Top Prog Rock Bands/Artists
- Yes
- Genesis
- Pink Floyd
- Rush
- Camel
- Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson
- Jethro Tull
- King Crimson
- ELP
- Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention
- Mike Oldfield
- Van Der Graaf Generator
- Gong
- Gordon Giltrap
- Focus
- Gentle Giant
- Big Big Train
- Riverside
- Pure Reason Revolution
- All of the below...
Honorable mentions:
Greenslade,
Soft Machine,
Nektar,
Frost*,
Brand X,
Wally,
Jean-Luc Ponty,
IO Earth,
Wobbler,
Opeth,
UK,
Curved Air,
Alan Parsons Project,
Djam Karet,
The Enid,
The Flower Kings,
Big Hogg,
Mostly Autumn,
Yuka & Chronoship,
Transatlantic,
Regal Worm,
Rick Miller,
Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate,
IZZ,
Oak,
Pendragon,
Pineapple Thief,
VOLA,
Arena,
Colosseum I &
II,
Golden Earring,
Liquid Tension Experiment,
Renaissance,
Barclay James Harvest.
Note: I'm not including the likes of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple & Uriah Heep - who all did do some very good prog rock tracks but were mostly classed as Heavy Rock;
or likewise, Black Sabbath, who were classed more as Stoner Rock or Black/Heavy Metal; Dream Theater... Prog Metal?
or even Hawkwind or Ozric Tentacles who, although being amongst my all-time faves, would be more classed as Space/Psychedelic Rock;
or Pentangle who would largely be considered to be folk-rock; Spooky Tooth as ?; Can as Krautrock; Tangerine Dream as Krautrock or Berlin School, etc...
only bands/artists whose vast majority of output is considered to be prog-rock.
I'm not sure whether the likes of ELO, Procol Harum, Moody Blues & Supertramp fit into this category. They did some great prog songs, but I think they'd be more classed as Classic Rock, or just Pop-Rock bands... I'm not sure, tbph. Damn genrefication & pigeonholing anyway.
There's also plenty of other up & coming or less prolific prog rock bands not listed above but worthy of mentioning:
Zopp, Sun Colored Chair, Änglagård, Circe Link, Cary Grace, The Future Kings of England, Karnataka,
Black Mountain, Karmic Juggernaut, Ayreon, Echolyn, Barock Project, Dilemma, Pallas, Proud Peasant, Mahogany Frog, Mammatus,
Sanguine Hum, Carpet, Cynic, Seven Impale, Red Bazar, Lunatic Soul, Leprous, 3RDegree, Chroma Key, Lifesigns...
p.s. Probably seen as glaring omissions but, sorry, I'm not a big fan of Utopia, IQ, Marillion, Fish, Asia, The Tangent or Glass Hammer. They're alright, but I could just never get majorly into them, and believe me, I tried! Though maybe I didn't try hard enough? Sorry again!
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