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Kornelyans |
1971 |
Kornelyans, aka Korni Gruppa, a singles band from Yugoslavia, was led by its namesake, Kornell Kovach (Kornelije Kovač). In 1974 they recorded and released an excellent album of prog rock for the Italian Ricordi label. |
Yugoslavia |
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Ikarus |
1971 |
Hamburg band led by Jochen Petersen released one album of superb progressive rock. |
Germany |
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Ibliss |
1971 |
Former Organisation member Basil Hammoudi and one-time Kraftwerk drummer Andreas Hohmann formed this group, who under the tutelage of Conny Plank, released one album before calling it quits. |
Germany |
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Fruupp |
1971 |
These Irish sons hailed from Belfast but found success with the Dawn label, a subsidiary of Pye Records. |
Ireland |
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Eulenspygel |
1971 |
Originally called the Royal Servants in the 1960s, Eulenspygel's first album is curiously title "2." |
Germany |
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Wild Turkey |
1971 |
Formed by Eyes Of Blue's Gary Pickford-Hopkins, Jethro Tull's Glenn Cornick, and a pre-Man Tweke Lewis, their earliest lineup included John Weathers but was replaced by a post-Man Jeff Jones. They recorded two albums... |
United Kingdom |
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Midnight Sun |
1971 |
Originally known as Rainbow Band, Midnight Sun were a Danish supergroup of sorts. |
Denmark |
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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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Fripp & Eno |
1973 |
Not ever a band per se, but rather a project, with Revox. |
United Kingdom |
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Wolf, Darryl Way's |
1973 |
Ex-Curved Air violinist's group project |
United Kingdom |
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Heldon |
1973 |
Premiere french underground band, founded by Richard Pinhas |
France |
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Long Hello, The |
1973 |
Van Der Graaf Generator, sans Peter Hammill |
United Kingdom |
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Clearlight |
1973 |
Project led by French keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux |
France |
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Sebastian Hardie |
1973 |
Australian progressive rock band that had some international notoriety. |
Australia |
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Utopia |
1973 |
In its first incarnation, Todd Rundgren's take on progressive rock |
United States |
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Happy The Man |
1973 |
America's premiere progressive band was nearly Peter Gabriel's backing band! |
United States |
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Streetwalkers |
1973 |
Roger Chapman and John "Charlie" Whitney's post-Family venture |
United Kingdom |
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Cherry Five |
1973 |
The precursor to Goblin, Cherry Five spent time in London prior to recording their first and only album. |
Italy |
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Gilgamesh |
1973 |
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United Kingdom |
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New Trolls Atomic System |
1973 |
Off-shoot of the New Trolls. |
Italy |
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Mona Lisa |
1973 |
French symphonic band hailing from Orleans. |
France |
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Alphataurus |
1973 |
Relatively unknown Italian band released one eponymous album of excellent quality before dissolving. Second release is incomplete (no vocals). |
Italy |
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Maxophone |
1973 |
Milan-based band had their eponymous album also released in the USA, with English lyrics. |
Italy |
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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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Trace |
1974 |
Rick Van Der Linden's ex-Ekseption group. |
Netherlands |
