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Pappert, Johannes |
1949 |
Sax player from Kraan |
Germany |
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Passport |
1971 |
Klaus Doldinger's fusion outfit, heralding some of Germany's finest musicians, including drummer Curt Cress. |
Germany |
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Patto |
1970 |
Featuring namesake Mike Patto on vocals and Ollie Halsall on guitar along with the rhythm section of Clive Griffiths and John Halsey, Patto began when the members of Deram-signed Timebox signed with Vertigo Records.... |
United Kingdom |
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Pembroke, Jim |
1946 |
After emigrating to Finland in 1965, Jim Pembroke became a fixture of the Finnish progressive scene with Blues Section and then Wigwam, and his own underrated solo career. |
Finland |
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Pentangle |
1967 |
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United Kingdom |
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Perigeo, Il |
1971 |
Hailing from Rome, Perigeo was one of Italy's finest fusion bands. |
Italy |
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Phillips, Anthony |
1951 |
Founding member and early guitarist of Genesis, Anthony Phillips began a solo career in the mid-70s. Latter work concentrated on library music and soundtracks. |
United Kingdom |
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Pierre Moerlen's Gong |
1976 |
Gong gone fusion |
France |
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Pinhas, Richard |
1951 |
Pinhas' contribution to the Parisian progressive music scene cannot be underrated. Also, a professor of philosophy at Sorbonne. |
France |
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Pink Fairies, The |
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Combining the talents of former Deviants Paul Rudolph, Duncan Sanderson and Russell Hunter, with John "Twink" Alder (ex Pretty Things, Tomorrow), the Pink Fairies were an underground band from London's Ladbroke Grove... |
United Kingdom |
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Pink Floyd |
1965 |
Perhaps Britian's finest psychedelic son, Pink Floyd became one of the world's premier rock bands by the end of the Seventies. Originally founded by acid casualty Syd Barrett, the Floyd rose to the top of the British... |
United Kingdom |
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PM |
1980 |
Carl Palmer's post-ELP group released one eponymous album to little acclaim. |
United Kingdom |
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Pohjola, Pekka |
1952 |
Bassist for Wigwam, his solo albums showcase his compositional skills. Worked with Mike Oldfield. |
Finland |
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Popol Vuh |
1970 |
Founded by Florian Fricke, Popol Vuh represents one of the earliest examples of spirituality in music that would later define "new age" music in the 80s. This however, is the real thing. Fricke also composed soundtracks... |
Germany |
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Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) |
1970 |
Prematia Forneria Marconi, or roughly "Marconi's Award-Winning Bakery", the most successful of the Italian Prog bands. |
Italy |
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Pretty Things, The |
1963 |
One of the 60s most underrated bands. From their badder than bad, raucous R&B early in their career, the band shifted gears in the underground, first with freakbeat then psychedelia. Their tenure at Abby Road,... |
United Kingdom |
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Procol Harum |
1967 |
Procol Harum's formative years were in an R&B based band called the Paramounts. Named after producer Gary Steven's cat, Harum released their first single and to instant world-wide success. Immediately afterward,... |
United Kingdom |
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Pulsar |
1972 |
Hailing from Lyon, Pulsar were one of the first French bands to receive a recording contract from an English record label (Terry King's Kingdom Records). Dark, atmospheric, their first three albums are somewhat of minor... |
France |
