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Kaipa |
1973 |
Named after a Swedish stone age chieftain, Kaipa were founded by keyboardist Hans Lundsun and bassit Tomas Eriksson in 1973. Guitarist Roine Stolt, though only a teenager at the time, was an original member. |
Sweden |
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Mezquita |
1973 |
Spanish progressive rock band from the end of the 70's. |
Spain |
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Refugee |
1973 |
Prog trio featuring ex-Nice members and Patrick Moraz |
United Kingdom |
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Libra |
1973 |
Libra's beginnings were typical enough; their debut album was recorded by Claudio Fabi, in both English and Italian. But after a tour supporting Banco, they packed up and moved to Detriot, Michigan and signed with... |
Italy |
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Electrophon |
1973 |
Named after Brian Hodgson's electronic music studio of the same name (in London's Covent Garden), Electrophon also featured Australian Dudley Simpson. |
United Kingdom |
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Harmonia |
1973 |
A collaboration between Michael Rother of Neu!, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius of Cluster, Harmonia released two albums for the Brain label, and a third collaboration with Brian Eno (a precursor to... |
Germany |
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Neutrons, The |
1973 |
Side project of Man, featuring Will Youatt and Phil Ryan, as well as Stuart Gordon and John Weathers. |
United Kingdom |
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Hudson Ford |
1973 |
Former Strawbs members had a string of hits in the mid 70s, before emigrating to Canada. |
United Kingdom |
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Flash |
1972 |
Peter Banks post-Yes band, had some degree of success in the United States. Featured Colin Carter on vocals and Ray Bennett on bass guitar. |
United Kingdom |
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Greenslade |
1972 |
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United Kingdom |
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Tempest |
1972 |
Jon Hiseman's post-Colosseum rock band featured Allan Holdsworth and then Ollie Halsall on guitar. |
United Kingdom |
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Area |
1972 |
Self proclaimed "International POPular Group", Area were Italy's finest fusion band, featuring the unique vocals talents of Demetrio Stratos. |
Italy |
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Hatfield And The North |
1972 |
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United Kingdom |
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Kansas |
1972 |
Kansas' legacy is undoubtedly as America's greatest progressive rock band, and their oeuvre would become the blueprint for a new breed of prog-metal bands that emerged in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. |
United States |
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Far East Family Band |
1972 |
The definitive Japanese space rock band, originally called "Far Out". Klaus Schulze mixed the well known Nipponjin album, a re-recording of previous material, and the excellent Parallel World, the later at Virgin's... |
Japan |
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Zao |
1972 |
Offshoot from Magma, Francois Cahen and Yochk'o Seffer offer world-class (albeit more traditional) jazz rock. |
France |
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Cervello |
1972 |
Corrado Rustici's first band, brother of Danilo Rustici of Osanna. |
Italy |
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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 |
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Secret Oyster |
1972 |
Burnin Red Ivanhoe, led by Karsten Vogel, was one of Denmark's finest rock groups. Secret Oyster enlisted guitarist Klaus Bohling and took a jazz-fusion direction. |
Denmark |
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Residents, The |
1972 |
Though the members of The Residents were perpetually draped in obscurity, their music rose steadily to the forefront of avant-rock in their native America. Found-sounds, tape cut-ups, occasional musical passages (!),... |
United States |
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Museo Rosenbach |
1972 |
Another band from the province of Liguria, Museo Rosenbach released one exemplary album of Italian prog before disbanding. |
Italy |
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Biglietto per l'Inferno |
1972 |
Another classic of Italian Prog, Biglietto per L'Inferno (Ticket to Hell) recorded two albums, however only the first was released. Giuseppe Banfi would later record as Baffo Banfi for Klaus Schulze's IC label. |
Italy |
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Quella Vecchia Locanda |
1972 |
QVL's first album may be the finest example of "Italian Prog". Their name translates to "that old inn", a reference to where the group had their rehearsals. |
Italy |
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Randy Pie |
1972 |
Formed by ex-Rattles members, Randy Pie skirted the progressive with easy going jazz-funk, typical of the mid-70s. |
Germany |
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Kayak |
1972 |
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Netherlands |
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Isotope |
1972 |
Gary Boyle's jazz-rock fusion band. |
United Kingdom |
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Anyone's Daughter |
1972 |
Progressive rock band founded in 1972 in Stuttgart, Germany by Uwe Karpa und Matthias Ulmer. |
Germany |
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Wallenstein |
1971 |
Jürgen Dollase's self-proclaimed "symphonic rock orchestra". Released four interesting albums that feature the drumming of Harald Grosskopf. Later albums had great covers but are of little interest to the progressive... |
Germany |
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A.R. & Machines |
1971 |
Originally in the Rattles, Achim Reichel ventured into progressive territories with his trademark echo-guitar. |
Germany |
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Kingdom Come |
1971 |
Arthur Brown's post-Crazy World band. Third album made early use of drum machines. |
United Kingdom |
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Mahavishnu Orchestra |
1971 |
Founded by guitarist John McLaughlin after his stint with Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu were perhaps the most successful fusion band, both artistically and commercially. |
United States |
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Khan |
1971 |
Steve Hillage's first group following his completion of studies at Canterbury. Second incarnation with Dave Stewart never recorded (he guested on their only record). |
United Kingdom |
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Matching Mole |
1971 |
Wyatt's post-Soft Machine band |
United Kingdom |
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
1971 |
South African-born Manfred Mann had a series of pop hits in the UK during the 60s. After a brief spell in the jazz-oriented Chapter Three (with Mike Hugg), Mann formed his progressive rock outfit, the Earth Band. |
United Kingdom |
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Novalis |
1971 |
One of Germany's first rock bands to sing exclusively in their native language. Albums were produced by Achim Reichel. |
Germany |
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Osanna |
1971 |
Another of Italy's legendary progressive groups, the band featured Danilo Rustici and Elio D'Anna. |
Italy |
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Camel |
1971 |
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United Kingdom |
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Gryphon |
1971 |
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United Kingdom |
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Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso |
1971 |
One of the great (and original) Italian prog bands, propelled by the keyboards of brothers Noncenzi and the tenor voice of Di Giacomo. |
Italy |
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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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Badger |
1971 |
Ex Yes members featured in the first incarnation of the band. Their debut album, recorded live while supporting Yes, has a slight christian slant to the lyrics. Second album saw the arrival of Jackie Lomax. Recorded in... |
United Kingdom |
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Dashiel Hedayat |
1971 |
Album from Jack-Alain Leger featured most of Gong, circa 1971. |
France |
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Fields |
1971 |
Graham Field fronted this band after he left Rare Bird, with ex-King Crimson Andy McCulloch holding the drum stool. Second album was recorded but left in the vaults. |
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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Latte E Miele |
1971 |
Classically-inspired prog trio from Genoa. |
Italy |
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SBB |
1971 |
Led by Józef Skrzek, SBB were first known as Silesian Blues Band, and later as Szukaj, Burz, Buduj (Polish for "Search, Break up, Build"). SBB were Poland's progressive rock band. |
Poland |
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Rovescio Della Madaglia, Il |
1971 |
RDM were pioneers in combining classical music with rock music. Their album "Contaminzione" also saw an English-language release in the US. |
Italy |
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Hard Stuff |
1971 |
John Du Cann and Paul Hammond's post-Atomic Rooster band, with John Gustafson, ex-Quatermass. |
United Kingdom |
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Acqua Fragile |
1971 |
Hailing from Parma, Acqua Fragile were a British-inspired progressive rock band, complete with English-language lyrics. Aided by PFM's management, the band opened for many UK groups touring Italy. Their second album saw... |
Italy |
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Morgan |
1971 |
Featuring the musical talents of Morgan Fischer, many of the members were previously in the British pop band Love Affair, who had a #1 hit in 1968 with "Everlasting Love". Switching gears to the progressive in the early... |
United Kingdom |
