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Tuesday, 18. September 2007, 02:09:06

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A.C.T. (Sweden) - Fantastic and eccentric Swedish prog/pomp rock (melodic with art rock tendencies) band 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 keys/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 or 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 guitars/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

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

AFTER SHAVE (Switzerland) - Bluesy hard rock from the early 70’s

AFTER TEA (Netherlands) - 70's blend of heavy blues and progressive

AFTER THE FALL (USA) - Symphonic prog with ELP leanings

AFTER THE FIRE (UK) - Great progressive led by Peter BANKS

AFTER... (Poland) - Exciting blend of art rock, symphonic and prog metal in the style of QUIDAM, PORCUPINE TREE or RIVERSIDE

AGAMEMNON (Switzerland) - Late 70’s progressive with ELOY and PINK FLOYD influences

AGAMENON (Spain) - Acid psychedelic rock from the mid-70’s

AGAMON (Sweden) - Impossible to classify. Classical/wave/prog/rock & pop?

AGENESS (Finland) - Very good post-SCARAB neo symph/prog

AGENT COOPER (USA) - Hard and heavy neo-progressive

AGITATION FREE (Germany) - Legendary space proggers

AGNES STRANGE (UK) - Heavy mid-70's rock

AGONY BAG (UK) - Members of BLACK WIDOW

AGORA (Italy) - Progressive jazz rock

AGUATURBIA (Chile) - Masters of hard psych

AHLEUCHATISTAS (USA) - Post-BEEFHART avant-garde, technical power trio

AHORA MAZDA (Netherlands) - Psych prog from the early 70's

AHVAK (Israel) - Avant-prog/RIO band

AIGUES VIVES (Germany) - Progressive folk rock from the early 80's

AIN SOPH (Japan) - Canterbury prog. Great!

AINA (Netherlands) - Good, uplifting progressive metal opera in the style of AYREON, with many famous guest musicians (Glenn HUGHES, Derek SHERANIAN, Eric NORLANDER, Damian WILSON and many others

AINULINDALE (France) - Tranquil folk music inspired by Tolkien’s tale. Magical and dreamy songs for cold winter days

AINUR (Italy) - Conceptual symphonic prog based on The Silmarillion

AIRLORD (Australia) - Very good quirky 70’s progressive, early-GENESIS style

AISLES (Chile) - Excellent symph/prog with IQ and GENESIS leanings

AJALON (USA) - Christian prog

AKACIA (USA) - Neo-progressive with long tracks

AKASHA (Norway) - PINK FLOYD-like underground monster with mellotron

AKELARRE (Spain) - Basque band with a mix of prog and rock

AKINETON RETARD (Chile) - Instrumental group reminiscent of CARPE DIEM and KING CRIMSON

AKKERMAN, Jan (Netherlands) - FOCUS guitarist

AKO DOMA (Slovakia) - Instrumental jazz prog

AKRITAS (Greece) - Early 70’s prog influenced by ELP. Great sound!

AKRON (Italy) - Dark prog with solid organ

AL UNIVERSO (Mexico) - Post-CHAC MOOL progressive

ALACRAN (Spain) - Rock from the late 60's with a few prog moves

ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT (Finland) - HOYRY-KONE offshoot and a bit similar. Great stuff!

ALAMEDA (Spain) - Like TRIANA

ALARCEN, Jean-Pierre (France) - SANDROSE guitarist. Classical symphonicism like The ENID

ALAS (Argentina) - Great keyboard-driven prog with a slight ELP influence and fusion slant at times

ALASKA (USA) - Sounds very much like YES

ALBARRAN, Joe (USA) - Guitar and mellotron landscaping by guitarist from MATTER

ALBATROS (Germany) - Art rock like WALLENSTEIN

ALBATROSS (USA) - Mega-rarity of heavy keyboard prog

ALBERGO INTERGALATTICO SPAZIALE... (Italy) - Dark atmospheric prog with haunting female voice

ALBERO MOTORE (Italy) - Obscure 70's prog

ALBERT, Feliu I Joan (Spain) - Duo made up of acoustic guitars and keyboards. Floating and passionate. Great stuff

ALBION (Poland) - Symphonic rock group reminiscent of TALE CUE

ALBION BAND (UK) - Traditional British folk rock in the same vein as FAIRPORT CONVENTION or FOTHERINGAY

ALBION DANCE BAND (UK) - Pre-ALBION BAND, deeply rooted in traditional British folk rock

ALBRIGHTON, Roye (UK) - NEKTAR guitarist

ALCATRAZ (Germany) - Kraut/jazz rock obscurity

ALEPH (Australia) - Mellotron-loaded YES style prog

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 super group; 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

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 DUUL (II) (Germany) - One of the most influential German bands in the history of prog. Mixes teutonic/gothic element 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

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 voice

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, MAHAVISHNU 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 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 )

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!

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's, 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

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 super group 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 CRMSON and latter-day PORCUPINE TREE

ASTROTURF (Sweden) - Really strange mix of prog, new wave and rock

ASTROVOYAGER (France) - Electronic music of the VANGELIS or JARRE school but with a relaxing, mediative 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 super group

AUCAN (Argentina) - Classic Argentinian folk rock

AUDIENCE (UK) – Prog rock from the late 60's, tight, frenetic, high-energy rock

AUDIO (Italy) - Symphonic progressive from the early 80's

AUDIOSYNCHROCY (USA) - Great progressive fusion with GENTLE GIANT and ZAPPA influences

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-dominated prog from the 70's

AVIVA (Russia) - Good symphonic 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 )

AYUO (Japan) - Far-East folk with female vocals

AZABACHE (Spain) - Ex-AZAHAR prog with symphonic touches

AZAHAR (Spain) - Great late 70’s symphonic prog

AZAZELLO (Russia) - Impressive heavy prog from Russia

AZERO (Chile) - Heavy prog with a slight metal edge

AZIGZA (USA) - Great mix of prog and Eastern/ethnic jazz etc...

AZOTH (Japan) - Great symph/prog & fusion with violin from the mid-80's. Related to PAGEANT and CINDERELLA SEARCH

AZURETH (USA) - Symphonic prog with great guitars and MARILLION-style keyboards

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INDEX D - The genres of progressive rock

Sunday, 16. September 2007, 18:00:19

Genres of PROGRESSIVE ROCK are numerous in number because it is difficult to define it as one musical style itself. The following is a list of PROGRESSIVE ROCK genres and their definitions:

ART ROCK:
Art Rock was the original name for PROGRESSIVE ROCK. Now, it is used as a term which refers to bands that have no specific genre of music which they play. Art Rock bands are primarily considered to be Prog Bands.

CANTERBURY SCENE:
This is not so much a genre as it is a fraternal collection of musicians from around the Kentish tourist town that is home to the Church of England's Archbishop. However, it is classified as a genre because this is where half a dozen of Britains bands of the post psychedelic era originated from. This style of music features Jazz improvisation and rock rhythms with intellectual song writing tied to psychedelia.

EXPERIMENTAL / POST-ROCK:
EXPERIMENTAL: This term is used to define a musical genre which contains anything that is not normally accepted as musical. ''Experimental'' music can be looked at through two different views. One view is that experimental music can only be extended to the point where it is modified traditional music. (Unconventional instruments, instrument modification, noises, etc.) The other view is that experimental music can be taken to the extreme in that it may not be classified as music at all.
POST-ROCK: ''Post-Rock'' is different from regular rock because it uses rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, with guitars being used as facilitators of timbres and textures instead of riffs and power chords. This genre has been used for all sorts of instrumental music, electronic-added music, and Jazz/Krautrock influenced music made after 1994.

INDO-PROG / RAGA ROCK:
This particular genre of Prog is provided an emotion though the music that is a real message which guide the listener into a state of emotional trance. It revolves around long, improvised pieces containing repeated patterns for the ''trance effect''. It is also a mix between regular rock and music from India.

ITALIAN SYMPHONIC PROG:
A very large amount of Progressive Rock has emerged from Italy, so many people feel that it deserves it's own sub-genre. Typically speaking, this genre uses traditional Italian composition technique and Italian lyrics.

JAZZ ROCK / FUSION:
It is basically mixing Jazz with Progressive rock by using Jazz arrangements, instruments and performance style with Prog Rock elements. Usually, the result is very complex and technical instrumentation.

KRAUTROCK:
Krautrock is the term used to describe the direction that German bands took Prog Rock in the early 70's as opposed to what British and American bands did. While many bands included Classical and Jazz in their music, these German bands moved toward a more electronic sound including things like synthesizers and the splicing together of tape reels.

NEO-PROGRESSIVE:
Neo-Progressive music is sort of the halfway point between regular rock and Progressive Rock. It appears to be more interesting to listen to than rock, but many Prog Rock fans wouldn't find it as sophisticated or interesting. At it's best, Neo-Prog lyrics are deep and well written, but the instrumentation does seem to lack when compared to other Prog Rock sub-genres.

PROG FOLK:
Progressive Folk music was introduce to the world when some Folk artists began to add electronic elements to their music. This made many traditional Folk-listeners angry, but at the same time a new genre was born which was appealing to a larger group of people. Prog Folk takes the main Folk style and mixes it other rock-based influences.

PROGRESSIVE ELECTRONIC:
Progressive Electronic music is known for synthesizers and a robotic/mechanical type sound. This sub-genre of Prog Rock also influenced many other styles of music shortly after it was invented itself, such as New Age, Trance, Techno, Synth Pop and Space Music.

PROGRESSIVE METAL:
This form of Prog Rock is also called ''Prog'' or ''Prog Metal'' when differentiating from regular Prog Rock. It typically contains complex compositional structures, odd timing signatures, and other different features. Prog Metal was formed by a mixture of standard Prog Rock and Heavy Metal. One thing that makes Progressive Metal stand out from other Prog Rock genres is that it could be broken down into countless other genres. Some Prog Metal bands are commonly known as mainstream grunge rock and other Prog Metal bands are commonly known as Death Metal. Classical, Jazz and Symphonic music also have a large influence on Progressive Metal.

PROTO-PROG:
Proto-Prog is a term used to describe bands prior to 1969 which had an influence on Prog Rock by incorporating some of it's features in their music. Some Proto-Prog artists turned toward Prog Rock and others did not.

PSYCHEDELIC / SPACE ROCK:
PSYCHEDELIC PROGRESSIVE: Many British bands and Prog Folk bands that emerged in the mid 60's began to include Indian, Eastern, and Jazz elements in their music, creating a more ''Psychedelic'' sound. Today, Psychedelic Prog often included ''Space Rock'' and ''Space Fusion'' elements.
SPACE PROGRESSIVE ROCK: This style tends to have the ''Insterstellar Traveller'' sound, using space-like guitar and synthesizer effects to create the illusion of an outer space atmosphere.

RIO / AVANT-PROG:
ROCK-IN-OPPOSITION: RIO uses 20th Century Avant-garde Classical structures. This style is dominated by dissonant chords, odd time signatures, polyrhythms and abstract lyrics. The musicianship is extremely high, but unfornutalely RIO does not receive the respect it should.
AVANT-GARDE PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Avant-Prog is an extension of RIO and the Canterbury Scene. While RIO and the Canterbury Scene have their limits, Avant-Prog goes beyond the restrictions. Usually, Avant-Prog musicians compose short yet complicated instrumental pieces while avoiding stage props and larger Prog acts.

SYMPHONIC PROG:
Symphonic Prog is most definitely the largest and renowned sub-genre of Prog Rock. Symphonic Prog follows the main characteristics which define Progressive Rock. The main influence is Symphonic Prog is Classical music. (Whether late Gothic Orchestral works or Modern Classical.) However, although this melodic style of music is described as "Symphonic", it rarely contains symphony works. It is merely describes as "Symphonic Prog", because that is the main influence.

ZEUHL zEU(h)l:
Zeuhl is celestial-sounding music created from a mixture of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Modernism and fusion. It has an oppressive or discipline-conveying feel. Zeuhl often includes marching themes, throbbing bass, brass instruments and an ethereal-like piano.

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INDEX C - The influences of progressive rock

Sunday, 16. September 2007, 17:57:52

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 jazz-rock 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 instrumental 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/songwriter, 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 psychedelia, complex symphonic, ambient soundscapes and (more recently) heavy metal riffs as well. It’s a uniquely eclectic musical 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 recordings.

- 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 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 geographically 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).

- Folk music is an important component of progressive rock, played by groups such as JETHRO TULL (‘’Thick As A Brick’’, 1972), GRYPHON ("Red Queen to Gryphon Three", 1974), RENAISSANCE ("Renaissance", 1969), GENTLE GIANT ("The Power And The Glory", 1974) and HARMONIUM ("Si On Avait Besoin D’une 5e Saison", 1975). HARMONIUM's music is particularly notable as it contains madrigal sounds and the music of the medieval period. Progressive Folk as a sub-category has its roots in the 1970's. In those days pop crossed over into other musical areas. When the "progressive" elements are apparent in the instrumentation but the basic use of acoustic instruments is still important, the term "Progressive folk" could be appropriate. Longer tracks and instrumental improvisations are allowed progressing the basic musical content.

- Electronic prog (a sub-genre of Progressive Rock), whose 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 iwhich 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", 2001), SHADOW GALLERY ("Tyranny", 1998) - and even resulted in the emergence of record labels entirely reserved for this kind of music, such as Magna Carta, Inside Out, Giant Electric Pea, Verglas and Radiant Records.

And finally what is called sometimes post rock/experimental prog which gathers anything and all that cannot be classified elsewhere like the unpredictable and changeable music of GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR (‘’Top Spin Your Skinny Fist Like Antennas To Heaven!’’, 2000) and The MARS VOLTA (‘’Frances The Mute’’, 2005).

The named groups illustrate the majority of the influences and the above mentioned styles from 1966 to the present day. For certain groups, one will find their complete discography and/or a selection of their best albums. The bands are listed in chronological order of their appearance on the scene: the year noted in parentheses is the year in which their debut album appeared.

Please note: This is NOT meant to be a complete list of all bands, just an example of some, so don’t be offended if I leave your favourite one out!

And now, to summarize...

Frank ZAPPA (66) - SOFT MACHINE (68) - AMON DUUL II (69) – BARCLAY JAMES & HARVEST (70) - MAGMA (70) - TANGERINE DREAM (70) - ANGE (72) - GROBSCHNITT (72) - HARMONIUM (74) - KANSAS (74) - UNIVERS ZERO (77) - PALLAS (81) - OZRIC TENTACLES (85) - ANGLAGARD (92) - SYMPHONY X (94) - OPETH (95) - GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR (97) - MAGENTA (01) - The MARS VOLTA (03) - The TANGENT (03)

Written by Pierre Dulieu (Belgium)
Bob McBeath (Scotland)
Improved and adapted in English

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INDEX B - Acknowledgements

Sunday, 16. September 2007, 17:54:55

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

*Syn-Phonic Music - Progressive Rock
http://synphonic.8m.com

"The music of true-genius which becomes
more whole and more holy every day."
- Julian Cope

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INDEX A - Preface

Sunday, 16. September 2007, 17:52:13

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.

CATALOG / PDF FORMAT PRINTABLE

Suffice it to say...

I would like to compile a comprehensive A-Z LISTING with the complete biographies of over 5000 PROGRESSIVE 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 September 2007 ) that will contain an up-to-date listing, including full band details plus a complete record discography (including many photos of covers in color) and recommendations of particular albums. 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 PROGRESSIVE 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.

ProgLucky
(founder of Prog Archives)

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Sunday, 16. September 2007, 17:49:47

INDEX A - Preface
INDEX B - Acknowledgements
INDEX C - The influences of progressive rock
INDEX D - The genres of progressive rock

INDEX E - The A-Z listings (groups)
Letter A - A.C.T. ... AZURETH ...
Letter B - BAALEK ... BWANA ...
Letter C - CABARET DU CIEL ... CZIGLAN
Letter D - D PROJECT, The ... DZYAN
Letter E - E MOTIVE ... EZRA WINSTON
Letter F - F. G. EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY … FYREWORKS, The
Letter G - G.A.L.F. ... GYPSY KYSS
Letter H - H2O ... HYPNOS 69
Letter I - I DRIVE … IXION
Letter J - J.E.T. ... JUTRO
Letter K - K2 ... KYRIE ELEISON
Letter L - L. & ADAMAH ... LYRIEL
Letter M - MAAD ... MYTHOS
Letter N - N.H.U. ... NYL
Letter O - (I AM) ONE ... OZTURK TRIO
Letter P - P’COCK … PYTHAGORAS
Letter Q - QNTAL ... QWAARN
Letter R - RAAD PROJECT ... RYPDAL
Letter S - (SAINT THOMAS) PEPPER SMELTER, The ... SYZYGY
Letter T - T ... TYNI
Letter U - U I BLUE ... UZVA
Letter V - VACCINO ENSEMBLE ... VULCAN’S HAMMER
Letter W - WAHNFRIED ... WYZARDS
Letter X - X RELIGION ... XL
Letter Y - YACOUB ... YWIS
Letter Z - ZAAL ... ZZEBRA
Numbers 0-9 - 0.720 ALEACION ... 9.30 FLY

INDEX F - An introduction to an ideal record collection

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CATALOG - Edition 2007

Sunday, 16. September 2007, 17:47:19

PDF FORMAT PRINTABLE

THE A-Z LISTINGS TO PROGRESSIVE ROCK
FORTY YEARS OF HISTORY
1st edition January 2008
(2nd edition June 2008 / 3rd edition December 2008 ...)

A VALUABLE RESOURCE for anyone interested to the PROGRESSIVE genre’s more obscure offerings over the past FORTY YEARS

After almost three years collecting, I present to you the first edition of my catalog of PROGRESSIVE ROCK - quite a monumental task. It covers over 5000 references containing information about artistic influences and comparisons to help in your discovery.

FEATURING :
o 120 pages of essential PROGRESSIVE ROCK references
o A comprehensive A-Z listing of over 5000 PROGRESSIVE ROCK bands with a critical analysis (stylistic aspects & artistic influences)
o The influences of progressive rock
o An appendix of 50 of the most influential PROGRESSIVE ROCK bands with their best albums

PLEASE NOTE :
That this "progressive rock catalog" is a work progress, and is not yet complete. Many artists not already included are slated for inclusion in future editions.

"Music is of true-genius which becomes more whole and more holy every day."
- Julian Cope

ENJOY YOUR DISCOVERIES...!

CATALOG Edition January 2008

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