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.
Band of former King Crimson members that performs a mixture of original songs, King Crimson classics, and material from the various members' solo efforts
Mid-1980s RIO band from Los Angeles
British band active in the 1970s with their art pop music [1]
Once produced by Carl Palmer
though a hardcore punk band, they released a prog album Into the Unknown to reflect members early influences.[9] [10] [11]
Italian band, formed in the 1970s[12]
British band who combined art rock and glam rock, influencing new wave[14]
Scottish band of the early 1970s
English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990 [16]
American progressive hard rock supergroup led by the Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins[18]
German band from the early 1970s[19]
A late 1990s supergroup
early 1970s studio project with Piero Umiliani and Alessandro Alessandroni
Jazz and Canterbury-style supergroup with Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Stewart and Jeff Berlin
Highly virtuosic and experimental guitarist
Band from the mid-1970s classic era of prog
German band heavily influenced by 20th century composition
Canterbury band, active primarily during the 1970s
Solo project of Caravan bassist Richard Sinclair
Mexican band that formed in the late 1970s, who frequently appeared at or organized prog festivals during the 1990s
Italian band who finally released a second album in 2015[21]
French band from the 1970s similar to early Gong but closer to symphonic prog[23]
Band from Shanghai rooted in traditional Chinese music
Indie rock band with strong Jethro Tull and Genesis influences.
British hard rock band with strong progressive influences. Often considered one of the first three heavy metal bands along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.
English band that played progressive rock, soul and funk, with influences from psychedelic soul, jazz, acid rock and world music[27] [28] [29] [30]
1990s Italian rock band that updates the 1970s Italian progressive rock style
Led by the Matthew Parmenter, combined the stylings of Genesis and Van der Graaff Generator[31]
American band considered part of the proto-prog subgenre [37]
American/Canadian band of ex-Berklee students that helped to raise the profile of progressive metal during the 1990s and 2000s
Prog band of the 1990s, with metaphysical, literary-inspired lyrics
Pete Trewavas of Marillion and Transatlantic's band with Eric Blackwood featuring Rick Armstrong (son of astronaut Neil Armstrong)[38]
Dave Stewart on keys
English rock band with progressive leanings
A German band most prominent during the 1970s but who have continued to perform through lineup changes
A brief, mid-1980s incarnation of ELP in which Cozy Powell was the drummer
A British band formed in the 1970s by Barclay James Harvest arranger Robert John Godfrey, who have remained intermittently active from the 1980s onward.
Known as the guitarist in The Neal Morse Band, he has released several albums as a solo artist [41]
Former Marillion lead singer
Band formed by Peter Banks after his departure from Yes
Symphonic prog band, from Sweden, active from the 1990s onward
Prog/pop crossover supergroup with members from The Neal Morse Band, Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, and Dream Theater[44]
Mainly instrumental Dutch group who recorded the 1971 song "Hocus Pocus"
Neo-prog band from the 2000s
German prog band from the early seventies with female vocals [45]
Former lead singer of Genesis, who used many world music influences in his solo material
One of the major classic era bands and a definitive example of the symphonic prog style. They transitioned to more accessible music starting in 1978, though they still included progressive rock songs on later albums
Band with a medieval-sounding style who are considered to be among the most important of the 1970s progressive rock bands
Funk-influenced Italian band known for film soundtrack work
Eclectic, textural band from the 2000s
1970s symphonic prog band from Germany who pursued a more commercial direction during the 1980s
Outside of his work in Genesis, he has had a long prog career as a solo artist [47]
Lead singer of Van Der Graaf Generator
Highly virtuosic 1970s symphonic prog band who performed mainly in the Washington, D.C. area
Long-running space rock band with science fiction lyrics and some crossover with heavy metal
Highly experimental and political 1970s British band who founded the Rock in Opposition movement
Space rock band
Guitarist from Gong
German prog band from the 1970s who started out in folk prog before moving into symphonic prog [49]
Early British folk/prog hybrid
British band active since the late 1980s whose lyrics contain a Christian element
Neo-prog band of the 1980s
1980s pop/prog band
Neo-prog band
Early 1970s krautrock band
Started in the late 1960s as a British blues band, heavily influenced by jazz and British folk rock, who later moved into progressive rock
1970s Swedish band whose Roine Stolt went on to form The Flower Kings
United States symphonic prog band of the 1970s, who underwent numerous personnel changes and moved to a more commercial style in the 1980s
Features members of The Flower Kings[52]
Early work was in alternative metal style, more recent albums have been in progressive rock style.[54]
One of the genre's best-known and most influential bands, who have frequently disbanded and regrouped with radically different lineups and musical styles
Canadian trio whose anonymity and style lead the press to believe they were the Beatles reincarnated[57] [58]
early heavy metal and progressive rock band[62]
Leader of the Ayreon project
A French band who launched the Zeuhl subgenre in the 1970s
An English progressive folk group
An early fusion band that was a major influence on King Crimson and others
A mixture of hard rock, fusion, and progressive rock
British neo-prog band
A 1970s Canterbury band
An early King Crimson offshoot
Italian prog band from the early 1970s who reformed in the 2000s [63]
A Canadian RIO band
Classical rock pioneers who are credited as having created the first progressive rock album, Days of Future Passed
A Swedish band that makes extensive use of complex vocal harmonies
American experimental rock/metal band that has included progressive rock elements[66]
Known for singing in Steve Hackett's live band, he has released a number of prog albums as a solo artist [70]
Progressive symphonic rock from Argentina [72]
A 1960s–1970s classical rock group
Keyboardist who has performed solo and with Ayreon
Studio performer who often played every instrument in his large-scale compositions
Hungarian band formed in the 1960s
Swedish progressive rock band with death metal roots[73]
One of the most important Italian progressive rock bands
Ghanaian Afro-pop and Afrobeat band who incorporate funk, jazz, and progressive rock. Their album covers were illustrated by Roger Dean[74]
A neo-prog band
Features members of Spock's Beard[77]
US art rock band from the 1970s featuring much mellotron. Bill Bruford from Yes guested on drums on their second album.[78]
A neo-prog band
Original guitarist for Genesis
Brighton-based experimental rockers[79]
Pioneering space rock band who went on to become one of the major progressive rock bands
A major Italian band of the early 1970s, once produced by Peter Sinfield, who also wrote English lyrics for the band
1990s Belgian group led by Univers Zero guitarist Roger Trigaux and his son Reginald
American trio who channel funk metal, alternative metal, and progressive rock[80] [81] [82]
Early progressive rock band which recorded with orchestras
Throughout their career, Queen embraced progressive rock, heavy metal, music hall, glam rock, and pop mostly on their first two albums Queen and Queen II[83]
Early 1970s symphonic prog band known for a strong classical influence and Annie Haslam's operatic vocals
Founder of The Flower Kings, he has released several prog albums as a solo artist [85]
Outside of his work in Dream Theater he has released a number of albums as a solo artist
A collaboration between Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess and Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein
Canadian neo-prog band
A RIO band with folk influences
electronic music pioneer, composer, and musician. Was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums.
A French Zeuhl band
Icelandic post-rock band
British progressive metal and djent band[91]
Progressive band from the late '60s-early '70s whose work has influences from blues rock, jazz fusion, and art rock[92]
A Californian RIO band
Serbian and Yugoslav band[93]
A hybrid Electro-Organic band that congregates influences of several branches of the Electronic Music and Heavy Progressive Rock[94]
Canterbury scene band initially playing psychedelic rock, later moving into experimental jazz rock and free jazz
American art rock duo who played glam rock, synth-pop and disco[95]
A psychedelic band that was a major influence on early progressive rock
Started out as a prog band, but moved to new wave starting in 1979
1990s United States symphonic prog band
English musician and bassist of Yes
A progressive band from the US similar to Yes
English progressive rock, pop, and folk band who have been described as precursors of Britpop[96]
A politically active 1970s Italian band who later aligned with RIO
British 1970s symphonic prog band with strong folk roots
A late-1990s version of Echolyn
Formed in 1974 and heavily influenced by prog rock though generally regarded as a punk rock act [98]
A US band who played extended compositions and classical adaptations with a hard rock edge, then played arena rock
Dutch progressive/symphonic rock band[99]
A modern band in the Canterbury style
A highly influential German band of electronic innovators
A band featuring former Happy the Man guitarist Stan Whitaker
An eclectic progressive band
A 1990s RIO band
Alternative rock band whose early work contained progressive rock influences
A late 1970s British band with prog, punk, and avant-garde elements
A politically vocal Krautrock band
A rock-oriented fusion band with psychedelic elements
A Los Angeles alternative band who helped define the progressive metal genre during the 1990s and 2000s
A supergroup with members of Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings and Marillion[109]
A flamenco-influenced 1970s Spanish band
Late 1970s supergroup that recorded just two studio albums With King Crimson's John Wetton and Bill Bruford on their first album
6-piece progressive jam band from South Bend, Indiana
A 1970s Belgian Zeuhl band
British progressive rock band who draw on metal, acid rock, and folk[110]
1970s British band
Canadian progressive metal band with thrash metal roots [111]
Keyboard player who recorded a string of concept albums as a solo artist as well as being a member of Yes and recording with David Bowie
Outside of his work in Porcupine Tree, he has had a long career as a solo artist[112]
A British symphonic prog band from the 1970s onward
The experimentalism, eclecticism and virtuosity in Zappa's music are of a progressive rock nature.
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