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3 days ago · The following is a list of artists who have released at least one album in the progressive rock genre. Individuals are included only if they recorded or performed progressive rock as a solo artist, regardless of whether they were a member of a progressive rock band at any point. Contents: 0–9. A.
4 days ago · Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. The band's longest-existing and most commercially successful line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. In the 1970s, during which the band also included singer Peter Gabriel and ...
- 1967–2000, 2002 (one-off), 2006–2007, 2020–2022
3 days ago · With the advent of punk rock and technological changes in the late 1970s, progressive rock was increasingly dismissed as pretentious and overblown. Many bands broke up, but some, including Genesis, ELP, Yes, and Pink Floyd, regularly scored top ten albums with successful accompanying worldwide tours.
- 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
- Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
1 day ago · Not particularly, if you consider prog to be a simple contraction of the term progressive rock, because for all the myriad varieties of music Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have made since they were first in a band together playing dub-influenced, oddball synth-pop in the early 80s, you’d struggle to label any of them ‘rock’.
4 days ago · While Mike Portnoy described Dream Theater's musical style as they're a blend of progressive rock and heavy metal. They encompass the progressive aspect, influenced by Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, and Genesis , alongside the metal aspect influenced by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Black Sabbath .
- 1985–present
So the other day over on FB I see Greg Spawton (of Big Big Train) talking up a new book he's publishing through his Kingmaker Publishing side hustle, about the prog revival of the early 1980s, called A Mirror of Dreams. On the back cover of the book, the author Andrew Wild refers to a neo-prog "big six": Marillion - know 'em well, love 'em.
3 days ago · They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, [2] [3] although their musical style has varied throughout their career. [4] Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. [5]
