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Finch |
1974 |
Flash rock, Dutch style |
Netherlands |
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Fields |
1971 |
Graham Field fronted this band after he left Rare Bird, with ex-King Crimson Andy McCulloch holding the drum stool. Second album was recorded but left in the vaults. |
United Kingdom |
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Faust |
1970 |
German for "fist", Faust were pioneers in the studio. After two albums for Polydor, they signed with the fledgling Virgin label. Priced as a single, The Faust Tapes album sold a staggering 50,000 + copies - amazing... |
Germany |
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Farren, Mick |
1943 |
Musician, author, journalist but most of all agent provocateur of London's Underground |
United Kingdom |
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Far East Family Band |
1972 |
The definitive Japanese space rock band, originally called "Far Out". Klaus Schulze mixed the well known Nipponjin album, a re-recording of previous material, and the excellent Parallel World, the later at Virgin's... |
Japan |
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Family |
1967 |
Musically somewhat akin to Traffic and trademarked by the growl of Roger Chapman, Family was one of the most original and rewarding bands of the era. They avoided almost every cliche of the genre while remaining one of... |
United Kingdom |
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Falsini, Franco |
1948 |
Franco Falsini is best known as the founder of Sensations' Fix, but in the 80s he fronted a few disco/new wave outfits, most notably Electra, and with his brother Riccardo, The Antennas. |
Italy |
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Fairport Convention |
1967 |
For those interested in British folk rock, look no further. |
United Kingdom |
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Eyes Of Blue |
1966 |
Eyes Of Blue were a Welsh band that had their start in the early 60s. By 1966, the lineup included vocalists Gary Pickford-Hopkins and Wyndham Rees, keyboardist Phil Ryan, guitarist Ray “Taff” Williams, bassist Ritchie... |
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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Eulenspygel |
1971 |
Originally called the Royal Servants in the 1960s, Eulenspygel's first album is curiously title "2." |
Germany |
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Eroc |
1951 |
aka Joachim Ehrig. Drummer of Grobschnitt and much later, remaster engineer for many Repertoire and SPV reissues. |
Germany |
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Eno, Brian |
1948 |
Brian Peter George Eno, one of England's most influential sound artists, began his musical career with Roxy Music before casting a wide net on all-things sound. His collaborations are too numerous to catalog, but works... |
United Kingdom |
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Enid, The |
1975 |
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United Kingdom |
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England |
1975 |
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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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Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
1970 |
Not a law firm, but Prog's first supergroup. Though often an easy target for Prog Rock's excesses, Emerson, Lake & Palmer stand as the premiere artists of the genre. |
United Kingdom |
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Emerson, Keith |
1944 |
Undoubtedly the premier "prog rock" musician, Emerson's keyboard-playing set the mark for everyone to follow. His first band The Nice were one of the first prog bands. |
United Kingdom |
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Embryo |
1969 |
Led by drummer Christian Burchard, Embryo was part of the fertile fusion of new music coming from Munich in the late 60s. The band's roots were in jazz, first supporting Mal Waldron, while the 70s saw Charlie Mariano... |
Germany |
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Eloy |
1969 |
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Germany |
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Electrophon |
1973 |
Named after Brian Hodgson's electronic music studio of the same name (in London's Covent Garden), Electrophon also featured Australian Dudley Simpson. |
United Kingdom |
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Electric Banana, The |
1967 |
By any other name, The Pretty Things. The Electric Banana was their alias when working on library music for Music De Wolfe. |
United Kingdom |
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Ekseption |
1967 |
The mother of all Dutch symphonic bands |
Netherlands |
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Eiliff |
1970 |
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Germany |
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Egg |
1969 |
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United Kingdom |
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Earth and Fire |
1968 |
Dutch group featuring the vocals of Jerney Kaagman. |
Netherlands |
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Druid |
1974 |
Musically similar to Yes, the band included Cedric Sharpley who would later work with Gary Numan. Keyboardist Andrew McCrorie-Shand would later pen the Teletubbies theme. |
United Kingdom |
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Doldinger's Motherhood |
1969 |
Motherhood pre-dates Klaus Doldinger's work in Passport, and features Lothar Meid. |
Germany |
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District 97 |
2007 |
Okay, I'm biased, but please do check them out. |
United States |
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Deviants |
1967 |
Led by Mick Farren, one of the original "underground" bands to come out of Ladbroke Grove. |
United Kingdom |
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Delivery |
1966 |
Originally a vehicle for Miller brothers Phil and Steve, the band became the backing group for blues singer Carol Grimes. Pip Pyle was also an original member. |
United Kingdom |
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Deep Purple |
1968 |
Heavy rock, defined. |
United Kingdom |
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Décamps, Francis |
1944 |
Two-fingered keyboardist from Ange |
France |
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Dashiel Hedayat |
1971 |
Album from Jack-Alain Leger featured most of Gong, circa 1971. |
France |
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Dantalian's Chariot |
1967 |
Zoot Money was best know for his R&B tinged music and Big Roll Band, but like most others in 1967, caught the psychedelic wave. With guitarist Andy Summers, bassist Pat Donaldson and drummer Colin Allen, they... |
United Kingdom |
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Curved Air |
1970 |
One of the few progressive bands to feature female vocals, Curved Air featured the talents of Sonja Kristina, Darryl Way and Francis Monkman. |
United Kingdom |
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Cressida |
1968 |
Atypical Vertigo label signing, Cressida produced two proto-prog albums in the early 70s, the latter released posthumously. |
United Kingdom |
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Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The |
1966 |
Combining Arthur Brown's soulful voice and stage theatrics, with Vincent Crane's masterful organ tone and Drachen Theaker's drumming, the Crazy World lit London's Underground on fire. However the flame was brief; after... |
United Kingdom |
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Cousins, Dave |
1945 |
Guitarist, singer and composer of Strawbs. |
United Kingdom |
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Comus |
1967 |
While the music is folk, the atmostphere couldn't be more weirder on this classic Dawn band's debut album. Death without the Metal? Prog before Prog? |
United Kingdom |
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Colosseum II |
1975 |
Latter-day outfit from Jon Hiseman, known for good musicians and unspectacular music. |
United Kingdom |
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Colosseum |
1968 |
Led by Jon Hiseman, one of Britian's first jazz-rock bands. The core lineup came together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers #89, for the Bare Wires album. |
United Kingdom |
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Cluster |
1971 |
Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius parted ways with Conrad Schnitzler to form Cluster in 1971. Their improvised music proved ground breaking in terms of structure and timbre, mostly composed by treated... |
Germany |
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Clouds |
1966 |
Formed in 1966 and known as 1-2-3, the members of Clouds were one of the first proponents of organ-driven rock and their residency at the Marquee Club influenced many would-be prog rockers. Their set included a cover of... |
United Kingdom |
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Clearlight |
1973 |
Project led by French keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux |
France |
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Città Frontale |
1970 |
The mother of all "Neopolitan" prog bands, Città Frontale was the precursor to Osanna and Balletto di Bronzo. Their eponymous record was recorded in the mid-70s. |
Italy |
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Circus |
1968 |
Originally the Stormsville Shakers, the band morphed into Circus when leader Phillip Goodhand-Tait left the band in 1969. They earned their stripes with a residency at the Marquee Club in Soho and providing a start for... |
United Kingdom |
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Cid, José |
1942 |
Born José Albano Cid de Ferreira Tavares, Cid was a member of the Portugese band Quarteto 111, but best known in progressive circles for creating the symphonic masterpiece, 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus e Marte. Later... |
Portugal |
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Cherry Five |
1973 |
The precursor to Goblin, Cherry Five spent time in London prior to recording their first and only album. |
Italy |
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Cervello |
1972 |
Corrado Rustici's first band, brother of Danilo Rustici of Osanna. |
Italy |
