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Manfred Mann's Chapter Three |
1969 |
Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg's jazz rock outfit pre-dated the Earth Band. |
United Kingdom |
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
1971 |
South African-born Manfred Mann had a series of pop hits in the UK during the 60s. After a brief spell in the jazz-oriented Chapter Three (with Mike Hugg), Mann formed his progressive rock outfit, the Earth Band. |
United Kingdom |
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Manzanera, Phil |
1951 |
Born Philip Targett-Adams, Phil Manzanera is best know for his role in Roxy Music. |
United Kingdom |
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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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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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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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Mason, Nick |
1944 |
Founding member of Pink Floyd |
United Kingdom |
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Matching Mole |
1971 |
Wyatt's post-Soft Machine band |
United Kingdom |
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Maxophone |
1973 |
Milan-based band had their eponymous album also released in the USA, with English lyrics. |
Italy |
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Mayall, John & The Bluesbreakers |
1933 |
Led by John Mayall, the Bluesbreakers were a virtual who's-who of the British blues and jazz scene. The band that recorded 1968's Bare Wires eventually morphed into Colosseum. |
United Kingdom |
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McDonald and Giles |
1970 |
Founding members of King Crimson |
United Kingdom |
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Mezquita |
1973 |
Spanish progressive rock band from the end of the 70's. |
Spain |
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Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix |
1975 |
Namesake sci-fi author and Hawkwind collaborator joined with Simon King and ex-High Tide members for a one-off album. |
United Kingdom |
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Midnight Sun |
1971 |
Originally known as Rainbow Band, Midnight Sun were a Danish supergroup of sorts. |
Denmark |
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Missus Beastly |
1968 |
Missus Beastly had two distinct eras during their existence; the first early one produced their debut, an album of atypical psychedelic rock for its time, and the second a much more promising fusion sound similar to... |
Germany |
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Moebius, Dieter |
1944 |
A student of Joseph Bueys, Dieter Moebius arrived in Berlin just as the Zodiac Free Arts Lab was taking off, joining Kluster and later Cluster, a long-standing relationship he would share with Hans-Joachim Roedelius.... |
Germany |
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Mogul Thrash |
1969 |
James Litherland led band from Scotland, featured John Wetton on bass and the "Dundee Horns", Roger Ball and Malcolm Duncan. Eponymous album is much in the vein of Colosseum's horn rock. |
United Kingdom |
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Mona Lisa |
1973 |
French symphonic band hailing from Orleans. |
France |
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Money, Zoot |
1942 |
Since the early 60s, George Bruno "Zoot" Money has been a fixture on the British music scene, as a bandleader (The Big Roll Band, Dantalian's Chariot), a musician (New Animals, Ellis, Grimms) and an actor. |
United Kingdom |
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Moody Blues, The |
1966 |
The Moody Blues had rather humble R&B beginnings before discovering the Mellotron and making the switch to art rock. Although they became the first widely accepted progressive band, only their lyrics transcended... |
United Kingdom |
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Moraz Bruford |
1983 |
Collaboration between two one-time Yes members. |
United Kingdom |
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Moraz, Patrick |
1948 |
Best known for his ever-so-brief dalliance with Yes, Swiss-born Patrick Moraz spent the early 70s prog-rocking with Mainhorse, and then in London with ex-Nice members in Refugee. After an unceremonious boot from Yes in... |
Switzerland |
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Morgan |
1971 |
Featuring the musical talents of Morgan Fischer, many of the members were previously in the British pop band Love Affair, who had a #1 hit in 1968 with "Everlasting Love". Switching gears to the progressive in the early... |
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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Move, The |
1966 |
Hailing from Birmingham, The Move scored many hit singles during the psychedelic era, but unfortunately their albums, split between the rock-n-roll of Roy Wood and the classical inspirations of Jeff Lynne didn't chart.... |
United Kingdom |
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Museo Rosenbach |
1972 |
Another band from the province of Liguria, Museo Rosenbach released one exemplary album of Italian prog before disbanding. |
Italy |
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National Health |
1975 |
Dave Stewart, Phi Miller and Pip Pyle's post-Hatfield band. |
United Kingdom |
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Nektar |
1970 |
Expatriate Brits forged a career for a decade based in Germany. |
United Kingdom |
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Neu! |
1971 |
Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger left Kraftwerk in 1971 to form Neu!, releasing three albums before splitting ways, and giving us one of the most original and recognizable beats in rock music. |
Germany |
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Neuschwanstein |
1974 |
One-off album from this German band is very much in the Gabriel-era Genesis style. Reissued by Musea in 2002. Other issue is the band's musical interpretation of Lewis Carrol's "Alice In Wonderland". |
Germany |
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Neutrons, The |
1973 |
Side project of Man, featuring Will Youatt and Phil Ryan, as well as Stuart Gordon and John Weathers. |
United Kingdom |
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New Trolls |
1967 |
Perhaps Italy's greatest prog band? |
Italy |
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New Trolls Atomic System |
1973 |
Off-shoot of the New Trolls. |
Italy |
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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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Nice, The |
1967 |
The Nice were originally the backing band for P.P. Arnold, however they gained renown quickly with Emerson's keyboard antics. The Nice were one of the first bands to incorporate classical motifs in a rock context. O'... |
United Kingdom |
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Niemen, Czesław |
1939 |
Perhaps the most important singer in Poland's rock history, Czesław Niemen released three English language albums of world-class progressive rock in the early 70s, most featuring SBB as backing group. |
Poland |
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Nova |
1975 |
Expatriate Italian fusion outfit, led by Elio D'Anna and brothers Rustici all ex Osanna. Recorded their first album at Pete Townsend's Eel Pie studios, and were joined by Percy Jones and Narada Michael Walden for their... |
Italy |
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Novalis |
1971 |
One of Germany's first rock bands to sing exclusively in their native language. Albums were produced by Achim Reichel. |
Germany |
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Nucleus |
1969 |
Arguably one of the first "fusion" bands, Ian Carr's Nucleus were Britian's parallel to Miles Davis' electric bands of the early '70s. Trumpeter Carr came to prominence in the 60s with saxophonist Don Rendell. A... |
United Kingdom |
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Oldfield, Mike |
1953 |
Multi-Instrumentalist, Mike. |
United Kingdom |
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Omega |
1968 |
The crown jewel of Hungary, Omega have sustained a stable lineup since 1971, recording several albums with Peter Hauke for the Bacillius label aimed towards international release. |
Hungary |
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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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Organisation |
1967 |
Precursor to Kraftwerk, Organisation included Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben, and Basil Hammoudi, later of Ibliss. |
Germany |
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Orme, Le |
1966 |
One of Italy's first and finest progressive rock bands, featuring the talents of Aldo Tagliapietra, Michi Dei Rossi and Tony Pagliuca. |
Italy |
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Osanna |
1971 |
Another of Italy's legendary progressive groups, the band featured Danilo Rustici and Elio D'Anna. |
Italy |
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Pappert, Johannes |
1949 |
Sax player from Kraan |
Germany |
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Passport |
1971 |
Klaus Doldinger's fusion outfit, heralding some of Germany's finest musicians, including drummer Curt Cress. |
Germany |
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Patto |
1970 |
Featuring namesake Mike Patto on vocals and Ollie Halsall on guitar along with the rhythm section of Clive Griffiths and John Halsey, Patto began when the members of Deram-signed Timebox signed with Vertigo Records.... |
United Kingdom |
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Pembroke, Jim |
1946 |
After emigrating to Finland in 1965, Jim Pembroke became a fixture of the Finnish progressive scene with Blues Section and then Wigwam, and his own underrated solo career. |
Finland |
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Pentangle |
1967 |
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United Kingdom |
