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Sound Of Contact |
2012 |
Reprising his father's roles with Genesis, Sound Of Contact is Simon Collins' new project with Dave Kerzner, Kelly Nordstrom and Matt Dorsey. After a cancelled US tour, their future seems tenuous at best. |
United States |
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Agents of Mercy |
2009 |
Led by Roine Stolt and Nad Sylvan, Agents of Mercy music also feature Jonas Reingold and Lalle Larsson from Karmakanic. |
Sweden |
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District 97 |
2007 |
Okay, I'm biased, but please do check them out. |
United States |
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Tangent, The |
2003 |
Formed by ex-Parallel or 90 Degrees men Andy Tillison and Guy Manning, The Tangent has featured many lineups, mostly with members of the Swedish bands Flower Kings and Beardfish. |
United Kingdom |
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Unifaun |
2003 |
Named after the portmanteau in Genesis' "Dancing in the Moonlight Knight, Unifaun began as "musical time travelling" between multi-instrumentalist Nad Sylvan and keyboardist Bonamici (Christian Thordin) to "write the... |
Sweden |
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Maschera Di Cera, La |
2002 |
Led by Fabio Zuffanti, La Maschera di Cera lead the new wave of Italian progressives. |
Italy |
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Space Ritual |
2002 |
Nik Turner-led band that includes Terry Ollis, Mick Slattery, Dave Anderson, Thomas Crimble and other Hawkwind stalwarts and all. |
United Kingdom |
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Riverside |
2001 |
From Poland, Riverside has made an international name for themselves with their progressive music. |
Poland |
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Transatlantic |
2001 |
The Prog supergroup of the modern era, combining the talents of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theatre), Roine Stolt (Flower Kings), Neil Morse (Spock's Beard) and Pete Trewavas (Marillion). |
United States |
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Invisible Opera Company Of Tibet (Tropical Version Brazil) |
1993 |
Brazilian version, led by guitarist Fabio Golfetti, with Renato Mello on keyboards and Claudio Souza on drums. See Violeta De Outno |
Brasil |
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Änglagård |
1991 |
Almost single-handedly, Anglagard reinvigorated the prog rock genre with their 1992 debut Hybris. |
Sweden |
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Opeth |
1990 |
From heavy metal prodigies to prog rockers, Opeth are peerless among current rock bands. |
Sweden |
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Marillion (Hogarth era) |
1989 |
After the departure of lead singer Fish, the band regrouped around new vocalist Steve Hogarth in 1989. After an album or two however, there's been no looking back: the band has gone on to create music far more original... |
United Kingdom |
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3 |
1987 |
Ketih Emerson and Carl Palmer teamed up with Robert Berry and released one album as 3. |
United Kingdom |
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Emerson, Lake & Powell |
1985 |
In 1985, Emerson & Lake teamed up for an ELP reunion. Palmer was unavailable due to commitments to Asia, so they searched for any available drummer whose last name began with the letter "p". Short-listed was former... |
United Kingdom |
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Explorers, The |
1984 |
Ex-Roxy Music Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera teamed up with vocalist James Wraith for some typical mid-80s music, ever so slightly in the "New Romatic" order. Latter albums were released under the "Manzanera-Mackay"... |
United Kingdom |
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Violeta De Outono |
1984 |
Brazil's Psychedelic sons |
Brasil |
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Moraz Bruford |
1983 |
Collaboration between two one-time Yes members. |
United Kingdom |
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Amon Düül (UK) |
1981 |
Led by John Weinzerl and Dave Anderson, the band's name was of some dubious origin. |
United Kingdom |
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von Zamla |
1981 |
Yet another morph of Samla Mammas Manna, this one led by Lars Hollmer and guitarist Eino Haapala. |
Sweden |
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Summers, Andy & Robert Fripp |
1981 |
Bournemouth natives Andy Summers of the Police and Robert Fripp of King Crimson collaborated on a pair of albums for A&M Records in the early 80s. |
United Kingdom |
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PM |
1980 |
Carl Palmer's post-ELP group released one eponymous album to little acclaim. |
United Kingdom |
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Asia |
1980 |
Asia marked a new dawn in the era of progressive music. |
United Kingdom |
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Jon & Vangelis |
1979 |
Along with a US Top 50, the single "I Hear You Now" rose to the UK Top 10, propelling Jon & Vangelis' first album to a UK No 4. The duo - balancing successful solo careers simultaneously - would continue their... |
United Kingdom |
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Arthur Brown Arthur & Vincent Crane |
1979 |
Believe it or not, but Klaus Schulze is responsible for this! |
United Kingdom |
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New York Gong |
1979 |
Daevid Allen split from partner Gilli Smyth in the late 70s, eventually moving to New York via Giorgio Gomelsky's Zu festival. He teamed up with Bill Laswell and what would later become Material. |
United States |
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Marillion (Fish era) |
1979 |
Marillion are the best known and most commercially successful of the "neo-progressive" bands from the 1980s. Singer Fish fronted the band through their first four studio albums, although each member became well-known as... |
United Kingdom |
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Inner City Unit |
1979 |
"Punkadelic acid rockers"? Musically defying all description, Inner City Unit remains one of the most unique offshots to the Hawkwind family tree. Founded by Hawkwind's Nik Turner, ICU combined the talents of Dead Fred... |
United Kingdom |
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Mother Gong |
1978 |
Gilli Smyth, aka Shakti Yoni of Gong, launched Mother Gong to release her post-Daevid work. The mother of all things Gong, her collaborator in Mother Gong was Harry Williamson. |
United Kingdom |
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Hawklords |
1978 |
Dave Brock and Robert Calvert put the hawk-ship in the garage, working instead with local Devon group named Ark, Harvey Bainbridge, Martin Griffin, and Steve Swindells. No worries, Hawkwind in all but name. |
United Kingdom |
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Art Bears |
1978 |
Post-Henry Cow project from Fred Frith and Chris Cutler, featuring the insufferable vocals of Dagmar Krause. |
United Kingdom |
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You |
1978 |
Second-wave electronic group found by Ulrich Weber, Udo Hanten and Albun Meskes found patronage with Harald Grosskopf and Peter Baumann before going on to create a series of electronic rock albums in the 80s. |
Germany |
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Axis Point |
1978 |
Charlie Whitney's post-Streetwalkers group, with Eddie Hardin and Charlie McCraken. |
United Kingdom |
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Sky |
1978 |
British-Australian supergroup featured the talents of Francis Monkman, Tristian Fry, Kevin Peek, Herbie Flowers, and classical guitarist John Williams. |
United Kingdom |
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Ashra |
1977 |
Led by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, who previously led Ash Ra Tempel. |
Germany |
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Snowball |
1977 |
Combining the talents of Roye Albrighton of Nektar, Curt Cress and Kristian Schultze of Passport, and Dave King of Embryo, Snowball were a supergroup of sorts, straddling jazz/fusion realms. Latter albums did not... |
Germany |
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Liliental |
1977 |
One of the many amazing albums recorded by Conny Plank during the 1970s. This one included members of Kraan, Harmonia and a young Asmus Tietchens. |
Germany |
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Führs & Fröhling |
1977 |
Gerd Führs and Heinz Fröhling post-SFF work. |
Germany |
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Windchase |
1977 |
Post-Sebastian Hardie band |
Australia |
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Island |
1977 |
British-influenced prog rock band from Switzerland released one fantastic album, produced by Claudio Fabi. |
Switzerland |
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Zamla Mammaz Manna |
1977 |
Samla Mammas Manna reformed in 1977 to release a few albums. |
Sweden |
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Venegoni & Co. |
1977 |
Led former Arti e Mestieri guitarist and composer Gigi Venegoni, Venegoni & Co. were another premier fusion band signed to the Cramps label. |
Italy |
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Weidorje |
1977 |
Ex-Magma, Bernard Paganotti and Patrick Gauthier's zeuhl |
France |
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Pierre Moerlen's Gong |
1976 |
Gong gone fusion |
France |
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Bruford |
1976 |
Led by its namesake, Bill Bruford of course, the band was his post-U.K. fusion outfit. |
United Kingdom |
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U.K. |
1976 |
From the remains of King Crimson, a latter-day supergroup. Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth left after one album, while Eddie Jobson and John Wetton stick together for another. From there, however, it was on to Asia. |
United Kingdom |
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Sea Level |
1976 |
Ex-members of the Allman Brothers' fusion outfit, named after keyboardist Chuck Leavell. |
United States |
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Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson |
1976 |
Phillips and Williamson teamed up in 1976 to score the soundtrack to Tarka the Otter, a novel written by Henry Williamson, Harry's father. |
United Kingdom |
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Jack Lancaster And Robin Lumley |
1976 |
A precursor to Brand X |
United Kingdom |
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Illusion |
1976 |
Mark I Renaissance reformed in the mid-70s for a couple of albums. |
United Kingdom |
