Italy) - Their only album, releated in 1973, is one
of Italy’s best ever. An absolute must!
SEMNAL M (Romania) - Heavy psych-folk prog from the
70’s/80’s
SEMOOL (France) - Classic French band plays textural and
ambient music with occasional dissonance
SENS (France) - Similar in style to MONA LISA and
VERSAILLES
SENSATIONS' FIX (Italy) - Great spacey 70’s prog led by
Franco FALSINI. For vintage synth lovers
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SENSE (Canada) - New art rock band who fuses pop folk vocal
music with hard, aggressive rock
SENSITIVE TO LIGHT (France) - SAENS offshoot
displaying some fantastic symphonic prog with great female
vocals by Jenny LEWIS
SEPI KUU (Finland) - Excellent melancholy psych/folk prog
from the 80’s with a touch of acid folk
SEPSIS (Russia) - Brilliant guitar-driven, complex instrumental
power rock. Essential!
SEPTEMBER (Yugoslavia) - Blend of heavy prog and jazzy
prog
SERU GIRAN (Argentina) - Important Argentinian prog group
SETI (Chile) - Prog built around fine guitar play and
symphonic/spacey keyboards. Excellent!
SEVEN REIZH (France) - Those who like IONA, CLANNAD
and XII ALFONSO will enjoy them
SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR (Germany) - Very
peculiar prog with elements of jazz, rock, rap and alternative
music
SEVENTH KEY (USA) - KANSAS vocalist/guitarist since the
mid-80’s goes solo; he is surrounded by KANSAS members
Steve WALSH, Phil EHART, Richard WILLIAMS and other
well-known musicians.
SEVENTH WONDER (Denmark) - Very good prog metal in
the vein of DREAM THEATER, yet not a clone
SEX (Canada) - Heavy, bluesy guitar rock from the early 70’s
SF (Japan) - Very reminiscent of FAR EAST FAMILY
SFF (Germany) - Classically-tinged instrumental prog with lots
of keyboards from the 70’s
SH’MANTRA (New Zealand) - Like a cross between TANGLE
EDGE and PINK FLOYD
SHAA KHAN (Germany) - Essential symphonic Deutschrock
from the late 80’s with an extraordinary vocalist
SHADES OF DAWN (Germany) - Very musically involved art
rock with sophisticated songs and arrangements
SHADOW GALLERY (USA) - Dynamic power prog. One of
the major prog bands of the moment
SHADOWLAND (UK) - Neo-prog with Clive NOLAN or
ARENA and PENDRAGON fame
SHAGGY (Sweden) - Hard rocker from the mid-70’s
SHAKARY (Italy) - In the YES, UK and The FLOWER KINGS
vein
SHAMPOO (Belgium) - Post-MAD CURRY, similar to
COLOSSEUM and MOVING GELATINE PLATES
SHANNON (France) - Mixes rock, jazz and Celtic folk
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SHARAM, Max (Australia) - Captivating, eccentric, powerful,
eclectic and brilliant female singer
SHARP, John E. & The SQUIRES (South Africa) - Beat
punk/psych
SHATEA (Israel) - Led by a female singer, their music shifts
between symphonic, jazz and soft prog
SHERINIAN, Derek (USA) - Former DREAM THEATER
keyboardist. Mix of metal and fusion
SHESHET (Israel) - Top prog band from the Israel 70’s
experimental scene. Prog with jazz flavour
SHINE DION (Norway) - Wonderful Celtic and Scandinavian
folk prog from male/female duo, with guests
SHINGETSU (Japan) - Beautiful symphonic prog in the
GENESIS vein led by Makoto KITAYAMA, the “Japanese
Gabriel”
SHINSEKAI (Japan) - Wonderful mellotron-laden prog in BI
KYO RAN style
SHIVER, The (Switzerland) - Late 60's underground
psychedelia
SHOWMEN (Italy) - Heavy prog rarity from the early 70’s
SHOW-YEN (Japan) - Instrumental prog fusion mixed with
Far-Eastern sounds. Brilliant guitar work
SHUB NIGGURATH (France) - MAGMA influenced Zeuhl
SHYLOCK (France) - One of the foundations of French prog,
with CRIMSON-like sound. Great!
SIDDHARTHA (Germany) - 70’s German underground prog
that mixes pschedelia, folk and jazz
SIDDHARTHA (Turkey) - Mix of FLOYD, CRIMSON and
OZRIC TENTACLES. Excellent!
SIDE STEPS (Japan) - Quite similar to KENSO and
instrumental as well
SIEGES EVEN (Germany) - One of the best German prog
metal bands with very complex and melodious songs and light
jazzy influences
SIGMA (Brazil) - Excellent prog close to CAMEL and ERIS
PLUVIA
SIGUR RÓS (Finland) - Famous new art rock band of the new
millennium comes with spacey soundscapes, native lyrics and
marvellous lyrical sketches
SILBERBART (Germany) - Heavy guitar Krautrock from the
early 70’s
SILHOUETTE (Netherlands) - Symphonic prog with a neo
slant. Reminiscent of CASTANARC and IQ
SILIOTTO, Carlo (Italy) - One of the founders of
CANZONIERE DEL LAZIO (see this band)
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SILLY WIZARD (UK) - Famous Scottish folksters with
excellent (traditional) folk rock led by John and Phil
CUNNINGHAM
SILOAH (Germany) - Early German psych prog by a collective
hippie musical tribe
SILVER (USA) - Excellent melodic hard rock with progressive
ingredients
SILVER LINING (France) - Narrative type of symphonic prog
with violin in the lead. Great!
SIMILARES Y CONEXOS (Mexico) - Melodic prog folk
SIMMONDS, Mickey (UK) - Floating solo symphonic prog by
ex-CAMEL keyboardist
SIMON APPLE (USA) - Terrific progressive pop very
reminiscent of Kevin GILBERT
SIMON SAYS (Sweden) - Symphonic prog that brings to mind
U.K. and VDGG
SIMON, Alan (UK) - This artist has released (among many
others) a Celtic folk prog album titled “Excalibur”, enlisting the
talents of Jon ANDERSON, Alan PARSONS, FAIRPORT
CONVENTION, Maddy PRIOR, John WETTON, Justin
HAYWARD, BARCLAY JAMES & HARVEST among others
SIMONE, Giovanni (Italy) - Very similar to The ENID and
GANDALF
SIMONETTI, Claudio (Italy) - GOBLIN keyboardist
SIN ILUSIONES (Mexico) - Psych/hard rock
SINCLAIR, Dave (UK) - Famous CARAVAN founder and
keyboardist goes solo with his own work, in full Canterbury style
SINCLAIR, Richard (UK) - Singer/bass player, ex-HATFIELD
& THE NORTH/CARAVAN & CAMEL
SINDELFINGEN (UK) - Classic-sounding prog with a KING
CRIMSON and GENTLE GIANT twist
SINFIELD, Pete (UK) - Noted PFM/KING CRIMSON lyricist
goes solo
SINGULARITY (USA) - Like PORCUPINE TREE. Excellent!
SINISTER STREET (Netherlands) - Melodic neo-prog with
emphasis on good songwriting
SINKADUS (Sweden) - Similar to ANGLAGARD. Killer!
SINTESIS (Cuba) - Number-one Cuban prog group. Very much
in the 70’s Italian tradition
SIOBAN (Belgium) - Very good powerful melodic neo/
symphonic prog with excellent mellotron chords, with echoes of
early MARILLION
SISYPHOS (Switzerland) - Prolific 4-piece group plays
fantastic keyboard-driven prog
SITHONIA (Italy) - CAMEL-style Italian prog

SITTING BULL (Germany) - Early 70’s Krautrock
SIX NORTH (Japan) - Mixes influences ranging from
WEIDORJE to MR. SIRIUS
SIXTY-NINE (Germany) - First-rate Krautrock from the early
70’s offers a very good mix of prog and psychedelia
SJÖBLOM, Rikard (Sweden) - Rock group and classical
orchestra perform an instrumental interpretation of Swedish
novel ‘Cyklonmannen’. For fans of EKSEPTION and TRACE.
SKALDOWIE (Poland) - Organ-soaked 70's prog
SKANTZE, Patrik & The FREE SOULS SOCIETY
(Sweden) - Excellent dreamy prog in the PINK FLOYD/
PORCUPINE TREE vein
SKANTZE, Patrik (Sweden) - Well produced floating
symphonic prog with long compositions
SKEEM (France) - Solid neo-prog in the IQ/PALLAS &
PENDRAGON vein
SKIN ALLEY (UK) - Heavy prog from late 60’s with a heavy
dose of flute
SKORNIK, Guy (France) - Very obscure 70’s prog from this
unheralded artist
SKRYVANIA (France) - Late 70’s symphonic prog straight
from the GENESIS mold
SKRZEK, Jozef (Poland) - SBB keyboardist
SKY (UK) - Instrumental prog by supergroup with classical
themes, performed by well-known musicians Tristan FRY,
Francis MONKMAN, John WILLIAMS, Herbie FLOWERS and
Kevin PEEK. Similar to TRACE and EKSEPTION
SKYRON ORCHESTRA (Sweden) - New band in a late 60’s &
early 70’s psych-prog timewarp with The DOORS-like organ and
female vocals
SKYWHALE (UK) - Great instrumental progressive fusion
SLAMER (USA) - Melodic hard rock with a progressive
approach by Mike SLAMER
SLAPP HAPPY (UK) - Jazz rock with strong Canterbury and
RIO elements
SLEEPWALKER SUN (Brazil) - Symphonic prog with
dramatic female vocals and occasional heavy guitars
SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM (USA) - Absolutely
wild mix of avant-prog/opera/metal & classical
SLICK, Grace (USA) - The voice of “White Rabbit” (of
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE fame) goes solo
SLOCHE (Canada) - 70’s progressive fusion at its best
SLOGANS (Italy) - Really good mystical classical prog
centered around the keyboards
SLOWBONE (UK) - Powerhouse prog with grinding organ and
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SLYCHOSIS (USA) - Prog from the Mississippi area with
influences from MARILLION, ELP and YES to the Alan
PARSONS PROJECT, RUSH and HAWKWIND
SMASH (Spain) - One of Spain’s most important rock bands
SMELL OF INCENSE (Norway) - Brilliant Celtic prog
SMITH, Bob (USA) - Heavy psych from the late 60’s
SMOKIN’ GRANNY (USA) - Fine prog fusion
SMOKING THE CENTURY AWAY (Mexico) - HUMUS
offshoot and quite similar
SMYTH, Gilli (UK) - Of GONG fame
SNAFU (UK) - Post-JUCY LUCY, PROCOL HARUM 70's funk
blues rock
SNAKES ALIVE (Australia) - Mostly instrumental progressive
fusion. Fantastic!
SNC (Italy) - Progressive psychedelia similar to GONG,
OZRIC, COMPAGNIA DIGITALE etc...
SNEDDON, Greg (Australia) - Nice symph rock from the
mid-70’s with mellotron and female vocals
SNOPEK, Sigmund (USA) - Profound prog artist who mixes
prog with contemporary classical music
SNOWBALL (Germany) - Popular Krautrock band of the late
70’s mixes rock, jazz and blues
SNOWDONIA (Spain) - New symphonic prog with
half-English, half-Spanish female vocals
SO & CO (France) - Dark and heavy psych prog from the 70’s
SOCIAL TENSION (Japan) - Great prog in UK, ELP fashion
SOCRATES (DRANK THE CONIUM) (Greece) - Top Greek
rock band
SOFT HEAP (UK) - Canterbury/jazz rock & avant-garde from
the late 70’s. A one-off reunion of former SOFT MACHINE and
HATFIELD & THE NORTH members
SOFT MACHINE, The (UK) - Pioneering British psychedelic,
progressive rock and jazz. Their first three albums contain the
best of their work.
SOFT MACHINE (UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS) (UK) -
Daevid ALLEN’s work of early SOFT MACHINE tracks
SOFT WORKS (UK) - Jazz rock with Elton DEAN, Hugh
HOPPER, John MARSHALL and Allan HOLDSWORTH
SOHO ORANGE (UK) - Rare heavy rock/prog from the early
70’s
SOL Y MEDIANOCHE (Chile) - Symphonic prog with female
vocals. Nice!
SOLAR (UK) - Sophisticated solo project by ARENA vocalist
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Robert SOWDEN with guest musician John MITCHELL
(ARENA, KINO); more straight rock than neo-prog
SOLAR LODGE (Italy) - Floating electronics in the same vein
as EZRA WINSTON
SOLAR PROJECT (Germany) - Dark neo-prog with male/
female vocals and great melodies
SOLARIS (Hungary) - Essential instrumental prog with flute,
soaring synths
SOLAS (Ireland) - Refreshing, dreamy, mystical folk rock with
amazing songs and tunes
SOLER, Toti (Spain) - Acoustic guitar ballads from the
mid-70’s by one of Spain’s most influential musicians
SOLIS (Brazil) - Very promising new keyboard-driven
symphonic prog group!
SOLSTICE (UK) - 80’s prog revivalists in RENAISSANCE
style with wonderful violin
SOLSTICE COIL (Israel) - One of the best Israelian prog ever.
Very emotional and powerful stuff
SOLUNA (Argentina) - Progressive folky psychedelia from the
70’s
SOLUTION (Netherlands) - Legendary Dutch fusion
SOM IMAGINARIO (Brazil) - Seminal Brazilian, early 70’s
progressive band
SOM NOSSO DE CADA DIA (Brazil) - ELP-like 70’s prog
SOMBRE REPTILE (France) - Instrumental prog that recall
DJAM KARET. Great!
SOMNAMBULIST (USA) - Heavy prog with mellotron and
CRIMSON & METALLICA influences
SONDA A BARNARD (Chile) - Mix of electronic space, prog
and jazz
SONGS OF THE EXILE (Netherlands) - Somber, oppressive
sarcastic lyrics supported by unconventional and complex
arrangements. Peter HAMMILL comes to mind!
SONIC ABANDON (USA) - Instrumental spacy fusion duo led
by Bon LOZAGA
SONIC MUSIC (USA) - Keyboard-filled symphonic prog
resembling GENESIS and ELP
SONIC PULSAR (Portugal) - New prog from the Portuguese
scene with space and heavy symphonic prog
SONÍQ THEATER (Germany) - One-man project by Alfred
MÜLLER, keyboardist of RACHEL’S BIRTHDAY, features
instrumental symphonic prog, electronic and ambient
soundscapes
SONUS UMBRA (Mexico) - Wonderful prog. FLOYD meets
GENESIS
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SOPHE LUX (USA) - Theatrical prog with grandiose female
vocals like Kate BUSH or Tori AMOS
SOPHISTREE (Germany) - Excellent slick neo-prog. If you
like IQ and SPOCK’S BEARD; this is a must!
SORCERY (USA) - Hard rock with prog elements
SORRENTI, Alan (Italy) - Wonderful mix of classical and prog
SOTOS (France) - Neo-classical to chamber rock with
influences of MAGMA, GONG, CRIMSON and UNIVERS
ZERO
SOUL CAGES (Germany) - Fantastic prog rock/prog metal
band that excels at writing both calm and energetic prog
SOURCE, The (USA) - Wonderful new young prog band who
follows the 70’s tradition; their music has elements of YES, the
BEATLES and even MOON SAFARI.
SPACE ART (France) - Electronic space
SPACE AVENUE (Norway) - Great band that blends space,
prog and metal
SPACE CIRCUS (Japan) - Excellent instrumental fusion
SPACECRAFT (France) - Great electronic guitar space rock
from the late 70’s
SPACED OUT (Canada) - Progressive fusion
SPACELEMON (Germany) - Excellent space music with lots
of progressive and psychedelic elements
SPACIOUS MIND, The (Sweden) - Psychedelic space
SPADA, Tony (USA) - Fantastic instrumental fusion by
ex-HOLDING PATTERN guitarist
SPAGHETTI EPIC, The (Italy) - Revisits Sergio LEONE’s
famous cinema masterpieces with HAIKARA, TILION,
RANDONE, TAPROBAN, TRION and La VOCE DEL VENTO
(PARALLEL OR 90 DEGREES, The TANGENT)
SPALTKLANG (Switzerland) - Ex-YOLK members
performing a mix of Canterbury and prog
SPARIFANKAL (Germany) - Freak-out folk rock with
Bavarian lyrics
SPARROW, A - GRASS HUNT (France) - Soft classical
symphonic music
SPEAKERS, The (Mexico) - Psych/ethnic rock from the late
60’s
SPECIAL EXPERIMENT (Poland) - Instrumental guitar-
driven prog. Great!
SPECTACULATIUS (Germany) - Fantastic folk rock from
medieval annual fairs with traditional instruments (hurdy-gurdy,
shalm, mandolin, rauschpfeife, flutes, lutes, bagpipes and ancient
drums)
SPECTRO (Brazil) - Pre-ALPHA III keyboard prog from the

mid 70’s
SPECTRUM (Australia) - Aussie legends, the most noted
Australian prog band from the 70’s
SPECTRUM (Chile) - Hard prog 70's style
SPECTRUM (UK) - Electronic space
SPEED LIMIT (France) - Jazz rock with a symphonic feel.
Fans of ZAO will like this
SPEED, GLUE & SHINKI (Japan) - Japanese heavy psych
rock guitar blasters
SPEKTAKEL (Germany) - Wonderful pre-SCHICHKE,
FUHRS & FRHLING (SFF) prog rock
SPEKTRUM (Sweden) - Excellent new symphonic rock with
nice instrumentals and female vocals
SPHERE3 (UK) - Top-notch instrumental fusion
SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE (France) - Amazing
prog metal band featuring great instrumentalists and beautiful
melodies in a classic prog metal style
SPHEROE (France) - Great jazz rock & fusion
SPIDERS (Mexico) - Organ and guitar-driven psych from the
early 70's
SPILVERK PJODANNA (Iceland) - 70’s folk rock
SPIN (Brazil) - Great symphonic prog with elements of ELP and
CAMEL
SPIN GALLERY (Sweden) - Good hard rock/AOR band with a
progressive approach
SPIN XXI (Brazil) - Symphonic prog in the vein of the 70’s of
the ELP and CAMEL schools
SPINETTA (JADE) (Argentina) - Song-oriented melodic prog
SPIRALE, A (Italy) - Blend of prog, jazz and avant-garde.
Reminiscent of MIRIODOR
SPIRALING (USA) - Pop-progressive band fronted by Tom
BRISLIN (CAMEL)
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, The (Canada) - Post-
CHRISTMAS seminal prog
SPIRITS BURNING (USA) - Mix of electronics/ethnic sounds
by Daevid ALLEN, Steve WILSON & friends
SPIROGYRA (UK) - Early Britsh folk prog in the vein of
TREES or FAIRPORT CONVENTION
SPIROSFERA (Italy) - Great new Italian group in AREA style
SPITALERI, David (Italy) - Classic prog work from this Italian
singer/songwriter
SPLASH (Norway) - Prog doused with wind instruments, organ,
mini-moog, violin
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SPOCK’S BEARD (USA) - SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE
ROCK (see page 30)
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (UK) - British psych/hard
rock of the early 70’s
SPRIGUNS (UK) - Folk rock fronted by Mandy MORTON
SPRING (UK) - Legendary band from the early British prog
movement. Mellotron heaven!
SQUARE SET (South Africa) - Powerful organ, vocals and
drums from the early 70’s
SQUARE THE MOON (UK) - Superb songs, English
electro-acoustic style, with male/female vocals
SQUIRE, Chris (UK) - Better known as YES’ bassist and back-
ing vocalist
ST 37 (USA) - Space psych for the new millennium
ST. ELMO’S FIRE (USA) - KING CRIMSON-influenced band
from the 80’s
ST. FIELD, John (UK) - Scottish acid-psych wonder from the
mid-70’s
STAINTON, Lisbee (UK) - Soft melancholy prog with beautiful
female vocals. References include Kate BUSH and Michelle
YOUNG & RAIN
STALINGARD (Argentina) - Interesting mix of dark
electronic/folk/avant-garde & neo-classical
STALTERI, Arturo (Italy) - Keyboard-filled electronic prog
STANDARTE (Italy) - Organ/mellotron early 70s style prog
STAR ONE (Netherlands) - An Arjen LUCASSEN project
STARCASTLE (USA) - Great YES clones
STARGLOW ENERGY (Switzerland) - Retro/classic prog
band that sits between prog and rock
STARLESS (Japan) - Hard prog in the same style as NOVELA
STATALE 17 & EMPHASIS, La (Italy) - Great symphonic
prog by both groups (they are mentioned together due to their
sole album in 1978, where they appear together)
STAUSS/ANLIKER / KAYSER / VOGT (Switzerland) -
Avant-garde/classical work related to YOLK
STEAMBOAT SWITZERLAND (Switzerland) - Great heavy
Hammond-organ prog
STEAMHAMMER (UK) - Heavy blues-prog legends from the
70’s
STEEL BLUE (USA) - Heavy fusion rock
STEELE, Jim (USA) - Excellent instrumental keyboard-driven
prog trio with some fusion, jazz and space thrown in
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STEELEYE SPAN (UK) - Legends of electric folk
STEENSLAND, Simon (Sweden) - Dark prog a la UNIVERS
ZERO
STEEPLECHASE (USA) - Hard rockers from the 70’s
STELLE DI MARIO SCHIFANO, Le (Italy) - Psychedelia
from the late 60’s
STEP AHEAD (France) - YES influenced and highly
recommended neo-prog bands from the early 80’s
STEREOKIMONO (Italy) - KING CRIMSON meets GENTLE
GIANT meets PINK FLOYD
STEREOSCOPE (France) - Project by the BLACK NOODLE
PROJECT fellas and again, in the PINK FLOYD vein
STERN-COMBO MEISSEN (Germany) - Top 70’s
East-German symphonic prog outfit
STICK AND STRING QUARTET (Italy) - As you might
guess, this is more classically oriented.
STILL (USA) - ECHOLYN offshoot with a different edge
STILL LIFE (UK) - Organ-drenched prog from the early 70’s
STIPS, Robert Jan (Netherlands) - The brains behind
SUPERSISTER
STOLT, Roine (Sweden) - The one and only, The FLOWER
KINGS’ music machine
STONEHOUSE (UK) - Great hard rockers
STORM AT SUNRISE (USA) - Excellent heavy prog with
Hammond organ and a DEEP PURPLE sound
STORM, The (Spain) - Hard prog with tremendous heavy organ
STORMY SIX (Italy) - Seminal Italian progressive jazz group
STRAIGHT SHOOTER (Germany) - Mix of straight hard
rock and melancholy Krautrock
STRAMONIO (Italy) - Distinctive and strong sounding prog
metal act with stunning songs
STRANA SOCIETA’, La (Italy) - PROCOL HARUM-like
rarity from the 70’s
STRANGE DAYS (UK) - Classic prog from the mid-70’s.
FRUUPP meets ENGLAND (’’Garden Shed’’)
STRANGE FLOWERS, The (Italy) - Relaxed, melodic
psychedelic rock as well as multicoloured jamming space rock
reminiscent of Syd BARRETT-era PINK FLOYD
STRANGEFISH (UK) - Good neo-prog highly reminiscent of
MARILLION
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (UK) - Piano led with Clive
NOLAN and Tracy HITCHINGS
STRATER, Gary (USA) - Electronic ambient music from
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vocalist
STRAWBERRY PATH (Japan) - Hard prog from the early 70’s
STRAWBS, The (UK) - FOLK PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see
page 24)
STRAY (UK) - Early 70’s hard prog with mellotron
STREAM OF PASSION (Netherlands) - Heavy symphonic
prog led by AYERON’s Arjen LUCASSEN and the beautiful
vocals of Marcela BOVIO from ELFONIA
STRING DRIVEN THING (UK) - Electric folk
STRINGS ARGUMENTS (Japan) - Instrumental prog by
avant-garde, jazz rock, SIX NORTH offshoot
STROMBOLI (Czech Republic) - One of the best Czech prog
groups. Recommended!
STS (SALMIERI TOP SEVA (France) - Instrumental jazz
fusion with Jannick TOP leading the way
STUERMER, Daryl (USA) - Guitar fusion by GENESIS’
favourite touring guest guitarist
STYX (USA) - AOR supergroup with ingenious pop rock and
influences from symphonic and art rock. Led by vocalists Dennis
DE YOUNG (keyboards) and Tommy SHAW (guitar).
SUB (Germany) - Heavy prog/blues & psych underground band
from the 70’s with great organ
SUBARACHNOID SPACE (USA) - Instrumental space rock
for OZRIC TENTACLES fans
SUBJECT ESQ (Germany) - Pre-SAHARA prog with IF and
CARAVAN leanings
SUBMARINE SILENCE (Italy) - Instrumental prog. A must
for GENESIS!
SUBSUELO (Mexico) - Keyboard-driven prog with violin
SUBTERRA (Chile) - Solid 6-piece symphonic prog band
SUBWAY (UK) - Excellent melancholy acid folk with
wonderful guitar and violin
SUCK (South Africa) - Heavy rock from the early 70’s
SUI GENERIS (Argentina) - Like Italian prog with tinges of
jazz and local folk
SUMMER INDOORS (UK) - Like YES & IT BITES
SUN (Australia) - Heavy jazz rock with female vocals
SUNDAY (UK) - Heavy jammin’ prog with good organ and
sounds of the early 70's
SUNDOME AND THE NIGHT (Germany) - Heavy,
uncomplicated prog rock from the 90’s
SUNFLOWER (Brazil) - 70’s style heavy prog with some solid
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SUNFOREST (UK) - Folky prog from the late 60’s SYLVAIN, François (Canada) - GREY MATTER guitarist in a
similar style
SUNSCAPE (Italy) - Fine new prog group. Quite melodic and
spacey with nice flute and female vocals SYLVAN (Germany) - Heavy neo-prog. Recommended to fans
of IQ and MARILLION
SUNSTORM (USA) - Beautifully constructed melodic rock and
first-class songwriting covering the gamut from up-tempo ballads SYMPHONIC SLAM (Canada) - Legendary 70’s prog with a
to straight rock songs. By mastermind Joe Lynn TURNER little jazz, AOR, blues and 70’s classic rock
(RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE)
SYMPHONY X (USA) - Ingenious killer prog metal with
SUNTOWER (USA) - Symphonic prog highly reminiscent of bombastic epics and crystal clear melodies
YES
SYMPOZION (Israel) - Blend of progressive, jazz rock and
SUNYA BEAT (Germany) - Great space rock featuring Harald avant-garde. Fantastic!
GROSSKOPF
SYN, The (UK) - Psychedelic/space rock with Chris SQUIRE at
SUNYER, Max (Spain) - ICEBERG guitarist with his jazz rock the helm
group
SYNDONE (Italy) - Great prog with multi-layered keyboards.
SUPAY (Peru) - Instrumental symphonic prog with nice guitars, A cross between COLOSSEUM and ELP
keyboards and especially bamboo flutes
SYNERGY (USA) - Nice electronic keyboard wizardry by Larry
SUPERNOVA (Argentina) - Excellent instrumental symphonic FAST
rock
SYNKOPY (Czech Republic) - Great symphonic prog from the
SUPERSISTER (Netherlands) - Great prog a la GENTLE 80’s
GIANT and SOFT MACHINE
SYNOPSIS (France) - Similar to ANGE and MONA LISA.
SUPERTRAMP (UK) - ART ROCK (see page 25) Warm keyboards, passionate vocals and tight rhythm section
SUPPER’S READY (Luxembourg) - As the name suggests, SYNOPSIS (IGOR GARSNEK / NEVIL BLUMBERG)
GENESIS clones but absolutely well-done (Estonia) - Excellent symphonic prog
SUR OCULTO (Argentina) - ELP meets KING CRIMSON SYNTAXIS (Italy) - Similar to BRAND X, FINNEUS GAUGE
with this instrumental power prog trio made up of keyboards, and HAPPY THE MAN
bass and drums
SYNTHESIS (France) - Dream-team jazz rock formation from
SURVIVAL, The (Mexico) - 60’s psychedelia 1976 with Didier LOCKWOOD, Andre CECCARELLI, François
JENNEAU, Ivan JULLIEN, Marc CHANTEREAU and a host of
SURVOLAJ (Romania) - Driving hard rock from the 90’s
others
SUSPEKT ASPEKT (Sweden) - Great instrumental prog
SYRINX (Canada) - An excellent instrumental band between
similar to 70’s KAIPA and CAMEL
PRIAM and TAAL but more melodic
SUSSITA (Israel) - Wonderful blend of folk and jazz with flute,
SYRINX (France) - Wonderful instrumental progressive with
female vocals; mostly acoustic
prominent acoustic guitar and rhythm section. Recommended!
SVANFRIDUR (Iceland) - English-sounding psych/heavy rock
SYRIUS (Hungary) - Excellent progressive symphonic/jazz
SVANN (Poland) - Interesting prog. Sometimes aggressive and band with EGG, SOFT MACHINE influences
harsh, at other times very melodic
SYSTEMS THEORY (USA) - Great electronic space rock with
SWARA SAMRAT (Germany) - Drugged out psychedelic lots of mellotron
space rock
SYZYGY (USA) - Intense prog from the new WITSEND
SWEDISH FAMILY, The (Sweden) - Tomas BODIN’s prog
side project
SWEENEY’S MEN (Ireland) - One of the first modern folk-
traditional groups from the mid to late 60’s. In the same league
as STEELEYE SPAN and FAIRPORT CONVENTION.
SWEET SMOKE (Germany) - Early 70’s Krautrock with a jazz
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T (Germany) - Frontman and vocalist of SCYTHE with stunning
retro-prog and new art rock
T NAIVE (Germany) - Emotionally powerful melodic prog
T VOICES (Germany) - T NAIVE under a new name but a
similar style
T.A.O. (Poland) - Nice mix of prog, fusion and prog metal with
GENTLE GIANT-like vocals
T2 (UK) - Excellent guitar-driven blues/jazz of the early 70’s.
The band made a comeback in the 90’s
TAAL (France) - Great avant-garde prog that mixes jazz, metal,
Celtic, classical music, even metal
TABULA RASA (Finland) - Nice mellow, melancholy
Scandinavian prog - not unlike CAMEL
TAI PHONG (France) - Classic symphonic prog with
Far-Eastern influences and amazing vocal harmonies
TAIPUVA LUOTISUORA (Finland) - Great space rock for
lovers of KINGSTON WALL, OZRIC TENTACLES, HIDRIA
SPACEFOLK and perhaps KING CRIMSON
TAKAHASHI, Ayuo (Japan) - Famous for his rock opera “Blue
Eyes, Black, Hair”
TAKAMI (Japan) - Beautiful female voice against a dark
atmosphere
TAKO (Yugoslavia) - About the best 70’s symphonic prog band
from Yugoslavia
TALAMASCA (USA) - Post-HARLEQUIN symphonic prog
with lead and backing female vocals
TALE (Germany) - Powerful prog with occasional forays into
prog metal, features impressive male vocals
TALE (Italy) - Little-known but excellent symphonic prog
TALE CUE (Italy) - Dynamic prog with great female vocals and
GILMOUR-like guitar play. Excellent!
TALIESYN (Germany) - Nice heavy prog with EARTH &
FIRE-like female vocals
TALIS (Germany) - Independent melody-oriented prog, stands
somewhere between SCAPELAND WISH, KINO and POOR
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TALISMA (Canada) - Superb instrumental prog trio slightly
reminiscent of KING CRIMSON
TAMALONE (Netherlands) - Dutch prog in JETHRO TULL
style with an added folk edge
TANGENT, The (UK) - Symphonic prog with Roine STOLT,
David JACKSON, Guy MANNING and others
TANGERINE (France) - Wonderful 70’s prog/folk
TANGERINE DREAM (Germany) - Legendary pioneers of
electronic music masterminded by Edgar FROESE who has been
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active for over 40 years, since their early beginnings in the late
60’s. Well-known musicians who have been part of the team over
the years include Christopher FRANKE, Klaus SCHULZE, Peter
BAUMANN, Michael HOENIG, Johannes SCHMOELLING
and Jerome FROESE. The band boasts over 80 albums (studio,
soundtracks and live recordings).
TANGLE EDGE (Norway) - Instrumental and partly
improvisational psych prog with a little jazz mixed in
TANGOR (Argentina) - Imagine ‘’Red’’ period KING
CRIMSON with the addition of flute
TANSEY’S FANCY (Australia) - A little folk prog with female
vocals... from Australia!
TANTALUS (UK) - Great prog rock influenced by YES,
GENESIS and PINK FLOYD, to name a few
TANTOR (Argentina) - Predominately instrumental fusion prog
TANTRA (Portugal) - Full symphonic sounding prog with
Portuguese lyrics. Quite unique!
TANZBÄR (Germany) - Folk rock mainly rooted in traditional
German songs
TAPROBAN (Italy) - Three-piece symphonic rock group
TARABELLA, Leonello (Italy) - Great electronic music by a
computer science university graduate
TARANTULA (Spain) - Keyboard-driven, heavy, killer prog
with a hard edge
TARANTULA HAWK (USA) - Instrumental grungy space rock
TARENTULE (France) - Folk music a la MALICORNE
TARKA (UK) - Neo-romantic orchestral project by GENESIS’
Anthony PHILLIPS together with Harry WILLIAMSON
TARKUS (Brazil) - Symphonic prog with solid keyboards and
flute
TAROT (Poland) - Classically influenced symphonic music
TARZAN (Italy) - Name of a mega-rare and historical sampler
album of the early 70’s Italian prog scene. Features CAPSICUM
RED, WELL’S FARGO. OSAGE TRIBE, BLACK SUNDAY
FLOWERS, IXO, SPRINGFIELD and COLONNELLO
MUSCH.
TASAVALLAN PRESIDENTTI (Finland) - Very early
Scandinavian prog band led by flute and sax
TASSLER, Steve (USA) - STARCASTLE keyboardist goes solo
TAU (Germany) - Dramatic symphonic truly on par with
GENESIS
TAU CETI (Brazil) - All instrumental ELP-like prog
TAURUS (Netherlands) - Very good 70’s Dutch prog featuring,
among others, members from KAYAK
TAYLOR, Lou Maxwell (Canada) - Dreamlike intimate

singer/songwriter prog with ethereal atmospheres, folk and
electronic moments
TAYLOR'S FREE UNIVERSE (Denmark) - Avant-garde jazz
with Karsten VOGEL
T-BO (France) - Symphonic/prog in CAMEL, FOCUS,
ROUSSEAU style with flute, sax, trumpet, keyboards, bass,
drums and guitars
TEA & SYMPHONY (UK) - Very early 70’s Birmingham
sextet who mixed acid and psych folk
TEA (Switzerland) - Rich symphonic prog fronted by keyboard
maestro Philippe KIENHOLZ
TEA FOR THE WICKED (UK) - Metal style band who plays
hard prog with cutting guitar leads
TEA FOR TWO (Germany) - Neo-prog in the IQ and
MARILLION vein
TEA IN THE SAHARA (Germany) - Good neo-prog with
fantastic piano work
TEAR GAS (UK) - Hard-edged acid prog from the early 70’s
with multi-layered vocal harmonies
TEKNICOLOR (France) - Completely instrumental music that
is very dreamlike and melodious
TELAIO MAGNETICO (Italy) - Connected to ALBERGO
INTERGALACTICO SPAZIALE and quite similar
TELLAH (Brazil) - Complex and highly melodic symphonic
prog with a Brazilian flair
TEMPANO (Venezuela) - Mostly instrumental symphonic prog
with a tinge of fusion. Fantastic!
TEMPEST (UK) - Early 70’s hard rock featuring Allan
HOLDSWORTH among other notables
TEMPEST (USA) - Contemporary Celtic prog led by Lief
SORBYE on mandolins and mandolas
TEMPLE (Germany) - Refers to a long lost Krautrock
recording from 1975/76 featuring Zeus B HELD on keyboards
TEMPLE DEL DINERO, El (Mexico) - Good instrumental
acid prog
TEMPS, Le (Canada) - 70’s classical folk prog. GRYPHON
meets HARMONIUM
TEMPUS FUGIT (Brazil) - Killer symphonic prog. Melodic,
refined, elegant, highly recommended!
TEN (UK) - Great melodic hard rock and prog metal band led by
vocalist Gary HUGHES
TEN JINN (USA) - Excellent neo-prog with ex-HAPPTY THE
MAN guitarist Stan WHITAKER
TENEBRE (Sweden) - Hard prog with metal leanings
TEOREMI, I (Italy) - Italian hard rock band typical of the early
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70’s. Like LEZ ZEPPELIN gone prog
TERPANDRE (France) - Instrumental prog with symphonic,
romantic compositions. Killer!
TERRA MYSTICA (Slovenia) - Eclectic symphonic prog with
classical overtones
TERRENO BALDIO (Brazil) - Early 70’s prog band known as
“the Brazilian GENTLE GIANT”
TERU’S SYMPHONIA (Japan) - Super-lush, synthy sympho/
rock not without great bombastic moments
TESIS ARSIS (Brazil) - Instrumental keyboard-driven
symphonic prog, one of the best to come out of Brazil
TESSERACT (USA) - New symphonic rock with violin
TEST (Poland) - Early to mid-70's prog with a heavy edge
TESTA, Stefano (Italy) - Mid-70’s symphonic prog with good
songwriting and orchestral arrangements
TETRAGON (Germany) - Superb early 70’s prog with that
underground organ-drenched feel, similar to The NICE or Brain
AUGER
TEUBNER, Helmut (Germany) - Masterful symphonic
electronics
THANASSIS GAIFYLIAS (Greece) - Folky symphonic prog
THANATEROS (Germany) - Celtic folk metal with strong
progressive arrangements
THE THIRD & THE MORTAL (Norway) - Great dark prog
with stunning female vocals
THEATRE (Italy) - Anyone into MARILLION or IQ will love
this band.
THESE TRAILS (USA) - West-Coast folk from the 70’s with
male and female vocals
THETA (Japan) - Similar to RENAISSANCE, SOLSTICE,
VERMILLION SANDS
THETIS (Germany) - Excellent songwriting in the style of
medieval, folk rock and traditional guitar-oriented rock
THIBAULT, Laurent (France) - Beautiful and sophisticated
symphonic prog from the late 70’s
THIEL, Bob (UK) - Perhaps one of the very best progressive
folk bands ever
THIEVES’ KITCHEN (UK) - Great neo-prog with 70’s
leanings. Recommended!
THIN LIPS (Israel) - A dialogue between music and poetry.
Crazy, unique, undescribable
THINK (Germany) - Classic and rare prog from the 70’s with
flute, violin and melodic passages
THINK (New Zealand) - Melodic prog from the 70’s with great
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guitar and spooky keyboards THRICE MICE! (Germany) - Early 70’s Krautrock with jazz
leanings
THINKING PLAGUE (USA) - Avant-garde/RIO masters
THULE (Norway) - PINK FLOYD-inspired group but with an
THINKMAN (UK) - Producer Rupert HINE’s own band project
overall dark grungy approach
- not as progressive as his solo works
THUNDERPUSSY (USA) - Classic US psych/heavy prog trio
THIRD EAR BAND (UK) - Early 70's avant-garde prog band
from the 70’s, complex searing acid guitars, flute, synths and
led by oboe, violin and cello
vocal harmonies
THIRD ENDING, The (Australia) - For fans of PORCUPINE
THUROW, Matthias (Germany) - Ex-EULENSPYGEL
TREE, PINEAPPLE THIEF, PINK FLOYD and DREAM
member (in the 70’s) and multi-instrumentalist specializing in
THEATER
electronic music, soundtracks and jazzy arrangements
THIRD ESTATE, The (USA) - Classic fuzz guitar with the
TIBET (Germany) - Heavy keyboard prog from the 70’s with
occasional folk influence
wonderful Hammond/mellotron and guitar
THIRD EYE, The (South Africa) - Psych prog from the early
TIDELINE (Belgium) - Very melodic laid-back prog
70's
TIDLOSA (Sweden) - Progressive folk rock. Beautiful!
THIRD PERKINS (Canada) - Nice symphonic prog with a
heavy KING CRIMSON edge at times TIEMKO (France) - Powerful all-instrumental prog trio in
YES, GENTLE GIANT, KING CRIMSON vein
THIRD QUADRANT (UK) - Neo-prog, similar in many ways
to ABEL GANZ TIGER B. SMITH (Germany) - SECOND LIFE under a new
name (check this band)
THIRD WORLD WAR (UK) - Heavy rock from the early 70’s
TIJUANA FIVE, Los (Mexico) - Fuzz guitar 60’s psych. The
THIRSTY MOON (Germany) - Amazing blend of classical
BEATLES meet The AMERICAN FIVE
prog and jazz rock from the 70’s
TILBURI (Spain) - Nice folk psych, beautiful vocal harmonies
THIRTEEN OF EVERYTHING (USA) - For fans of IZZ,
and laid-back hippie feeling all over
SPOCK’S BEARD and ECHOLYN
TILES (USA) - Prog metal close to DREAM THEATER and
THOLLOT, François (France) - For fans of PRESENT and
RUSH
UNIVERS ZERO
TILION (Italy) - Excellent new prog rock that sounds straight
THOMPSON, Linda (UK) - Wife of Richard THOMPSON
out of the 70’s. Great Hammond organ!
embarks on a late solo career, with her husband’s collaboration
TIME MACHINE (Italy) - Standard prog metal deeply
THOMPSON, Richard & Linda (UK) - Folk rock
influenced by melodious metal, hard rock and symphonic prog
THOMPSON, Richard (UK) - Vocalist, guitarist and mandolin
TIME REQUIEM (Sweden) - Symphonic and classical
player creates great folk rock. Well known as leader of
influenced prog metal by keyboardist Richard ANDERSSON
FAIRPORT CONVENTION and member of the MORRIS ON
with members of The FLOWER KINGS at the rhythm section
project.
TIME STRINGS TRAVELLERS (Japan) - Mix of prog, space
THONK (Switzerland) - Brilliant instrumental keyboard-led
and exotic sounds creating a hypnotic atmosphere
trio with a bit of ARS NOVA, U.K. & ELP
TIMOTHY PURE (USA) - MOODY BLUES/PINK FLOYD
THORK (France) - Prog rock with solid guitar and keyboards
style. Great!
throughout. Related to NIL
TIPOGRAPHICA (Japan) - Great RIO band with noticeable
THORNE, Steve (UK) - Melodic progressive art rock with Tony
shades of early HENRY COW, PICCHIO DAL POZZO and
LEVIN, Martin ORFORD, Nick D’VIRGILIO and Paul COOK
HARTFIELD & THE NORTH
participating
TIPPETS, Julie (UK) - One of the foremost European vocalists
THORS HAMMER (Denmark) - Great early 70’s prog with
in the field of contemporary jazz and improvised music
wah-wah and swirling organ with the occasional jazz rock edge
(formerly known as Julie DRISCOL)
THOUGHT SPHERE (Germany) - Well-balanced prog metal,
TIRED TREE (Sweden) - Symphonic prog written, performed
perhaps a bit more prog than metal
and produced by Mattias HOLMGREN
THRESHOLD (UK) - Stunning melodious prog metal by
TIRELLI, Armando (Uruguay) - Wonderful 70’s prog, almost
founding member Karl GROOM (SHADOWLAND, CASINO,
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TIRILL (Norway) - Wonderful WHITE WILLOW lead vocalist
goes solo and does soft symphonic prog
TISARIS (Brazil) - Prog with beautiful piano and violin
TISOCCO, Alfredo (Italy) - Pianist from OPUS AVANTRA
(check this band) going solo
TITAN (USA) - Absolutely brillant space rock in OZRIC
TENTACLES, ASH RA TEMPEL, Klaus SCHULZE style
TITANIC (Norway) - Progressive hard rockers
TITUS GROAN (UK) - Very early bluesy type of prog with a
dark. Almost gothic feel!
TNR (The NOISY ROOM) (Italy) - HAMMILL/VDGG-
influenced prog
TOAD (Switzerland) - Early 70’s hard rock band featuring some
musicians from BRAINTICKET and HAWKWIND. Heavy,
bluesy psych rock with acid guitars
TOC (Finland) - Formerly known as THRONE OF CHAOS, a
fusion of prog and metal similar to PAIN OF SALVATION
TOCCATA (Chile) - Symphonic prog with female vocals and a
heavy edge. If you liked MATRAZ’s album “Gritare”, you will
like this band.
TODMOBILE (Iceland) - Symphonic rock with female vocals
TOKYO SYMPHONIC SYNDROME (Japan) - Not precisely
a band but an 80’s compilation of four Japanese prog bands:
MADE IN JAPAN SESSION BAND, TIME UNIT,
AQUAPOLIS and GREEN
TOLKKI, Timo (Finland) - Leader of power metal band
STRATOVARIUS plays emotional and mostly calm prog rock,
quite different from his band’s work
TOLONEN, Jukka (Finland) - Instrumental prog by
TASAVALLAN leader
TOMBSTONE VALENTINE (USA) - One of the top American
space rock bands. They re-interpret classic 60’s psychedelia in a
modern way
TOMBSTONES (Spain) - Well produced psychedelic rock on
the same label as KOZMIC MUFFIN
TOMORROW’S GIFT (Germany) - Early German heavy
Krautrock with a bit of experimental jazz as well
TONCHOS PILATOS (Mexico) - Heavy psych from the early
70’s
TONTON MACOUTE (UK) - Jazz-tinged prog blues from the
early 70’s
TOO MUCH (Japan) - Guitar-led rock and blues
TOOL (USA) - Very dark and heavy rock with a touch of gothic
rock that gets more and more progressive
TOP LEFT CORNER (Italy) - Solid heavy neo-prog with
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TOPO (Spain) - 70’s prog similar to BLOQUE
TOPOS URANOS (Brazil) - Killer keyboard-driven prog in the
BLEZQI ZATSAZ vein
TOPPER (USA) - Keyboard-driven prog from the 70’s
TORNADO (Italy) - Like a mix between PICCHIO DAL
POZZO and STORMY SIX. For those into Canterbury and RIO
TORNAOD (USA) - Celtic folk prog presented in a symphonic
style
TORQUATI, Toto (Italy) - Symphonic pop from the 70’s
TORRE DELL’ALCHIMISTA, La (Italy) - Killer 70’s style
prog
TOTAL ISSUE (France) - Early 70’s prog mixing influences
from EAST OF EDEN to FAMILY
TOTEM (Uruguay) - Psychedelic rock
TOUBABOU (Canada) - Mid-70's blend of prog, jazz and funk
with CONTRACTION and HARMONIUM members
TOUCH (USA) - One of the very first bands in the 60’s to
incorporate classical music to rock
TOUPIDEK LIMONADE (France) - Minimalistic avant-garde
TOURBIN, Jean-Yves (France) - Fantastic 70’s progressive
folk with some Eastern influences
TOURNAS, Kostas (Greece) - This ex-POLL member is the
author of a legendary 1973 prog folk & psych opus
TOWER (Italy) - Ensemble of keyboards with top female singer
TOWNSCREAM (Hungary) - AFTER CRYING offshoot and
highly recommended!
TOWNSEND BAND, Devin (Canada) - This crazy Canuck
delivers his own brand of prog metal: a concoction of multi-
layered chaos, bombast and high speed
TOYZ (Netherlands) - Impressive instrumental prog from the
late 90’s
TR3NITY (UK) - Brings to mind CAMEL and PINK FLOYD
TRACCION A CUERDA (Brazil) - Rare unknown symphonic
band led by Lito VITALE
TRACE (Netherlands) - ELP-like classic prog trio
TRACTOR’S REVENGE (Israel) - Similar to UNIVERS
ZERO and PRESENT
TRAD, Gras Och Stenar (Sweden) - Progressive psych rock
with acid guitars from the late 60’s
TRADER HORNE (UK) - Duo consisting of Jackie McAULEY
and FAIRPORT CONVENTION singer Judy DYBLE doing
precious folk pop in the early 70’s
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TRAFFIC SOUND (Peru) - One of the finest psych bands TRIADE (Italy) - Heavy Italian keyboard prog from the 70’s
around
TRIAKEL (Sweden) - New folk band similar to
TRAINER, Phil (USA) - In 1972, recorded a great album in the HEDNINGAMA and GARMANA
UK with help from members of TREES
TRIANA (Spain) - Flamenco prog legends
TRAMA (Italy) - Light symphonic prog with female vocals;
TRIANGLE (Netherlands) - Neo-prog similar to IQ and
similar to TALE CUE
EGDON HEATH
TRANQUILITY (USA) - Folk rock from the early 70’s
TRIBUTE (Sweden) - Masterful instrumental prog with Pierre
TRANSATLANTIC (USA) - Prog super group comprised of MOERLEN. Great!
Neil MORSE, Mike PORTNOY, Roine STOLT and Pete
TRIGGERING MYTH, A (USA) - Mixture of jazz, rock and
TREWAVAS
classical with dark overtones. Excellent!
TRANSCENDENCE (Canada) - Heavy prog a la The 3RD
TRIKOLON (Germany) - Underground band with jazz edge.
AND THE MORTAL with female vocals
Some The DOORS vibes throughout
TRANSIENCE (USA) - Solo project by LANDS END’s Fred
TRILOGY (Germany) - Great 70’s keyboard-driven prog a la
Hunter; much the same as LANDS END
ELP
TRANSIT EXPRESS (France) - Top French fusion group
TRIO96 (Japan) - Instrumental fusion rock
TRAP (USA) - CRIMSON meets FRENCH TV
TRIODE (France) - A cross between JETHRO TULL and
TRAPEZE (UK) - Early 70’s hard rock prog GRAVY TRAIN
TRATTI (Italy) - Mix of prog and jazz rock plus classical and TRION (Netherlands) - Great bran new symphonic prog. A
folk touches with sophisticated arrangements mellotron fan’s wet dream!
TRAUMHAUS (Germany) - Fine prog band reminiscent of TRIP, The (Italy) - Italian prog pioneers
ANYONE’S DAUGHTER
TRIPOD (USA) - Crazy, high-energy prog mixed with jazz rock
TRAUMPFAD (Germany) - Lyrical, melancholy prog with
TRIPPA (UK) - Symphonic prog with female vocals and Rob
German vocals similar to NOVALIS and HOELDERLIN
REED from MAGENTA
TRAVELLING (France) - Similar to EGG and SOFT
TRISTAN PARK (USA) - Neo-prog/pop
MACHINE with good Hammond organ
TRISTAN, Jean (France) - Mix of singer/songwriter folk and
TREACLE PEOPLE (Germany) - Modern psychedelic hard
prog
rock in the vein of the 70’s DEEP PURPLE, PINK FLOYD and
KING CRIMSON TRISTANO, Nino (Italy) - Progressive folk with flute, violin,
sitar, harmonium, mandolin from the 70’s
TREDE, Gerhard (Germany) - Electronic/jazz & prog filled
with percussion and mellotron TRITONUS (Germany) - Symphonic keyboard-driven prog
TREES (UK) - Beloved British folk band with stunning female TRIUMVIRAT (Germany) - Legendary keyboard-driven,
vocals from the early 70’s bombastic prog in ELP style
TREM DE FUTURO (Brazil) - Influence is clearly from the TROISIEME RIVE (France) - Folky prog
70’s Italian bands. Good!
TROUBAIRES DE COUMBOSCURO, Li (Italy) - Mix of
TREMBLING STRAIN (Japan) - Top avant-garde. classical and folk with Alan STIVELL and Franco MUSSIDA
Minimalist, spiritual, something like the Asian kindred spirit to
TROYA (Germany) - Symphonic prog from the mid-70’s, a bit
POPOL VUH
like early NOVALIS
TREPTE, Uli (Germany) - GURU GURU bassist
TROYKA (Canada) - Guitar-driven heavy prog from the early
TRES DE UN PAR (Mexico) - Progressive RIO with great 70’s
guitar and keyboards
TRUBROT (Iceland) - Early 70’s heavy rock
TRESPASS (Israel) - Keyboard-driven symphonic rock with
TRUE ILLUSION (Brazil) - Instrumental space prog
classical leanings. References include TRACE, REFUGEE and
The NICE TRUE MYTH (Canada) - Great symphonic prog. Had one of
the first-ever digitally recorded LPs
TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET (Sweden) - Swedish heavy guitar
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TRY (Germany) - A good synthesis of acoustic and electric
elements. Mostly instrumental with keyboards, guitars and sitar
TRYO (Chile) - Instrumental power trio with KING CRIMSON
influences
TSUNAMI (Germany) - RUSH/MARILLION-like prog
TUDOR LODGE (UK) - Female fronted prog folk band that
mixes traditional and modern instrumentation
TULIPE NOIRE, La (Greece) - Refined, quiet neo-prog that
develops baroque & solemn melodies. Great!
TULLIO DE PISCOPO REVOLT GROUP (Italy) - Excellent
prog/jazz & classical prog
TULLY (Australia) - Gentle hypnotic rock rarity from the early
70’s
TUNEFISH (Germany) - Ex-ANYONE’S DAUGHTER
drummer/keyboard player
TUNNELS (UK) - Ex-BRAND X fusion rock
TURBULENCE (Netherlands) - BRASSÉ project under
another name. Great neo-prog!
TURID (Sweden) - Soft folk prog with stunning female vocals
and Kenny HAKANNSON on guitar
TURILLI, Luca (Italy) - Leader of prog metal group
RHAPSODY, offers melodic prog songs slightly less speedy than
those of his band
TURQUOISE (Poland) - Great symphonic rock like YOU & I
and QUIDAM
TWELFTH NIGHT (UK) - The 80’s neo-prog leaders
TWENTY FOUR HOURS (Italy) - Like PORCUPINE TREE
TWENTY SIXTY SIX AND THEN (Germany) - 70’s heavy
progressive classic
TWILIGHT (Germany) - Early 70’s psychedelia influenced by
PINK FLOYD
TWILIGHT (Poland) - Very nice melodic prog featuring a
passionate singer reminiscent of ROUSSEAU vocalist
TWIN AGE (Sweden) - Neo-prog with strong melodies. Like
IQ or GENESIS. Nice!
TWOGETHER (Germany) - Keyboard/drums duo from the 70’s
TYBURN TALL (Germany) - Early 70’s heavy organ-driven
prog
TYMEPIECE (Australia) - Versatile band from the early 70’s
ranging from folk to prog, R’n’B and pop
TYNDALL (Germany) - 80’s German leaders of a genre that
mixes electronic sounds with new age
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U I BLUE (USA) - Nice symphonic prog with female vocals and UNIVERSE (USA) - Prog rocker from the 70’s with plenty of
help from GLASS HAMMER. Will appeal to IONA/MOSTLY spacey keyboards
AUTUMN & CLANNAD fans
UNO (Italy) - Another great OSANNA prog offshoot
U TOTEM (USA) - Avant-garde/RIO
UNOBSTRUCTED UNIVERSE (USA) - Progressive jazz rock
U.A.L. (Switzerland) - Electronic symphonic prog from the mid-70’s
U.K. (UK) - Monster prog rock band with famous members John UNOMA (Spain) - Predominantly instrumental prog led by the
WETTON (vocals, bass), Eddie JOBSON (keyboards, electric guitar play of Fidel VAZQUEZ and a very strong synthesizer
violin) and Bill BRUFORD (drums) presence. Very good!
UBI MAIOR (Italy) - Newcomers to the prog scene. Heavily UOVO DI COLOMBO, L’ (Italy) - Fantastic keyboard prog
influenced by Il BALLETTO DI BRONZO & BIGLIETTO PER similar to ELP
L’INFERNO. Stunning!
UPPSALA (France) - Philippe CAUVIN’s group firmly rooted
UDRAYA (France) - Excellent symphonic prog with chorale in the MAGMA school mixing rock, jazz and avant-garde
arrangements and French vocals
UPRIGHT (Canada) - Jazz rock with a touch of prog
UGLY CUSTARD (UK) - Early 70’s instrumental prog/fuzz
UPSILON ACRUX (USA) - MAGMA-like instrumental bliss
guitar psych with heavy organ
UQBAR (Argentina) - Delicate classical/chamber music of
ULISES (Mexico) - Prog with melodic guitars
acoustic guitars, cello, clarinet and flute
ULTERIOR LUX (Switzerland) - Instrumental jazz rock from
URBAN TURBAN (Sweden) - Ex-KEBNEKAISE. Blues rock
ex-UBERFALL and YOLK members
with a Middle-Eastern flavour. Unique!
ULTIME ATOME (France) - Symphonic prog with long tracks
URBANE, The (UK) - Pop-oriented side project from vocalist
and Peter GABRIEL-like vocals
and keyboardist John MITCHELL (ARENA, KINO)
ULYSSES (Germany) - Neo-prog from the 90’s in the style of
URSA MAJOR (UK) - Heavy guitar prog very much in early
PENDRAGON, IQ & SHADOWLAND
70’s style, similar in many ways to T2
ULYSSES (Netherlands) - Heavy neo-prog/metal band
US (Netherlands) - Smooth neo-prog with CAMEL influences
UMPHREY’S McGEE (USA) - Wonderful progressive jam
USE OF ASHES, The (Netherlands) - Great space rock
band
UT GRET (USA) - Avant-garde with Henry KAISER
UNBELTIPO (Japan) - Worked-up complicated space rock
with a la KING CRIMSON and OZRIC TENTACLES feel UZGIN UVER (Hungary) - Middle-Eastern folk with a wide
array of cosmic sounds
UNDER THE SUN (USA) - Neo-prog heavily influenced by
KANSAS and STYX UZVA (Finland) - Instrumental, mostly acoustic symphonic jazz
with folk accents. Great!
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, The (USA) - Symphonic
prog led by Bill POHL and Kurt RONGEY. Somewhat like
CAMEL and HAPPY THE MAN
UNI SONO (Finland) - Instrumental jazz rock
UNICORN (Sweden) - Melodic symphonic prog
UNISPHERE (Canada) - Wonderful FLOYDian/CAMEL-like
prog with French vocals
UNITOPIA (Australia) - Exciting 7-piece band offers a unique
blend of prog, classical, clever pop and world music that borrows
from Peter GABRIEL, Phil COLLINS, FISH and Roger
WATERS
UNIVERIA ZEKT (France) - Odd MAGMA offshoot
UNIVERS ZERO (Belgium) - RIO Kings!
UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (Italy) - MAGMA
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VACCINO ENSEMBLE, Lino Capra (Italy) - Great instru-
mental prog in the vein of JADE WARRIOR
VAINICA DOBLE (Spain) - Mid-70’s female duo of folk-
pop-psychedelia with exceptional songwriting
VALHALLA (USA) - From the late 60’s, a dose of heavy rock
with prog leanings, all wrapped up outside a great psychedelic
organ-drenched rock
VALINOR’S TREE (Sweden) - Similar to ANEKDOTEN/
ANGLAGARD
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (UK) - HARD
PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page 24)
VAN DER LINDEN, Rick (Netherlands) - Famous leader of
EKSEPTION and TRACE. Brilliant keyboard player boasting
amazing electronic music and classical solo performances
VAN LEER, Thijs (Netherlands) - FOCUS keyboard and flute
player
VANDEN PLAS (Germany) - One of the leading German prog
metal bands marked by unique vocals of Andy KUNTZ
(ABYDOS)
VANEXA (Italy) - Heavy Italian metal from the 80’s, full of
speed and changes, strong guitars and vocals
VANGELIS (Greece) - Electronic keyboard wizard famous for
his legendary soundscapes
VARACIONES EN LA CUERDA (Cuba) - With Sebastian El
TORO, PERFUME DE MUJER, NARANJA MECANICA,
MUSICA D’REPUESTO
VARGA PROJECT, Janos (Hungary) - The band EAST when
they were an instrumental group. Great!
VARIUS MANX (Poland) - Polish pop prog band started in the
early 90’s with changing female vocalists
VASCA, Jean (France) - Wild vocals highly reminiscent of
Emmanuel BOOZ
VAST (USA) - Relaxing, melancholy soundscapes by Jon
CROSBY who uses samples of native Indian vocals
VECTOR ESCOPOLO (Mexico) - Ex-CHAC MOOL,
MAGMA-like prog
VEDDA TRIBE (Italy) - Predominantly instrumental prog led
by spacy keyboards and guitar landscapes
VEDRES, Csaba (Hungary) - Former AFTER CRYING
keyboardist. Great solo piano
VEGA (Spain) - Instrumental, wonderful blend of Spanish
flamenco and prog from the mid-70’s
VEGA, Daniel (Spain) - Outstanding progressive folk from the
mid-70’s with acoustic/electric guitar, flute, piano and warm
vocals (unrelated to the band VEGA above)
VELUDO (Brazil) - Great 70’s organ-filled heavy prog close to
LETTER V
MUTANTES or SOM NOSSO DE CADA DIA
VELVET OPERA (UK) - Late 60’s Southern rock, later named
ELMER GANTRY’S VELVET OPERA
VENEGONI & CO. (Italy) - Formed by ex-ARTI & MESTIERI
guitarist Luigi VENEGONI; similar in style but more jazz rock
oriented
VENTURINI, Falvio (Brazil) - 14 BIS keyboardist and leader
VERDAGUER (Brazil) - Experimental instrumental prog jazz
rock trio made up of keyboards, bass, drums
VERDE, Tony (Italy) - Ex-SAINT-JUST guitarist/bassist does
instrumental prog in the same style. Nice soft, folky atmosphere
VERDEAUX, Cyrille (France) - CLEARLIGHT leader
VERSAILLES (France) - Like ANGE. Killer!
VERSUS X (Germany) - Excellent symphonic, intricate prog
with lengthy tracks
VERTICAL ALIGNMENT (USA) - Excellent symphonic prog
featuring Fred SCHENDEL & Steve BABB (GLASS
HAMMER) and Carl GROVES (SALEM HILL) as special
guests on their debut album
VERTIGO (Netherlands) - MARILLION meets SAGA
VESANIA (Brazil) - Brilliant instrumental prog; controlled yet
aggressive, with tremendous tempo and mood changes
VIA LACTEA (Mexico) - Electronic avant-garde
VIA LUMINI (Brazil) - Great prog a la III MILENIO
VIANA, Anderson (Brazil) - Instrumental prog close to POPOL
VUH
VIANA, Marcus (Brazil) - SAGRADO violinist
VICE HUMAN (Greece) - Mid-80’s hard rock, melodic metal
rock with OZZY OSBOURNE-like vocals
VIDALES, Alfonso (Mexico) - CAST keyboardist. Mix of new
age and prog
VIENNA (Japan) - Excellent symphonic prog with energetic
themes and speedy rhythms & vocals
VIIMA (Finland) - Absolutely stunning new symphonic prog in
the 70’s tradition with folk leanings. Female vocals (Finnish
lyrics), gorgeous synths and a noticeable MELLOW CANDLE
influence. At times, CAMEL comes to mind.
VIKINGS INVASION (Switzerland) - Blues rock from the
mid-70’s
VILLE EMARD BLUES BAND (Canada) - 70’s mix of prog,
jazz fusion and rock with members of CONTRACTION and
HARMONIUM
VILLEBRAD (Sweden) - Great symphonic prog with KAIPA,
ANEKDOTEN and TRETTIOARIGA influences
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VIMAL, Richard (France) - Phenomenal electronic music with
smoothly melodic soundscapes. Keyboard heaven!
VINCENT, David (Switzerland) - Comparable to “Red” period
KING CRIMSON as well as GENTLE GIANT and SHUB
NIGGURATH
VINCENT, Jean-Claude (France) - Founding member of
Crypto label turned musician, also known as J.-C. POGNANT.
Beautiful theatrical 70’s prog in the style of ANGE, with
sophisticated songwriting
VINCENT, Raymond (Belgium) - Renowned violinist who
played with ESPERANTO
VINEGAR (Germany) - Early 70’s prog, like early PINK
FLOYD and The DOORS with added violin
VIOLENCE FOG/JERUSALEM (Germany) - A mix of styles
by two bands, namely prog/blues rock (VIOLENCE) and
West-Coast psychedelia (JERUSALEM)
VIOLENT SILENCE (Sweden) - Symphonic prog with solid
keyboards and passionate vocals
VIOLET DISTRICT (Germany) - Really good neo-prog like
IQ, MARILLION, JADIS, PENDRAGON
VIOLET FIRE (France) - Majestic and sometimes tranquil
synthesizer music
VIOLET HOUR (UK) - Symphonic melody prog with folk
factor from the early 90’s. Features great female vocals and
wonderful flute
VIOLETA DE OUTONO (Brazil) - Great guitar, bass & drums
trio plays modern psych prog
VIRTUAL DREAM (Italy) - Instrumental fusion trio with
fantastic guitar player. Recommended!
VIRUS (Germany) - Early 70’ prog influenced by PINK
FLOYD and DEEP PURPLE
VISIBLE WIND (Canada) - Elaborate, contrasted, everish,
energetic neo-prog with lots of mellotron
VISION DIVINE (Italy) - Powerful metal band that took the
melodic prog metal road
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS (Austria) - Power and symphonic
prog metal with female and male vocals similar to
EDENBRIDGE, NIGHTWISH and WITHIN TEMPTATION
VISITOR 2035 (UK) - Hot instrumental jazz rock and fusion
from the 70’s
VISITORS (France) - MAGMA-related prog
VISSER, Ad (Netherlands) - Author/composer of excellent
multimedia space opera. A truly bizarre and exotic electronic
adventure
VISSER, Hans (Netherlands) - FLAIRCK founder and guitarist
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VISUAL CLIFF (USA) - Instrumental prog rock fusion that
varies from Pat METHENY-like smoothness to heavy but not
overly-noisy prog metal
VITA NOVA (Austria) - Energetic psych prog from the 70’s,
similar to PATERNOSTER
VITAL DUO (France) - MINIMUM VITAL scaled down to a
duo but every bit as good
VITALE, Lito (Argentina) - MIA keyboardist and every bit as
good. Great!
VITOULIS, Sam (Spain) - Excellent electronic music
somewhere between the 70’s German electronic scene,
VANGELIS and GANDALF
VIVENCIA (Argentina) - Singer/songwriter duo for those into
SUI GENERIS
VLAD V (Brazil) - Hard symphonic prog that sits somewhere
between JETHRO TULL and RUSH
VOGT, Roy (USA) - Great instrumental fusion by this monster
bass player. Guitarist Stan LASSITER and drummer Chester
THOMPSON guest on some of his albums.
VOLAPUK (France) - French chamber rock that pushes the
envelope but still manages to be catchy!
VOLARE (USA) - Great solid, intense, Canterbury style prog
from the 90’s
VOLGYESSY, Szomor Fanni (Hungary) - YOU AND I lead
female vocalist with all members participating
VOLKOR (France) - Under this name hides the first Francis and
Didier LOCKWOOD common group. Similar to RETURN TO
FOREVER
VOLO, Il (Italy) - Outstanding Italian 70’s prog with a slight
jazz rock feel
VON ZAMLA (Sweden) - RIO, post-SAMLA MAMMAS
MANNA
VORTEX (France) - MAGMA meets CARPE DIEM.
Outstanding!
VOS VOISINS (Canada) - Classic French-Canadian 70’s prog
with organ, piano and guitar standing out
VOW, The (Germany) - Neo-prog similar to JADIS, IQ,
MARILLION and PALLAS
VOX DEI (Argentina) - One of Argentina’s most important 70’s
band. A heavy prog trio, they played everything from blues rock
to hard psych
VOX TEMPUS (USA) - Prog metal four piece with
atmospheric keyboards and hard rock guitar; FATES WARNING,
RUSH and also QUEENSRYCHE comes to mind
VOYAGER (Australia) - A mix of power metal, progressive
music, melodic rock and a few experimental electronics

WAHNFRIED, Richard (Germany) - In the late 70’s,
WAHNFRIED released an electronic project titled “Time Actor”
featuring Klaus SCHULZE and famous guest artists such as
Arthur BROWN, Michael SHRIEVE and ASHRA
WAITE & Marianne Segal & Dave (UK) - Pre-JADE folk rock
WAKEMAN & COUSINS (Germany) - Duo made up of
keyboardist Rick WAKEMAN (The STRAWBS, YES) and
charismatic singer Dave COUSINS (The STRAWBS); very
similar to The STRAWBS
WAKEMAN, Oliver (UK) - Son of Rick WAKEMAN follows
in his father’s footsteps for a couple of albums in collaboration
with Clive NOLAN (PENDRAGON, ARENA). Lots of
bombastic keyboards
WAKEMAN, Rick (UK) - Keyboard player of The STRAWBS
and YES fame whose epics successfully blended classical music
with rock
WAKHEVITCH, Igor (France) - French composer from the
70’s who had ties with SOFT MACHINE, Terry RILEY and
Salvador DALI; his music is a reflexion of just that: strange
surrealist atmospheres
WALKING ON ICE (UK) - Neo-prog reminiscent of SAGA
WALLENSTEIN (Germany) - Seminal band of Germany's
Krautrock movement of the early 70's
WALPURGIS (Germany) - West-Coast and psychedelic
influenced Krautrock based on long improvisations
WALRUS (Japan) - Symphonic prog with a playful edge,
influenced mainly by GENESIS
WALSH, Steve (USA) - KANSAS vocalist
WANIYETULA (Germany) - Post-GALAXY symphonic prog
WAPASSOU (France) - Lyrical, ethereal chamber prog made up
strictly of keyboards, guitar and violin
WAPPA GAPPA (Japan) - Not unlike RENAISSANCE or
PROVIDENCE
WARA (Bolivia) - Underground, hard-edged psych prog from
the early 70’s
WARD, Andy (UK) - Ex-CAMEL drummer goes solo
WARHORSE (UK) - Heavy prog from the 70’s. The band of
ex-MK1 PURPLE bassist Nicky SIMPER
WARM DUST (Germany) - Krautrock led by organ, saxophone,
flute. Similar to CRESSIDA and AFFINITY
WARPIG (Canada) - Heavy rock from the early 70’s
WASA EXPRESS (Sweden) - Jazz rock outfit doing
psychedelic jazz trance in the late 70’s
WATCH, The (Italy) - Formerly NIGTHWATCH. Same style as
GENESIS, early MARILLION. Good!
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WATER INTO WINE BAND (UK) - Acoustic folk rock from
the early 70’s
WATERCLIME (Norway) - Great symphonic prog with a touch
of prog metal and Norwegian folk
WATERFALL (Switzerland) - Early 70's prog with piano and
rhythm section at the forefront
WATERFALL (UK) - Mellow, light melodic psychedelic folk of
the late 70’s with an almost SIMON & GARFUNKEL feel
WATERLOO (Belgium) - Late 60’s prog in the vein of
JETHRO TULL, RAW MATERIAL, BLOODWYN PIG and
GRACIOUS
WATERS, Roger (UK) - Famous guitarist from prog dinosaurs
PINK FLOYD
WATKINS, Kit (USA) - HAPPY THE MAN keyboardist
WATSON, Ken (USA) - Prog with a fusion edge - blend of rock,
jazz, electronics and classical music
WAYBRIGHT, Leah (USA) - Instrumental soft prog featuring
three HAPPY THE MAN members
WAYGOOD, Otis (South Africa) - Heavy rock from the early
70’s
WE ALL TOGETHER (Peru) - Like The BEATLES but with a
psych edge
WEB (UK) - Essential early 70’s prog with a heavy sound
WEED (Germany) - Heavy blues psych/organ-driven prog from
the early 70’s, somewhat reminiscent of URIAH HEEP
WEEKS, Greg (USA) - Surrealistic dreamy prog by this gifted
singer/songwriter
WEGMULLER, Walter (Germany) - COSMIC COURIERS
classic
WEIDORJE (France) - Outstanding prog in MAGMA style
with Bernard PAGANOTTI, Patrick GAUTHIER, Michel
ETTORI and Jean-Philippe GOUDE
WEJAH (Brazil) - Excellent conceptual instrumental prog
WERNER, Max (Netherlands) - Of KAYAK
WERWOLF (Germany) - Great symphonic prog in the style of
EPIDAURUS and RENAISSANCE
WESLEY, John (UK) - Studio and touring guitarist for FISH
and PORCUPINE TREE. WESLEY goes solo and concocts
some slightly melancholy rock
WEST, Andy (WITH RAMA) (USA) - Heavy eclectic prog by
DIXIE DREGGS bassist
WEST, Michael (USA) - Fantastic keyboard prog a la Rick
WAKEMAN
WESTON, Ray (USA) - Project by ECHOLYN lead vocalist
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WETTON / DOWNES (UK) - Duo made up of John WETTON
(U.K., YES, ASIA) and Geoffrey DOWNES (YES, ASIA,
BUGGLES) who play some prog, ASIA style
WETTON, John (UK) - All-star guitarist famous for his
collaboration with bands such as U.K., KING CRIMSON, YES
and ASIA
WHITAKER, Stan ~ Frank WYATT (USA) - Founding
members of HAPPY THE MAN get together for a side project
with drummer Chris MACK (ILUVATAR). Similar to HAPPY
THE MAN
WHITE (UK) - Band led by Alan WHITE (YES) offers a mix of
melodic and prog rock with Geoff DOWNES in the line-up. For
ASIA fans!
WHITE CHAPEL (France) - Very reminiscent of ANGE or
MONA LISA but with a sporadically heavier edge. French
vocals
WHITE NOISE (UK) - Breakthrough electronic space prog
from the late 60’s
WHITE WILLOW (Norway) - Fantastic symphonic folk with
mellotron, bass pedals and female vocals. Brilliant!
WHITE WING (USA) - Pre-ASIA (US band) mellotron-laden
mix of heavy and light prog
WHITE, Lenny (USA) - Wonderful prog fusion by this
legendary drummer
WICKED MINDS (Italy) - Excellent heavy prog that sounds
straight out of the early 70’s with Hammond organ at the
forefront
WIDEMANN, Benoit (France) - MAGMA keyboardist
WIGWAM (Finland) - Seminal Finnish band with Pekka
POHJOLA, Jukka GUSTAVSON and Jim PEMBROKE
WILD TURKEY (UK) - 70’s rock with twin lead guitars
WILDEBEEST (South Africa) - Female vocals, seering violin,
crashing guitars and heavy rhythm section
WILLIAM GRAY (Argentina) - Excellent conceptual prog at
times reminiscent of AYREON
WILLIAM RED ROSSI (Switzerland) - Neo/symphonic prog
with tinges of Peter GABRIEL
WILLOWGLASS (UK) - Fantastic instrumental symphonic
prog with lots of 70’s GENESIS influence (SUBMARINE
SILENCE also comes to mind). Mellotron, organ, synth
WILSON, Damian (UK) - Neo-prog singer turned singer/
songwriter
WILSON, Ray (UK) - Ex-GENESIS vocalist offers
stripped-down, intimate songs backed by his own guitar, his
brother Steve and Amanda LYON on backing vocals and the
occasional keyboards. Nice!
WIND (Germany) - German prog in FANTASY vein but
heavier. Great mellotron
WINDCHASE (Australia) - SEBASTIAN HARDIE’s new
name
WINDFLOWER (USA) - Delicate Alaskan acid folk rock from
the mid-70’s. Features male and female vocals, violin, flute,
mellotron.
WINDS (Norway) - Mature mix of classical prog and subdued
dark prog metal
WINDY DAZE (UK) - Melodic progressive folk
WINGER, Kip (UK) - Vocalist and keyboardist from hard
rockers WINGER concocts some very melodious and dreamy
prog tunes
WINTER (UK) - Neo-prog similar to IQ and MARILLION
WINTERGARDEN (Germany) - Straight Deutschrock from
the late 70’s/early 80’s with some jazzy arrangements
WISHING TREE (UK) - MARILLION with crystal-clear
female vocals comes to mind, but that’s no fortuity - this is a
side-project by guitarist Steve ROTHERY and bassist Pete
TREWAVAS
WITHIN TEMPTATION (Netherlands) - Progressive gothic
metal of the better kind for fans of NIGHTWISH and
EDENBRIDGE
WITHOUT WARNING (USA) - Well thought-out and cleverly
presented melodic prog metal somewhat similar to DREAM
THEATER and FATES WARNING
WITSEND (USA) - Pre-SYZYGY heavy symphonic prog
WITTHÜSER & WESTRUPP (Germany) - Interesting cosmic
psych-folk duo from the 70’s
WITTHÜSER, Bernd (Germany) - Known from 70’s
psych-folk duo WITTHÜSER & WESTRUPP. His solo works
are in the same style.
WLUD (France) - Great keyboard-filled instrumental prog, at
times smooth CAMEL-like, at times rough
WOBBLER (Norway) - Excellent symphonic prog like a blend
of ANGLAGARD and WHITE WILLOW. Essential!
WOBURN HOUSE (Germany) - Yes, progressive doom metal
can have a beautiful side
WOLF (Germany) - Symphonic prog with the unique vocals of
Wolf HOLLER backed by Jean-Pascal BOFFO
WOLLO, Erik (Norway) - Electronic music by one of
Norway’s most noted musicians
WOLSTENHOLME, Woolly (UK) - BARCLAY JAMES &
HARVEST mellotron man
WOLVERINE (Sweden) - Amazingly good progressive hard
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resembles a mix of SIEGES EVEN and EVERON but not so

complex
WOMEGA (Belgium) - Prog with flute, saxophone, organ,
mellotron and a bit of craziness
WOOD, Robert (France) - World-renowned vibraphone player
does prog with a free-jazz approach
WOODEN HORSE (UK) - From the 70’s, a cross between
classic UK 70’s folk and US West Coast. Excellent soaring male
and female vocals
WOODENHEAD (USA) - Jazz fusion mixed with symphonic
rock and R’n’B
WOODS, Phil & HIS EUROPEAN RHYTHM MACHINE
(France) - Instrumental jazz rock from the 70’s
WOOLFSON, Eric (UK) - Better known for his songwriting
and production with partner Alan PARSONS. WOOLFSON has
released one solo album in 2003; not very proggy but still worth
a spin.
WOOLGAR, Philippe (Canada) - Acoustic guitar, flute with
occasional synth and percussion like the mellow side of
HARMONIUM. Good stuff!
WORKSHOP (Italy) - Instrumental progressive jazz with long
tracks
WORLD OF OZ, The (UK) - Psych prog from the late 60’s
WORLD TRADE (USA) - Neo-prog. Will appeal to YES fans
and to a lot of symphonic prog enthusiasts
WORLD TURTLE (UK) - Prog with heavy-rock roots,
funk-metal and pop-rock
WRITING ON THE WALL (UK) - Legendary 60’s freak-out,
heavy underground rock band with wild vocals, psychedelic
effects, rampaging guitars and thunderous organ
WURTEMBERG (France) - Classic prog with piano and flute
leading the way
WUTHERING (Japan) - Hard prog similar to NOVELLA
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Denmark) - Progressive speed
metal comparable to Italian band RHAPSODY
WYATT, Robert (UK) - Founding member of SOFT
MACHINE. Mixes prog fusion with experimental and
symphonic music
WYATT-WHITAKER (USA) - Very good side project by
HAPPY THE MAN members; much in the same style as the
band.
WYOMING (Germany) - Early 70’s Krautrock
WYXMER (Italy) - Prog with some heavy guitars, nice synths
and a very powerful vocalist
WYZARDS (USA) - Like a mixture of THRESHOLD, ELP and
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X RELIGION (Uzbekistan) - Instrumental symphonic rock led

by Albert 'Al-Bird' KHALMURZAYEV on keyboards
XAAL (France) - From the 90’s, KING CRIMSON-like prog
spiced with a bit of fusion
XANDRIA (Germany) - Gothic prog with crystal-clear female
vocals and plenty of keyboard sounds reminiscent of
NIGHTWISH and WITHOUT TEMPTATION
XANG (France) - Heavy instrumental prog with strong
melodies, similar to PENDRAGON. Excellent!
XCARNATION (Turkey) - Progressive mixture of electronic,
rock and heavy metal with a slight world music touch by
multi-instrumentalist Cenk EROGLU
XEN (USA) - Neo-prog with an ENCHANT connection
XENN (Poland) - Futuristic art rock project by former members
of Polish progsters ABRAXAS; sounds a bit like PORCUPINE
TREE
XHOL CARAVAN (Germany) - Late 60’s Krautrock pioneers
who offered an original fusion of free jazz, psychedelic rock and
electronic experimentations
XII ALFONSO (France) - Beautiful mellow symphonic prog
with long instrumental passages, some female vocals and a slight
Celtic atmosphere
XINEMA (Sweden) - Excellent three-piece melodic art rock
band from the late 90’s
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YACOUB, Gabriel & Marie (France) - Mid-70’s folk by the UNIVERS ZERO
leaders of MALICORNE
YUNGAN (Norway) - TANGLE EDGE offshoot
YAMADA, Taiho (Japan) - Comparable to KITARO,
YVERT, Jacques (France) - Prog singer/songwriter from the
TANGERINE DREAM and perhaps ENO
early 70’s
YAMADA, Taiho (USA) - Spacious synthesizer music
YWIS (Netherlands) - Slightly reminiscent of YES
YAMASHTA, Stomu (Japan) - Renowned musician for his
electronic and percussive approach
YANG (France) - Ex-SHYLOCK and PHILHARMONIE
driving rock in KING CRIMSON and GORDIAN KNOT style
YAPE (Sweden) - Great progressive folk with some ancient
South American influences; great acoustic guitars, pan flutes and
percussion
YATHA SIDRA (Germany) - Brilliant classic electronic prog
YAVANNA (Germany) - Post-EDEN symphonic prog and quite
similar
YES (UK) - SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK (see page
24)
YETI (USA) - If you like the dark side of MAGMA, this just for
you
YETI RAIN (USA) - Dark ethereal and quite haunting ambient
project with Bill KOPECKY on bass and percussion, and Roger
EBNER on wind synthesizer and percussion
YEZDA URFA (USA) - Brilliant GENTLE GIANT-like prog
from the US!
YLECLIPSE (Italy) - Symphonic prog heavily influenced by
GENESIS. Formerly called ECLISSE
YOKE SHIRE (USA) - Firmly rooted in classic rock with
KANSAS, RUSH and TULL influences
YOKOTA, TOSHIAKA & THE BEAT GENERATION
(Japan) - Unique flute-soaked prog/jazz/Eastern band
YOLE (France) - Unique mix of ethnic and dreamy symphonic
prog influenced by the masters of the 70’s, with elements of
Indian and Eastern music (lots of flute)
YOLK (Switzerland) - Mix of MAGMA, GENTLE GIANT and
KING CRIMSON sounds
YONHOSAGO (Chile) - Avant-garde and fusion with long
tracks
YONINBAYASHI (Japan) - Mix of hard guitar and FLOYDian
dreamy landscapes
YOU (Germany) - Electronic prog
YOU AND I (Hungary) - Symphonic/folk prog with rich
melodies, thoughtful lyrics and beautiful female vocals
YOUNG, Michelle (USA) - Kate BUSH fans will enjoy this
YUGEN (Italy) - Brilliant prog with mellotron and avant-garde
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ZAAL (Italy) - Excellent instrumental blend of prog/classical &
jazz led by keyboardist Agostino MACOR
ZAAR (France) - Ex-SOTOS dark and abstract prog for fans of
UNIVERS ZERO, MAGMA and of course, SOTOS
ZABOITZEFF, Thierry (France) - Founding member of ART
ZOYD plays dark and gloomy ambient music
ZABU (France) - Obscure bluesy prog
ZAKARRIAS (UK) - Psych rock band from the early 70’s with
powerful and distinctive male vocals. They blend their hard rock
with bluesy folk. At times reminiscent of LED ZEPPELIN
ZANEY JANEY (UK) - Fragile acoustic folk, joyous and
pensive, that touches on rock, jazz, psych and Celtic folk.
Gorgeous female vocals
ZANOV (France) - Classic electronic music from the 70’s and
80’s
ZAO (France) - Great fusion, playful dissonance and strange
atmospheres
ZAPPA, Frank (USA) - One of the most influential and iconic
musicians of the past 50 years. Frank ZAPPA is a highly integral
part of rock, progressive rock, and jazzrock and comes with a
high recommendation to fans of eclectic music that knows no
bounds of cynicism, explicitness, and complexity.
ZAPPA, Riccardo (Italy) - The Italian Mike OLDFIELD.
Great!
ZAQ (Italy) - Highly reminiscent of GOTIC from Spain
ZARATHUSTRA (Germany) - Superb early 70’s heavy and
hard prog in the DEEP PURPLE and URIAH HEEP vein
ZAUBER (Italy) - A somptuous mix of progressive baroque,
Italian classical and medieval musics. Good!
ZAUNER, Stefan (Germany) - Wonderful YES-style prog with
keyboards leading the way
ZAZEN (USA) - An amazingly good mix of jazz, classical music
and prog from the 90’s
ZEBRA (Spain) - Mid 70’s band that mixes poppy themes with
prog. Nice guitar work. The band featured Jon ANDERSON’s
brother Toni at one point
ZED (BERNARD SZAJNER) (France) - One of the major
electronic musicians of the 70’s
ZEIT (Italy) - For fans of MALICORNE and Irish folk
ZELLO (Sweden) - Their music is highlighted by ripping organ
and violin. Similar to early KANSAS
ZEN (Sweden) - Wonderful psychedelic space rock
ZEN CARNIVAL (USA) - Fine dynamic and melodic neo-prog
in the PORCUPINE TREE vein
ZEN ROCK & ROLL (USA) - Fine symphonic prog with a
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definite GENESIS influence
ZENGA (Netherlands) - Ex-FLAIRCK and very similar in style
ZENIT (Switzerland) - Great melodic symphonic prog, a cross
between GENESIS and early MARILLION
ZENOBIA (Germany) - MARILLION-like neo-prog
ZERO ZERO ZERO (France) - Complex instrumental
guitar-driven eclectronica
ZERO2ZERO (Argentina) - Brings to mind PORCUPINE
TREE and PINK FLOYD
ZESS (Italy) - From the 90’s, classic Italian doom metal band
ZETTA ZAOEIPIOY (Greece) - Folk with female vocals and
heavy Greek traditional influence
ZETTAIMU (Japan) - Dark, seductive and complex prog with
female vocals and a certain MAGMA flair
ZHORN (Germany) - Imaginative and eclectic prog by
ex-LANFEAR vocalist and keyboardist
ZIFF (Germany) - Neo-prog from the 90’s, in the MARILLION
vein
ZINGALE (Israel) - Israel’s top 70’s prog rock group
ZINKL (Germany) - Rhythmic space music with lots of
mellotron and odd sounds
ZINN, Hartmut (Germany) - Really great melodic prog in the
same vein as Mike OLDFIELD
ZIOR (UK) - Heavy organ-driven prog with good dose of blues
ZODIAC (Latvia & Russia) - Electronic progressive music
ZOLDAR & CLARK (USA) - Symphonic rock from the late
70’s, with mellotron all over
ZOMBIE ET SES BIZONS, La (France) - Similar to Pierre
MOERLEN’s GONG. Great!
ZOMBY WOOF (Germany) - German band that makes
wonderful, vintage keyboard-driven symphonic rock
ZONE SIX (Germany) - Great space rock OZRIC
TENTACLES, KINGSTON WALL, TANGLE EDGE style
ZOOT (Australia) - Prog with a 60’s feel. With Rick
SPRINGFIELD
ZOREYA (Brazil) - Instrumental prog with cosmic feel.
Electronics, saxophone, viola, clarinet
ZOU (France) - Prog with Japanese and industrial musical
influences
ZYCLOPE (Spain) - Refined symph/prog band in the style of
JETHRO TULL, CAMEL, FOCUS and Steve HACKETT
ZYMA (Germany) - Great 70’s German prog in a Canterbury/
jazz style
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0.720 ALEACION (Mexico) - Great prog rock with an ethnic

edge
11:59 (UK) - Christian folk rock
21 PERON (Turkey) - Very rare 70’s progressive classical rock
band
2112 (Argentina) - As you would guess, very RUSH like
21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID BAND (UK) - KING CRIMSON
fans rejoice!
2HOT4U (Germany) - Neo-prog similar to IT BITES/SAGA
3VEL (Italy) - Italian band in Pat METHENY style
4/3 DE TRIO (France) - Group led by three guitarists. Music
ranges from KING CRIMSON to SATRIANI
5 UU’S (USA) - Highly complex rock
7 FOR 4 (Germany) - Instrumental fusion of the highest caliber
7 MONTH (Italy) - Marvellous melodic rock with prog touches,
not too complex and headed by an impressive male vocalist
7 SAMURAI, The (Italy) - Project by “The Finnish Progressive
Music Association Colossus” with the Italian prog bands CAP
and TAPROBAN as well as Venezuelan TEMPANO - similar
projects include THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES, KALEVALA
and THE SPAGHETTI EPIC
7% SOLUTION (USA) - HAWKWIND/FLOYD style. Great!
9.30 FLY (UK) - Melodic prog from the early 70’s with male and
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 INTRODUCTION TO AN IDEAL RECORD COLLECTION

After careful scrutiny of the discographies of the bands details (5000 references!) listed in this Odyssey of PROGRESSIVE ROCK
catalog, here a list… - inevitably incomplete and subjective - of 165 wonderful albums, classified alphabetically by the 50 groups
(artists), which would deserve to appear in a record collection worthy of this name. Included are selections from jazzrock/fusion,
psychedelic, folk, space rock, symphonic, avant-garde, neo-prog, prog metal and experimental to spice up the collection.
This is my personal selection, I urge you to consider what your might be. In any case if you catch the ‘’progressive virus’’ one you will
need many more than just these!

AMON DÜÜL II (Germany) (1973), The Power And The Glory (1974), Free Hand (1975)
o Phallus Dei (1969), Yeti (1970), Tanz Der Lemminge (1971)
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (Canada)
ANGE (France) o F#A#∞ (1997), Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To
o Le Cimetière Des Arlequins (1973), Au Delà Du Délire (1974) Heaven (2000)
ÄNGLAGÅRD (Sweden) GROBSCHNITT (Germany)
o Hybris (1992), Epilog (1994) o Rockpommel's Land (1977), Solar Music Live (1978)
ARENA (UK) HARMONIUM (Canada)
o The Visitor (1998), Immortal? (2000), Contagion (2002) o Si On Avait Besoin D’une Cinquième Saison (1975)
AYREON (UK) HAWKWIND (UK)
o Into The Electric Castle (1998), The Human Equation (2004) o Space Ritual (1973), Hall Of The Mounain Grill (1974),
Warrior On The Edge Of Time (1975)
BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO (BDMS) (Italy)
o Darwin! (1972), Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (1972), Io Sono IQ (UK)
Nato Libero (1973) o Tales From The Lush Attic (1983), The Wake (1985), Ever
(1993), Subterranea (1997), Dark Matter (2004)
BARCLAY JAMES & HARVEST (UK)
o Once Again (1971), Everyone Is Everybody Else (1974), Time JETHRO TULL (UK)
Honoured Ghosts (1975), Octoberon (1976) o Stand Up (1969), Benefit (1970), Aqualung (1971), Thick As A
Brick (1972), A Passion Play (1973), Songs From The Wood
CAMEL (UK)
(1977)
o Mirage (1974), The Snow Goose (1975), Moonmadness
(1976), Rajaz (1999), A Nod And A Wink (2002) KANSAS (USA)
o Song For America (1975), Leftoverture (1976), Point Of Know
CARAVAN (UK)
Return (1977)
o If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (1970),
In The Land Of Grey And Pink (1971), For Girls Who Grow KING CRIMSON (UK)
Plump In The Night (1973) o In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969), Lizard (1970),
Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973), Red (1974), The Power To
DREAM THEATER (USA)
Believe (2003)
o Images And Words (1992), Awake (1994), Scenes From A
Memory - Part II (1999), Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence MAGENTA (UK)
(2002), Train Of Thought (2003) o Revolutions (2001), Seven (2004)
ELOY (Germany) MAGMA (France)
o Dawn (1976), Ocean (1977), Planets (1981) o Kobaïa (1970), Mekanik Destruktïv Kommandoh (1973),
Köhntarkösz (1974)
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (UK)
o Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970), Tarkus (1971), Trilogy MARILLION (UK)
(1972), Brain Salad Surgery (1973) o Script For A Jester’s Tear (1983), Misplaced Childhood (1985),
Clutching At Straws (1987), Brave (1994), Marbles (2004)
FLOWER KINGS, The (Sweden)
o Retropolis (1996), Stardust We Are (1997), Unfold The Future MARS VOLTA, The (USA)
(2002) o De-loused In The Comatorium (2003), Frances The Mute
(2004)
GENESIS (UK)
o Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972), Selling England By MOODY BLUES, The (UK)
The Pound (1973), The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974), o Days Of The Future Passed (1967), On The Threshold Of A
A Trick Of The Tail (1976)
Dream (1969), Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (1971)
GENTLE GIANT (UK)
OPETH (Sweden)
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o Still Life (1999), Blackwater Park (2001), Damnation (2003), TANGERINE DREAM (Germany)
Ghost Reveries (2005) o Phaedra (1974), Rubycon (1975), Stratosfear (1976)
ORME, LE (Italy) UNIVERS ZERO (Belgium)
o Uomo Di Pezza (1972), Felona E Sorona (1973), Contrappunti o Heresie (1979), Ceux Du Dehors (1981)
(1974)
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (VDGG) (UK)
OZRIC TENTACLES (UK) o H To He, Who Am The Only One (1970), Pawn Hearts (1971),
o Pungent Effulgent (1989), Erpland (1990), Jurassic Shift Godbluff (1975), Still Life (1976)
(1993)
YES (UK)
PAIN OF SALVATION (POS) (Sweden) o The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge
o The Perfect Element Part 1 (2001), Remedy Lane (2002), Be (1972), Relayer (1974), Going For The One (1977)
(2004)
FRANK ZAPPA (USA)
PALLAS (Scotland) o Freak Out! (1966), We're Only In It For The Money (1968),
o The Sentinel (1984), The Cross And The Crucible (2001), The Hot Rats (1969), The Grand Wazoo (1972), Apostrophe (‘)
Dreams Of Men (2005) (1975), One Size Fits All (1975)
PENDRAGON (UK)
o The Window Of Life (1993), The Masquerade Overture (1996),
Not Of This World (2001)
PINK FLOYD (UK)
o The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967), Dark Side Of The
Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977),
The Wall (1979), The Division Bell (1994)
PORCUPINE TREE (UK)
o Stupid Dream (1999), Lightbulb Sun (2000), In Absentia
(2002), Deadwing (2005), Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM) (Italy)
o Per Un Amico (1972), Storia Di Un Minuto (1972), Photos Of
Ghosts (1973), L'isola Di Niente (1974)
RENAISSANCE (UK)
o Ashes Are Burning (1973), Turn Of The Cards (1974),
Scheherazade And Other Stories (1975)
RUSH (Canada)
o 2112 (1976), A Farewell To Kings (1977), Hemispheres (1978),
Permanent Waves (1980), Moving Picture (1981)
SOFT MACHINE, The (UK)
o The Soft Machine (1968), Third (1970)
SPOCK’S BEARD (USA)
o The Light (1995), V (2000), Snow (2002)
STRAWBS, The (UK)
o From The Witchwood (1971), Grave New World (1972),
Bursting At The Seams (1973), Hero And Heroine (1974),
Ghosts (1975)
SUPERTRAMP (UK)
o Crime Of The Century (1974), Even In The Quietest Moments
(1977), Breakfast In America (1979)
SYMPHONY X (USA)
o V: The New Mythology Suite (2000), The Divine Wings Of
Tragedy (1997), The Odyssey (2002)
TANGENT, The (UK)
o The Music That Died Alone (2003), A Place In The Queue
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