Pavlov’s Dog
Pavlov’s Dog, the Saint Louis band formed in 1972 around singer David Surkamp, who released Pampered Menial in 1975; Surkamp, singer and guitarist, died on 13 October 2026.
Bands
Enciclopèdia de bandes: història, formació i discografia, per estils.
Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster, the British band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer, which disbanded in 1975, returned in 1980 and was re-formed in 2016; in 2025 it released Circle the Sun.
Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash, the band from Torquay formed in 1969 with two lead guitarists, who released Argus in 1972 and remain active with Andy Powell as the only founding member.
Hawkwind
Hawkwind, the space rock band from London formed in 1969 around Dave Brock, authors of the live album Space Ritual (1973) and still active.
Nektar
Nektar is a progressive rock band formed in Hamburg in 1969 by English musicians, known for albums such as Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971) and Remember the Future (1973) and for its live light effects.
Greenslade
Greenslade is a British band formed in London in 1972 by keyboardist Dave Greenslade and bassist Tony Reeves, both formerly of Colosseum, who released four studio albums between 1973 and 1975.
Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage is a British guitarist, a member of Gong in the mid-1970s and author of solo albums such as Fish Rising (1975) and L (1976), who is also a co-founder of the electronic project System 7.
Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers was a British singer and songwriter, a founding member of Soft Machine, who released the solo album Joy of a Toy (1969) and died on 18 February 2013 in Montolieu, France.
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt is a British singer and drummer, a founding member of Soft Machine, who released the solo album Rock Bottom (1974) after the fall of 1 June 1973 that left him paralysed from the waist down.
Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill is a British singer and songwriter, co-founder of Van der Graaf Generator, who has released more than thirty solo albums since Fool’s Mate (1971).
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield is a British musician who made his debut in 1973 with Tubular Bells, the first record released by the Virgin label, and who released the studio album Return to Ommadawn in 2017.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is a British singer and songwriter, co-founder of Genesis in 1967 and the band’s singer until 1975, who began his solo career with the album Peter Gabriel in 1977.
Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett is a British guitarist, a member of Genesis until 1977, who has kept up a solo career since Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) that is still active.
Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman is a British keyboardist who was a member of Yes during the 1970s and who has released solo albums including The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) and Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974).
Association P.C.
Association P.C., a Dutch group formed in 1969 by drummer Pierre Courbois, Jasper van ’t Hof and the German Toto Blanke, one of the first jazz-rock groups in Europe.
Embryo
Embryo, a Munich group formed in 1969 by Christian Burchard, one of the most eclectic in krautrock, which moved towards jazz-rock and fusion with the music of Africa and the Middle East.
Nova
Nova, an Italian group born in 1975 from Osanna and Cervello, based in London and influenced by Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Return to Forever.
Arti e Mestieri
Arti e Mestieri, a Turin group formed in 1973, a reference of Italian jazz-rock with the debut Tilt (1974), are still active with founding drummer Furio Chirico.
Perigeo
Perigeo, a Rome quintet that opened up a path of its own in Italian jazz-rock between 1972 and 1976, with five albums on RCA Italiana.
Dzyan
Dzyan, a German group from Mannheim that fused jazz-rock, krautrock and Asian music between 1971 and 1974, in the orbit of the krautrock scene of the time.
Isotope
Isotope, a British jazz-rock quartet formed in London in 1973 by guitarist Gary Boyle, with Hugh Hopper (ex-Soft Machine) on bass from 1974.
Subterranean Masquerade (Submasq)
Subterranean Masquerade, an Israeli band founded in 1997 by Tomer Pink, blend progressive metal with Oriental elements; in December 2025 they changed their name to Submasq.
Distorted Harmony
Distorted Harmony, a Tel Aviv band formed in 2009 by keyboardist Yoav Efron, combines progressive metal with harmonies close to jazz and modern classical music.
Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land, a Petah Tikva band formed in 1991 by Kobi Farhi, blend progressive metal with traditional Jewish and Oriental music; pioneers of so-called “oriental metal”.
Ars Nova
Ars Nova, a Japanese instrumental symphonic progressive rock band formed in 1983, was for years an all-female group led by keyboardist Keiko Kumagai.
Vermilion Sands
Vermilion Sands, a Japanese symphonic rock band formed in 1986 by singer and flautist Yoko Royama, who died in 2004; the group reactivated in 2013 with “Spirits of the Sun”.
Novela
Novela, an Osaka band active between 1979 and 1986, born from the merger of Schéhérazade and Sansuikan, with keyboardist Toshio Egawa as a key figure of Japanese symphonic progressive rock.
Methexis
Methexis, the solo project of Greek musician Nikitas Kissonas (a former member of Verbal Delirium), has four albums released since 2011 and collaborations with musicians from The Enid and Änglagård.
Ciccada
Ciccada, an Athens sextet formed in 2005, combines flute, keyboards and female vocals in folk-rooted progressive rock inspired by Gentle Giant, Gryphon and Renaissance.
Verbal Delirium
Verbal Delirium, a neo-prog band from Athens founded in 1999 by John “Jargon” Kosmidis, with four studio albums released between 2010 and 2022.
Socrates Drank the Conium
Socrates Drank the Conium, a Greek band formed in 1969 around Yannis Spathas and Antonis Tourkogiorgis, best known for the album “Phos” (1976), recorded with Vangelis.
Comedy of Errors
Comedy of Errors, a Glasgow band formed in 1984 around Jim Johnston, remained practically inactive until it resumed its career with Disobey (2011); six albums released since then.
Abel Ganz
Abel Ganz, a Scottish band from Glasgow formed in 1980, are one of the historic groups of British neo-prog; on hiatus between 1996 and 2006, they remain active and tour Europe.
Jump
Jump, a band from High Wycombe formed in 1990 around John Dexter Jones, maintains a continuous recording career within British neo-prog, with fourteen studio albums released up to 2020.
Mostly Autumn
Mostly Autumn, a York band formed in 1995 around Bryan Josh, combine progressive rock and Celtic folk; fifteen studio albums released, the latest in 2025.
Solstice
Solstice, a Milton Keynes band formed in 1980 around guitarist Andy Glass, blend progressive rock and folk from Silent Dance (1984) onwards; they continue to release new albums.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night, a Reading band formed in 1978, was described by the BBC as the most important group in the town in the 1980s thanks to albums such as Fact and Fiction (1982); inactive since 2022.
Pallas
Pallas, a Scottish band from Aberdeen formed in 1976, are one of the reference groups of 1980s British neo-prog thanks to the concept album The Sentinel (1984); they remain active.
Spirogyra
Spirogyra, a progressive folk band formed in Bolton in 1967 and re-formed in 1969 at the University of Canterbury, released St Radigunds (1971) with Barbara Gaskin on vocals; they reunited between 2004 and 2018.
Comus
Comus, an English band formed in 1969 in Bromley, Kent, fused acoustic folk and dark-themed progressive rock on the album First Utterance (1971); they reunited in 2008 and remain active.