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Skin Alley 1968 As with other Clearwater Production groups, Skin Alley had their roots in the London underground and free festival scene. After recording two albums for CBS the band signed with Transatlantic, who licensed two albums to... United Kingdom
Sky 1978 British-Australian supergroup featured the talents of Francis Monkman, Tristian Fry, Kevin Peek, Herbie Flowers, and classical guitarist John Williams. United Kingdom
Smith, Judge 1948 Christopher John Judge Smith, founding member of Van Der Graaf Generator, departed the band shortly after their first single, however remained close to the fold. His solo work is mainly large stage musicals. United Kingdom
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
Socrates (Drank the Conium) 1969 Greece's premiere rock band Greece
Soft Machine, The 1966 One of two Canterbury bands formed from the Wilde Flowers, Soft Machine's earliest days were in the psychedelia of London's underground of the late 60s. By Third however the band matured into one of Britain's finest... United Kingdom
Sorrenti, Alan 1950 Welsh-Italian singer released a few Rock Progressivo Italiano albums before launching a successful pop career. Italy
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
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
Spektakel 1969 Detlef Wiedecke (guitar), Eduard Schicke (drums), and Werner Protzner (bass), were all members of Oldenburg`s underground rock scene. Germany
Spring 1969 Spring was best known for their eponymous album's mighty Mellotron sound, and their members post-Spring careers. United Kingdom
Squire, Chris 1948 Bassist for Yes recorded one excellent solo album. United Kingdom
Stackridge 1969 Originally called "Lemon Stackridge", this Bristol based band recorded several albums during the 70s, including the George Martin produced Man With The Bowler Hat. United Kingdom
Starcastle 1974 Hailing from Champaign-Urbana in Illinois, Starcastle burst on to the radar with their brand of prog; very much Yes-like. United States
Steeleye Span 1969 Led by Maddy Prior and Tim Hart, with Rick Kemp, Bob Johnson and Peter Knight one of Britian's finest folk-rock bands. United Kingdom
Stomu Yamashta's Go 1975 Daring to combine progressive, fusion and electronic sounds, this supergroup fronted by Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamashta included such luminiaries as Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze and Al DiMeola. Japan
Strawbs 1967 One of Britain's original folk-rock groups United Kingdom
Streetwalkers 1973 Roger Chapman and John "Charlie" Whitney's post-Family venture United Kingdom
String Driven Thing 1967 Formed by Chris and Pauline Adams, this Glaswegian folk rock band found some traction in the early 70s on Charisma Records. It featured Graham Smith on violin, though later 70s lineups would be without the Adams. United Kingdom
Stud 1970 Former Taste members Charlie McCracken and John Wilson joined up with ex-Family guitarist Jim Cregan, and later John Weider. United Kingdom
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
Sun Treader Named after a Carl Ruggles work, Sun Treader featured Peter Robinson on keyboards and Morris Pert on drums. United Kingdom
Supersister 1967 One of Holland's finest groups, Supersister's original music had much in common with the earliest Soft Machine albums. Netherlands
Supertramp 1969 Founded in 1969 by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, Supertramp were the benefactor of a Dutch millionaire, Stanley August Miesegaes, who bankrolled their initial lineup. After two unsuccessful albums, the band changed... United Kingdom
Syn, The 1965 With Pete Banks, Chris Squire as a core, The Syn were the pre-cursor to Maybel Greer's Toyshop (and Yes), releasing a handful of singles in the late 60s. The latter-day reformation was primarily a vanity project for... United Kingdom
Synergy 1951 Larry Fast, one of the pioneers of electronic music and technology, released an exemplary series albums for the Passport label in the mid to late 70s. In addition to production for artists on the label, he has also... United States
T.2. 1970 Prog trio featuring guitarist Keith Cross, bassist Bernard Jinks and drummer Peter Dunton released one much hearlded album for Deram in 1970, but broke up due to internal strife. Members were previously in Bulldog Breed... United Kingdom
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
Tangerine Dream 1967 From their "free-rock" beginnings in the Berlin underground to the eventual triple-keyboard standard that signed to Virgin Records, Tangerine Dream earns significant credit in introducing synthesizer/sequenced... Germany
Tasavallan Presidentti 1969 Founded by guitarist Jukka Tolonen and drummer Vesa Aaltonen, and Frank Robson and Mans Groundstroem from Blues Section in 1969, their early albums bear some Colosseum, Traffic or Jethro Tull due to the strong English... Finland
Tempest 1972 Jon Hiseman's post-Colosseum rock band featured Allan Holdsworth and then Ollie Halsall on guitar. United Kingdom
Tolonen, Jukka 1952 Finnish guitarist and founder of Tasavallan Presidentti Finland
Tomorrow 1966 In the beginning there was psychedelia - inspired by the liberation of drug culture, supported by the new "Underground" and musically, and bringing novel invention to music. Tomorrow were one of London's darlings during... United Kingdom
Tony Williams Lifetime, The 1969 Tony Williams, John McLaughlin and Larry Young. The birth of fusion. United States
Tony Williams Lifetime, The New 1975 Tony Williams reformed his Lifetime in the mid-70s with a new lineup featuring Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Alan Pasqua on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass. Marlon Graves replaced Holdsworth for the second album. United States
Top, Jannick 1947 Bassist supreme France
Trace 1974 Rick Van Der Linden's ex-Ekseption group. Netherlands
Traffic 1967 Steve Winwood was already well known as the voice behind Spencer Davis Group before he started Traffic. The band always kept its R&B roots as it moved from the psychedelic pop of the first two studio albums into... United Kingdom
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
Trip, The 1966 Originally called Maiocchi and the Trip, The Trip were an Anglo-Italian band based out of Italy. Early member included Ritchie Blackmore (later of Deep Purple fame). After their first album, later albums featured more... Italy
Triumvirat 1969 The German ELP? Germany
Turner, Nik 1940 Flute and sax player for Hawkwind, Nik Turner led the Inner City Unit in the early 80s, Los Angeles-based Sphynx in the early to mid 90s, and Space Ritual in the 00s, and various side projects too numerous to list. United Kingdom
Twink 1944 John Charles Alder, better known as Twink, played in a host of classic British psychedelia bands, including In-Crowd/Tomorrow, The Pretty Things/Electric Banana, Pink Fairies, and ever so short lived Stars, with Syd... United Kingdom
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
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
Uno 1974 Elio D'Anna and Danilo Rustici's post-Osanna band, recorded one eponymous album before forming Nova. Italy
Uriah Heep 1969 Masters of heavy organ rock, Uriah Heep United Kingdom
Uriel (Arzachel) 1968 Precursor to Egg, Uriel also included Steve Hillage on guitar. The band changed their name to Arzachel for their only album. United Kingdom
Utopia 1973 In its first incarnation, Todd Rundgren's take on progressive rock United States
Van Der Graaf Generator 1968 Led by the indefatigable Peter Hammill, perhaps the most original and significant group of the era; even "without the capes". Hammill is a complicated character, and so then is Van Der Graaf Generator: one moment placid... United Kingdom