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Sensations' Fix |
1974 |
Led by Franco Falsini, Sensations' Fix music had more in common with the krautrock of Germany than anything Italian! |
Italy |
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Schicke Führs & Fröhling |
1974 |
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Germany |
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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 |
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Finch |
1974 |
Flash rock, Dutch style |
Netherlands |
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Ibis |
1974 |
Another off-shoot of the New Trolls. |
Italy |
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Uno |
1974 |
Elio D'Anna and Danilo Rustici's post-Osanna band, recorded one eponymous album before forming Nova. |
Italy |
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Shylock |
1974 |
One of France's premier (yet obscure) symphonic bands. |
France |
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Arti & Mestieri |
1974 |
Led by drummer Furio Chirico (formerly of The Trip), keyboardist Beppe Crovella, and composer Gigi Venegoni, Arti e Mestieri were one of Italy's finest progressive rock bands. Their debut album Tilt is an undisputed... |
Italy |
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Druid |
1974 |
Musically similar to Yes, the band included Cedric Sharpley who would later work with Gary Numan. Keyboardist Andrew McCrorie-Shand would later pen the Teletubbies theme. |
United Kingdom |
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Neuschwanstein |
1974 |
One-off album from this German band is very much in the Gabriel-era Genesis style. Reissued by Musea in 2002. Other issue is the band's musical interpretation of Lewis Carrol's "Alice In Wonderland". |
Germany |
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Here & Now |
1974 |
Cutting their teeth in Ladbroke Grove and on the UK's free festival circuit, Here & Now gained notoriety for their collaboration with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth of Gong. |
United Kingdom |
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Castello di Atlante, Il |
1974 |
Although formed in 1974, Il Castello Di Atlante did not release any albums until the early 1990s. Beppe Crovella of Arti & Mestieri produced their first record, and the band continues strong as a potent live act... |
Italy |
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Carpe Diem |
1974 |
French progressive group from Nice. |
France |
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Nova |
1975 |
Expatriate Italian fusion outfit, led by Elio D'Anna and brothers Rustici all ex Osanna. Recorded their first album at Pete Townsend's Eel Pie studios, and were joined by Percy Jones and Narada Michael Walden for their... |
Italy |
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Brand X |
1975 |
While notorious for having Phil Collins in its ranks, Brand X rates as one of England's premiere jazz-fusion groups, hosting some of the countries' finest musicians in its ranks. |
United Kingdom |
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National Health |
1975 |
Dave Stewart, Phi Miller and Pip Pyle's post-Hatfield band. |
United Kingdom |
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Enid, The |
1975 |
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United Kingdom |
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Goblin |
1975 |
Quartet from Rome, Goblin are best known for their soundtracks to Dario Argento's horror classics. |
Italy |
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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 |
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Colosseum II |
1975 |
Latter-day outfit from Jon Hiseman, known for good musicians and unspectacular music. |
United Kingdom |
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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 |
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Gotic |
1975 |
Exemplary album of progressive rock from Spain. |
Spain |
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Cathedral |
1975 |
From Long Island, Cathedral's lone 1978 release is regarded a classic of US prog rock. |
United States |
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Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix |
1975 |
Namesake sci-fi author and Hawkwind collaborator joined with Simon King and ex-High Tide members for a one-off album. |
United Kingdom |
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La Düsseldorf |
1975 |
Brothers Klaus und Thomas Dinger, along with Hans Lampe founded La Düsseldorf following the dissolution of Neu!. There records were highly successful in their native Germany, reputedly selling over a million copies. |
Germany |
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Boxer |
1975 |
Ex-Patto Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall teamed up with Keith Ellis and Tony Newman for this super group. Host of other luminaries passed through their ranks. Note third release was recorded second. |
United Kingdom |
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England |
1975 |
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United Kingdom |
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Pierre Moerlen's Gong |
1976 |
Gong gone fusion |
France |
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Bruford |
1976 |
Led by its namesake, Bill Bruford of course, the band was his post-U.K. fusion outfit. |
United Kingdom |
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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 |
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Sea Level |
1976 |
Ex-members of the Allman Brothers' fusion outfit, named after keyboardist Chuck Leavell. |
United States |
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Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson |
1976 |
Phillips and Williamson teamed up in 1976 to score the soundtrack to Tarka the Otter, a novel written by Henry Williamson, Harry's father. |
United Kingdom |
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Jack Lancaster And Robin Lumley |
1976 |
A precursor to Brand X |
United Kingdom |
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Illusion |
1976 |
Mark I Renaissance reformed in the mid-70s for a couple of albums. |
United Kingdom |
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Locanda Delle Fate |
1976 |
Latter-day symphonic band from Asti, Locanda Delle Fate ("The Fairy Inn") released one highly-regarded album. |
Italy |
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Leb i Sol |
1976 |
Featuring the guitar work of Vlatko Stefanowski, the Macedonian based Leb i Sol ("bread and salt") were one of Yugoslavia's best known fusion groups. |
Yugoslavia |
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Celeste |
1976 |
Relatively obscure group from Sanremo that released one eponymous album in 1976. Considered a classic, it was released on the Grog label. |
Italy |
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Wavemaker |
1976 |
Second of Brian Hodgon's electronic music projects. |
United Kingdom |
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FM |
1976 |
Canadian progressive rock band featured Cameron Hawkins, Nash The Slash, and later Ben Mink. |
Canada |
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Babylon |
1976 |
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United States |
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Ashra |
1977 |
Led by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, who previously led Ash Ra Tempel. |
Germany |
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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 |
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Liliental |
1977 |
One of the many amazing albums recorded by Conny Plank during the 1970s. This one included members of Kraan, Harmonia and a young Asmus Tietchens. |
Germany |
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Führs & Fröhling |
1977 |
Gerd Führs and Heinz Fröhling post-SFF work. |
Germany |
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Windchase |
1977 |
Post-Sebastian Hardie band |
Australia |
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Island |
1977 |
British-influenced prog rock band from Switzerland released one fantastic album, produced by Claudio Fabi. |
Switzerland |
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Zamla Mammaz Manna |
1977 |
Samla Mammas Manna reformed in 1977 to release a few albums. |
Sweden |
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Venegoni & Co. |
1977 |
Led former Arti e Mestieri guitarist and composer Gigi Venegoni, Venegoni & Co. were another premier fusion band signed to the Cramps label. |
Italy |
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Weidorje |
1977 |
Ex-Magma, Bernard Paganotti and Patrick Gauthier's zeuhl |
France |
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Mother Gong |
1978 |
Gilli Smyth, aka Shakti Yoni of Gong, launched Mother Gong to release her post-Daevid work. The mother of all things Gong, her collaborator in Mother Gong was Harry Williamson. |
United Kingdom |
