Art & Progressive Rock
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Improv Psychedelic band
that formed from a '60s
Munich artist commune,
Amon Duul were one of the
first Krautrock bands.
British Prog band who
mixed Glam, Metal, pop, and
anything else leader/axe
master Bill Nelson could get
his hands on.
Eno's many works, rich in
innovation and philosophy,
made him the most singular
influence on new sounds of
the '80s and '90s. Born Bri...
Classic '70s Prog rock
features strings and flutes
having sex with guitars and
a spaced-out proclivity for
the Psychedelic.
Avant Garde '70s kings,
Can's music progressed
faster and further than the
rest. Rock, jazz, prog,
proto-punk, everything....
Heavily orchestrated Prog
from the genre's original
supergroup. ELP's
ponderous excesses are
best typified by "Lucky M...
Groundbreaking Krautrock
outfit prone to sharp-angle
proto-punk songs and
expansive jam-noise.
One of the first and longest
running Art/Prog bands,
Genesis' music has always
mixed orchestral themes
with pop and rock. Genes...
Medieval themes, Hard
Rock, and classical music
come together in the cult
favorite records of this
groundbreaking band.
Italy's Goblin gave Dario
Argento's horror films their
sonic chills, via psyche
freakouts and scary
drones. Best known as a...
Australian Prog rock band
who were a major figure on
the Canterbury scene.
Their music sounds very
medieval.
Sci-fi space-metal kings
Hawkwind take
intergalactic journeys
through the sacred rite of
guitars, synthesizer, drum...
Best known for the Classic
Rock staple "Aqualung,"
Jethro Tull has been doling
out prog-ish Hard Rock
since 1968. Tony Iommi pl...
A key player in the
Canterbury music scene of
the late '60s, Kevin Ayers is
best known as a vocalist in
the Soft Machine. Kevin A...
Oldfield is known for the
conceptual piece "Tubular
Bells" which also served as
the theme music to 1973's
"The Exorcist."
Nico was a musician, model
and actor born in Cologne,
Germany. Nico's avant pop
has made her an icon among
punks, indie rockers and...
The premier psychedelic
band of the 1970s, Pink
Floyd formed in 1965,
incorporating jazz and
insanity into their music....
Procol Harum were
progenitors of the "classical
rock" movement after they
appropriated a melody from
Bach and rocked it. They...
Soft Machine combined
psychedelia and Jazz Rock
into a ground breaking
conglomeration of
progressive, experimenta...
Blues-fueled Hard Rock
from late '60s Britain.
Spooky Tooth delved into
Prog rock for a short period
before splitting up.
Tony McPhee's a better
singer than Clapton and just
as good a guitarist, yet he
and his band have always
been obscure. The Groun...
Classic pop-friendly Prog
rock from 1960s England.
The Moody Blues played
ornate, synth-heavy
trip-out rock for Baby Bo...
The Strawbs were a British
Folk band who became a
Prog Rock band in the early
'70s. Sandy Denny was once
in this band.
Famed producer and
songwriter, Runt's music
covers a ton of genres. He
started out with pop, then
went heavy prog. Todd R...
Todd Rundgren's primary
Prog rock outfit that
morphed into
arena-packing, Hard Rock
band in the mid-1970s.
The O.G. of Prog Rock
bands, Yes practically
invented the genre in 1971
with "The Yes Album." Jon
Anderson was working as...
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