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# 97 – AREA
Debut Album: Arbeit Macht Frei (1973)
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Essential Album: Crac! (1975)
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# 96 – KING’S X Top 10 Procol Harum

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# 95 – EDGAR WINTER September 10, 2017
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Essential Album: They Only Come Out at Night (1972)
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# 94 – BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST

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# 93 – 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
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# 92 – BANCO DEL MUTUO

SOCCORSO
Debut Album: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1972)
Essential Album:Darwin! (1972)
Essential Song: Moby Dick
10 Essential Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Songs
# 91 – THE DOORS
Debut Album: The Doors (1967)
Essential Album: The Soft Parade (1969)
Essential Song: The End
10 Essential Doors Songs
# 90 – THE FLOWER KINGS

Debut Album: Back in the World of Adventures (1995)
Essential Album: Stardust We Are (1997)
Essential Song: The Truth Will Set You Free
10 Essential Songs by The Flower Kings
# 89 – PLANET X
Debut Album: Universe (2000)
Essential Album: Quantum (2007)
Essential Song: Desert Girl
10 Essential Planet X Songs
# 88 – STEVE VAI
Debut Album: Flex-able (1984)
Essential Album: Passion and Warfare (1990)
Essential Song: For The Love Of God
10 Essential Steve Vai Songs
# 87 – 10CC
Debut Album: 10cc (1973)
Essential Album: The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Essential Song: I’m Not In Love

10 Essential 10cc Songs
# 86 – NEW TROLLS
Debut Album: Senza orario Senza bandiera (1968)
Essential Album: Concerto grosso per i New

Trolls (1971)
Essential Song: Concerto Grosso (complete suite part 1)
10 Essential New Trolls Songs
# 85 – KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD

WIZARD
Debut Album: 12 Bar Bruise (2012)
Essential Album: I’m in Your Mind Fuzz, (2014)
Essential Song: Gamma Knife
10 Essential King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Songs
# 84 – FAITH NO MORE
Debut Album: We Care a Lot (1985)
Essential Album: The Real Thing (1989)
Essential Song: Epic
10 Essential Faith No More Songs
# 83- HATFIELD AND THE NORTH

Debut Album: Hat eld And The North (1974)
Essential Album: Hat eld And The North (1974)
Essential Song: Son Of ‘There’s No Place Like Homerton
10 Essential Hat eld and the North Songs
# 82 – ROXY MUSIC
Debut Album: Roxy Music (1972)
Essential Album: Siren (1975)
Essential Song: Love Is The Drug
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# 81 – ANATHEMA
Debut Album: Serenades (1993)
Essential Album: Judgment (1999)
Essential Song: One Last Goodbye
10 Essential Anathema Songs
# 80 – BLUE OYSTER CULT

Debut Album: Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Essential Album: Agents of Fortune (1976)
Essential Song: Don’t Fear The Reaper
10 Essential Blue Oyster Cult Songs
# 79 – STEVE HACKETT
Debut Album: Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)
Essential Album: Spectral Mornings (1979)

Essential Song: Firth of Fifth
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# 78 – DIXIE DREGS
Debut Album: Freefall (1977)
Essential Album: What If? (1978)
Essential Song: Take It O The Top
10 Essential Dixie Dregs Songs
# 77 – AL STEWART
Debut Album: Bedsitter Images (1967)
Essential Album: Year of the Cat (1976)
Essential Song: Year of the Cat
10 Essential Al Stewart Songs
# 76 – SAGA
Debut Album: Saga (1978)
Essential Album: World’s Apart (1981)
Essential Song: On The Loose
10 Essential Saga Songs
# 75 – ATOMIC ROOSTER
Debut Solo Album: Atomic Rooster (1970)
Essential Album: Death Walks Behind You (1971)

Essential Song: Tomorrow Night
10 Essential Atomic Rooster Songs
# 74 – RADIOHEAD
Debut Album: Pablo Honey (1993)
Essential Album: OK Computer (1997)
Essential Song: Street Spirit
10 Essential Radiohead Songs
# 73 – BILL BRUFORD
Debut Album: Feels So Good To Me (1978)
Essential Album: One of a Kind (1979)
Essential Song: Triplicity
10 Essential Bill Bruford Songs
# 72 – THE WHO
Debut Album: My Generation (1965)
Essential Album: Quodrophenia (1973)
Essential Song: Won’t Get Fooled Again
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# 71 – DAVID BOWIE
Debut Album: David Bowie (1967)
Essential Album: Diamond Dogs (1974)

Essential Song: Space Oddity
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# 70 – ROBERT FRIPP
Debut Solo Album: Exposure (1979)
Essential Album: Exposure (1979)
Essential Song: Breathless
10 Essential Robert Fripp Songs
# 69 – BRIAN ENO
Debut Solo Album: Here Come the Warm Jets (1974)
Essential Album: Another Green World (1975
Essential Song: Baby’s On Fire
10 Essential Brian Eno Songs
# 68 – THE MARS VOLTA

Debut Album: De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
Essential Album: The Bedlam in Goliath
Essential Song: The Widow
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# 67 – TWELFTH NIGHT
Debut Album: Skan (1979)
Essential Album: Fact or Fiction (1982)

Essential Song: We Are Sane
10 Essential Twelfth Night Songs
# 66 – TOM WAITS
Debut Album: Closing Time (1973)
Essential Album: Mule Variations (1999)
Essential Song: What’s He Building In There?
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# 65 – PALLAS
Debut Album: The Sentinel (1984)
Essential Album: The Sentinel (1984)
Essential Song: The Rise and Fall Part 1
10 Essential Pallas Songs
# 64 – THE ENID
Debut Album: In The Region Of The Summer Stars
(1976)
Essential Album: Aerie Faerie Nonsense (1977)
Essential Song: Something Wicked This Way Comes
10 Essential Songs from The Enid
# 63 – SOLSTICE
Debut Album: Silent Dance (1984)
Essential Album: New Life (1993)
Essential Song: Guardian
10 Essential Solstice Songs
# 62 – THE BEATLES
Debut Album: Please Please Me (1963)
Essential Album: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club

Band (1967)
Essential Song: A Day In The Life
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covered every year)
# 61 – MAGMA
Debut Album: Magma (1970)
Essential Album: Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh

(1973)
Essential Song: De Futura
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# 60 – OPETH
Debut Album: Orchid (1985)
Essential Album: Blackwater Park (2001)
Essential Song: To Bid You Farewell
10 Essential Opeth Songs
# 59 – QUEEN
Debut Album: Queen (1973)
Essential Album: A Night At The Opera (1975)
Essential Song: Ogre Battle
10 Essential Queen Songs
# 58 – OZRIC TENTACLES
Debut Album: Pungent E ulgent (1989)
Essential Album: Jurassic Shift (1993)
Essential Song: Spirals in Hyperspace
10 Essential Ozric Tentacles Songs
# 57 – LED ZEPPELIN
Debut Album: Led Zeppelin (1969)
Essential Album: Physical Gra ti (1975)
Essential Song: Kashmir
10 Essential Led Zeppelin Songs
# 56 – PENDRAGON
Debut Album: The Jewel (1985)
Essential Album: The Masquerade Overture (1996)
Essential Song: Indigo
10 Essential Pendragon Songs

# 55 – RICK WAKEMAN
Debut Solo Album: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Essential Album: Journey to the Centre of the

Earth (1974)
Essential Song: Journey/Recollection Suite
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# 54 – SPOCK’S BEARD
Debut Album: The Light (1995)
Essential Album: V (2000)
Essential Song: The Healing Colors of Sound
10 Essential Spock’s Beard Songs
# 53 – ANEKDOTEN
Debut Album: Vemod (1993)
Essential Album: Gravity (2003)
Essential Song: Karelia
10 Essential Anekdoten Songs
# 52 – BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS

Debut Album: Child is Father to Man (1968)
Essential Album: Blood Sweat & Tears (1968)
Essential Song: Spinning Wheel
10 Essential Blood Sweat & Tears Songs
# 51 – CURVED AIR
Debut Album: Air Conditioning (1970)
Essential Album: Phantasmagoria (1972)
Essential Song: Piece of Mind
10 Essential Curved Air Songs
# 50 – FAUST
Debut Album: Faust (1971)
Essential Album: Faust So Far (1972)
Essential Song: “Jennifer”
10 Essential Faust Songs List
# 49 – FATES WARNING
Debut Album: Night on Bröcken (1984)
Essential Album: No Exit (1988)
Essential Song: Guardian
10 Essential Fates Warning Songs
# 48 – DAVID GILMOUR
Debut Solo Album: David Gilmour (1978)
Essential Album: About Face (1984)
Essential Solo Song: There’s No Way Out of Here

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Gilmour Songs
# 46 – IQ
Debut Album: Tales from the Lush Attic (1983)
Essential Album: The Wake
Essential Song: The Seventh House
10 Essential IQ Songs
# 45 – BIG BIG TRAIN

Debut Album: Goodbye to the Age of Steam (1994)
Essential Album: The Underfall Yard (2009)
Essential Song: East Coast Racer
10 Essential Big Big Train Songs
# 44- COLOSSEUM
Debut Album: Those Who Are About to Die Salute
You (1969)
Essential Album: Valentyne Suite (1969)
Essential Song: Lost Angeles
10 Essential Colosseum Songs
# 43- ASIA
Debut Album: Asia (1982)
Essential Album: Asia (1982)
Essential Song: Heat Of The Moment
10 Essential Asia Songs
# 42- STEVE HOWE

Debut Solo Album: Beginnings (1975)
Essential Album: Steve Howe Album (1979)
Essential Song: Turbulence
10 Essential Steve Howe Songs
# 41- COHEED AND CAMBRIA

Debut Album: The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002)
Essential Album: The Afterman: Ascension (2005)
Essential Song: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
10 Essential Coheed and Cambria Songs
# 40- DEEP PURPLE

Debut Album: Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
Essential Album: Machine Head (1972)
Essential Song: Smoke On The Water
10 Essential Deep Purple Songs
# 39- TODD RUNDGREN AND UTOPIA

Debut Album: Runt (1970)
Essential Album: Something/Anything? (1972)
Essential Song: Hello It’s Me
10 Essential Todd Rundgren Songs
# 38 – STRAWBS
Debut Album: Strawbs (1969)
Essential Album: Hero and Heroine
Essential Song: ” Part of the Union
10 Essential Strawbs Songs
# 37 – KEITH EMERSON & THE NICE

Debut Album: The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (1967)
Essential Album: Elegy (1971)
Essential Song: America
10 Essential Songs by The Nice
# 36- NEKTAR
Debut Album: Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971)
Essential Album: A Tab In The Ocean (1972)
Essential Song: A Tab In The Ocean
10 Essential Nektar Songs
# 35 – QUEENSRYCHE
Debut Album: The Warning (1984)
Essential Album:Operation: Mindcrime II 2006
Essential Song: Empire
10 Essential Queensryche Songs
# 34 – CAN
Debut Album: Monster Movie (1969)
Essential Album: Tago Mago (1971)
Essential Song: Vitamin C
10 Essential Can Songs
# 33- JETHRO TULL

Debut Album: This Was (1968)
Essential Album: Aqualung (1971)
Essential Song: Locomotive Breath
10 Essential Jethro Tull Songs
# 32 – KATE BUSH
Debut album – The Kick Inside (1978)
Essential Album: Hounds Of Love (1985)
Essential Song: Cloudbusting
10 Essential Kate Bush Songs
# 31 – MUSE
Debut Album: Showbiz (1999)
Essential Album: Black Holes and Revelations
Essential Song: Supermassive Black Hole
10 Essential Muse Songs
# 30 – TOOL
Debut album: Undertow 1993
Essential Album: Lateralus
Essential Song: Sober
10 Essential Tool Songs
# 29 – ROGER WATERS
Debut Solo Album: The Pros and Cons of Hitch
Hiking (1984)
Essential Solo Album: Amused to Death
Essential Song: Go Fishing
10 Essential Roger Waters Songs
# 28 – HAWKWIND
Debut Album: Hawkwind (1970)
Essential Album: Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Essential Song: Silver Machine
10 Essential Hawkwind Songs
# 27- KRAFTWERK
Debut Album: Kraftwerk (1970)
Essential Album: Autobhan (1974)
Essential Song: Tour De France
10 Essential Kraftwerk Songs
# 26 – ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
Debut Solo Album: Velvet Darkness (1976)
Essential Album: Metal Fatigue
Essential Song: Devil Take the Hindmost
10 Essential Allan Holdsworth Songs
# 25 – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

Debut Album: The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
Essential Album: A New World Record (1976)
Essential Song: Mr. Blue Sky
10 Essential Electric Light Orchestra Songs
# 24 – STEVEN WILSON
Debut Solo Album: Insurgentes (2008)
Essential Album: The Raven That Refused to Sing (And

Other Stories) (2013)
Essential Song: Routine
10 Essential Steven Wilson Songs
# 23 – PETER GABRIEL
Debut Solo Album: Peter Gabriel (1977)
Essential Album: SO (1986)
Essential Song: Sledgehammer
10 Essential Peter Gabriel Songs
# 22 – PROCOL HARUM
Debut Album: Procol Harum (1969)
Essential Album: Grand Hotel (1973)
Essential Song: Whiter Shade Of Pale
10 Essential Procol Harum Songs
# 21- RENAISSANCE
Debut Album: Renaissance (1969)
Essential Album: A Song For All Seasons (1978)
Essential Song: Carpet of the Sun
10 Essential Renaissance Songs
# 20 – VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR

Debut album: The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969)
Essential Album: The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each

Other (1970)
Essential Song: The Sleepwalkers
10 Essential Van der Graaf Generator Songs
# 19 – GONG
Debut album: Magick Brother (1970)
Essential Album: Flying Teapot (1973)
Essential Song: Master Builder
10 Essential Gong Songs
# 18 – GENTLE GIANT
Debut album: Gentle Giant (1970)
Essential Album: Octopus (1972)
Essential Song: The Advent of Panurge
10 Essential Gentle Giant Songs
# 17 – CARAVAN
Debut album: Caravan (1969)
Essential Album: In The Land Of Grey and Pink (1971)
Essential Song: Nine Feet Underground
10 Essential Caravan Songs
# 16- RUSH
Debut album: Rush (1974)
Essential Album: Moving Pictures (1981)
Essential Song: 2112
10 Essential Rush Songs

# 15 – MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
Debut album: The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
Essential Album: Apocalypse
Essential Song: The Noonward Race
10 Essential Mahavishnu Orchestra Songs
# 14 – CAMEL
Debut album: Camel (1973)
Essential Album: The Snow Goose (1975)
Essential Song: The White Rider
10 Essential Camel Songs
# 13 – MARILLION
Debut album: Script for a Jester’s Tear (1983)
Essential Album: Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Essential Song: Kayleigh
10 Essential Marillion Songs
# 12 – SOFT MACHINE
Debut album: The Soft Machine (1968)
Essential Album: Third (1970)
Essential Song: Moon In June
10 Essential Soft Machine Songs

# 11 – ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

Debut album: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Essential Album: I Robot (1977)
Essential Song: Eye in the Sky
10 Essential Alan Parsons Project Songs
# 10 – DREAM THEATER
Debut album: When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
Essential Album: Images and Words (1992)
Essential Song: Metropolis—Part I: ‘The Miracle and the

Sleeper
10 Essential Dream Theater Songs
# 9 – KANSAS
Debut album: Kansas (1974)
Essential Album: Leftoverture (1976)
Essential Song: Carry On Wayward Son
10 Essential Kansas Songs
# 8 – PORCUPINE TREE
Debut album: On the Sunday of Life… (1992)
Essential Album: Lightbulb Sun (1992)
Essential Song: Anesthetize
10 Essential Porcupine Tree Songs
# 7 – THE MOODY BLUES

Debut album: The Magni cent Moodies (1965)
Essential Album: Days of Future Passed (1967)
Essential Song: Question
10 Essential Moody Blues Songs
# 6 – FRANK ZAPPA
Debut album: Freak Out! (1966)
Essential Album: One Size Fits All
Essential Song: “Inca Roads.”
Essential Frank Zappa Songs
# 5 – KING CRIMSON
Debut album: In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
Essential Album: Red
Essential Song: The Court of the Crimson King
10 Essential King Crimson Songs
# 4 – EMERSON LAKE & PALMER

There have been power trios in rock, but nothing like
Emerson Lake & Palmer. This is Keith Emerson’s second
appearance and Greg Lake’s third appearance on
this Reader’s Top 100 Progressive Rock Bands and

Artists of All Time.
Debut album: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
Essential Album: Brain Salad Surgery
Essential Song: “Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 2”
10 Essential Emerson Lake & Palmer Songs
# 3 – PINK FLOYD
Most people argued for Pink Floyd. However there were
just a couple who argued against them. Nonetheless,
most fans realize know how important they were in
Progressive Rock history.
Debut album: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Essential Album: Dark Side Of The Moon
Essential Song: Us and Them
10 Essential Pink Floyd Songs
# 2 – GENESIS
When we listed the Genesis Peter Gabriel Era in our Top
10 Progressive Rock Bands list, the Steve Hackett fans
went crazy over the fact that we did not specify that
Hackett had continued on for two more albums after
Peter Gabriel left. We also got some emails form angry
Phil Collins fans saying he has been underappreciated in
the band. So, in the end we are just listing Genesis as a
whole in the number three spot based on the amount of
people who argued they should be at the top of the list.
Debut album: From Genesis to Revelation (1969)
Essential Album: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Essential Song: “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.”
10 Essential Genesis Songs
# 1 – YES
Not one person argued against our choice of Yes as the
number one progressive rock band of all time in our top
10 Progressive rock bands list. Furthermore, most
people who commented on the list and sent us emails
all chose Yes. They were the only band in which there
was a complete agreement in their legacy and
importance to rock and roll history. So why oh why did it
take them so long to be inducted into the rock and roll
hall of fame? One thing is certain, if it were real rock and
roll fans voting, Yes would have been inducted in the
rst couple of years.
Debut album: Yes (1969)
Essential Album: Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
Essential Song: “Close to the Edge”
10 Essential Yes Songs
Other interesting Yes articles….
Top 10 Yes Album Covers
Why its time to put Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.
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We let the readers have their say in choosing 100 of the
their favorite Progressive Rock bands and artists. It was a
great amount of work tabulating their votes in creating
that list. We spent three months collecting emails, and
comments on our Facebook Page. It was easily one of
the most enjoyable projects we have ever embarked on
here at ClassicRockHistory.com.
Sta writer Emily Fagen thought it would be fun and

interesting to create a sta list of picks to compare to
the readers list. Our original Top 10 Progressive Rock
Band list did not take into account individual artists like
our reader’s list did. We also felt that the readers list left
out some key Progressive Rock bands that we think
should be always be mentioned whenever the term best
Progressive Rock bands or Artists is written. This is a list
that is more cumulative than ranked, so please don’t feel
that a band we listed at 173 is less important than a band
listed at 160. The list is a mix of the favorites of the
writers here at the site, and in many ways represents
what we believe are great Progressive Rock bands and
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few times in their careers an experimentation in
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# 199 – FLASH
# 198 – DRUID
# 197 – MESHUGGAH
# 196 – HIGH TIDE
# 195 – GRYPHON
# 194 – FLASH
# 193 – STORMU
# 192 – YAMASHTA’S EAST WIND
# 191 – GREENSLADE
# 190 – KHAN
# 189 – RIVERSIDE
# 188 – MOSTLY AUTUMN
# 187 – JOHN TABACCO
# 186 – ABIGAIL’S GHOST
# 184 – OPUS 5
# 183 – GURU GURU
# 182 – RADIO MOSCOW
# 181 – THE FLYING
LUTTENBACHERS
# 180 – HARMONIUM
# 179 – BIG WRECK
# 178 – GROBSCHNITT
# 177 – SPARTACUS
# 176 – CARIO
# 175 – HAPPY THE MAN
# 174 – KOSTAREV GROUP
# 173 – THE DOORS
# 172 – AMON DUUL II
# 171 – KALUTALIKSUAK
# 170 – BIRDSONGS OF THE
MESOZOIC
# 169 – STYX
# 168 – ART BEARS
# 167 – PREMIATA FORNERIA
MARCONI
# 166 – FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
# 165 – VINTERSORG
# 164 – A PERFECT CIRCLE
# 163 – FLORENCE AND THE
MACHINE
# 162 – NIGHTINGALE
# 161 – MAGELLEN
# 160 – EVERGREY
# 159 – KARMAKANIC
# 158 – VIOLENT SILENCE
# 157 – ROYAL BLOOD

# 156 – DELIRIUM
# 155 – TRANSATLANTIC
# 154 – II BALETTO DI BRONZO
# 153 – RPWL
# 152 – TRIUMVIRAT
# 151 – LIQUID TENSION
EXPERIMENT
# 150 – LA MASCHERA DI CERA
# 149 – WITHERSCAPE
# 148 – LANDBERK
# 147 – PVRIS
# 146 – KROKODIL
# 145 – PHIDEAUX
# 144 – SLEEPYTIME GORILLA
MUSEUM
# 143 – ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI
# 142 – ANDY PRATT
# 141 – ALICE COOPER
# 140 – DIO
# 139 – AMORPHIS
# 138 – MOUNTAIN
# 137 – LE ORME
# 136 – MESHUGGAH
# 135 – VON HERTZEN BROTHERS

# 134 – RADIOHEAD
# 133 – COUNTER-WORLD
EXPERIENCE
# 132 – MILES DAVIS
# 131 – HIDRIA SPACEFOLK
# 130 – GARYBALDI
# 129 – ANDROMEDA
# 128 – ON THE VIRG
# 127 – GLASS HAMMER
# 126 – THE WHO
# 125 – THERION
# 124 – SYSTEM OF A DOWN
# 123 – JOY DIVISION
# 122 – PROCOL HARUM
# 121 – ADRIEN BELEW
# 120 – MEAT LOAF
# 119 – MORGLBL
# 118 – EPICA
# 117 – THE PIXIES
# 116 – RAGE AGAINST THE
MACHINE
# 115 – ANGE
# 114 – ELOY
# 113 – KATE BUSH

# 112 – DEEP PURPLE
# 111 – THE ROLLING STONES
# 110 – THE BEATLES
# 109 – PAIN OF SALVATION
# 108 – U.K.
# 107 – CARDIACS
# 106 – BANCO DEL MUTUO
SOCCORSO
# 105 – THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
BAND
# 104 – MOON SAFARI
# 103 – HAKEN
# 102 – WISHBONE ASH
# 101 – MOSTLY AUTUMN
# 100 – JEAN-LUC PONTY
# 99 – RICHARD PINHAS
# 98 – JOHN WETTON
# 97 – JEFF BECK
# 96 – TOM WAITS
# 95 – THE DIXIE DREGS
# 94 – STEVE VAI
# 93 – NEAL MORSE
# 92 – GONG
# 91 – MUSE
# 90 – PETER HAMMILL
# 89 – THE DECEMBERISTS
# 88 – COHEED AND CAMBRIA
# 87 – PALLAS
# 86 – QUEEN
# 85 – BEARDFISH
# 84 – ENCHANT
# 83 – SOFT HEAP
# 82 – OSANNA
# 80 – AREA
# 79 – SOLSTICE
# 78 – ANEKDOTEN
# 77 – FAUST
# 76 – STEVE HOWE
# 75 – KRAFTWERK
# 74 – DAVID GILMOUR
# 73 – BIG BIG TRAIN
# 72 – CURVED AIR
# 71 – OZRIC TENTACLES
# 70 – LED ZEPPELIN
# 69 – VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
# 68 – ANATHEMA
# 67 – BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST

# 66 – ECHOLYN
# 65 – STEVE HILLAGE
# 64 – URIAH HEEP
# 63 – THE NEW TROLLS
# 62 – THE FLOWER KINGS
# 61 – BLOODROCK
# 60 – TWELFTH NIGHT
# 59 – THE MARS VOLTA
# 58 – ROXY MUSIC
# 57 – PENDRAGON
# 56 – TANGERINE DREAM
# 55 – RIVERSIDE
# 54 – HATFIELD AND THE NORTH
# 53 – SAGA
# 52 – RICK WAKEMAN
# 51 – ROBERT FRIPP
# 50 – THE ENID
# 49 – COLOSSEUM
# 48 – SOFT MACHINE
# 47 – ROGER WATERS
# 46 – FATES WARNING
# 45 – MAGMA
# 44 – OPETH
# 43 – SPOCK’S BEARD
# 42 – SPIROGYRA
# 41 – ASIA
# 40 – MARILLION
# 39 – HAWKWIND
# 38 – QUEENSRYCHE
# 37 – STRAWBS
# 36 – MAGNA CARTER
# 35 – HENRY COW
# 34 – KEITH EMERSON AND THE
NICE
# 33 – CAN
# 32 – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
# 31 – MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
# 30 – PETER GABRIEL
# 29 – ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
# 28 – ATOMIC ROOSTER
# 27 – NEKTAR
# 26 – IQ
# 25 – PORCUPINE TREE
# 24 – BRIAN ENO
# 23 – FRUPP
# 22 – GONG
# 21 – PAVLOV’S DOG
# 20 – UTOPIA
# 19 – CARAVAN
# 18 – CAMEL
# 17 – RUSH
# 16 – DREAM THEATER
# 15 – STEVE HACKETT
# 14 – GENTLE GIANT
# 13 – JETHRO TULL
# 12 – KANSAS
# 11 – RENAISSANCE
# 10 – THE MOODY BLUES
# 9 – STEVEN WILSON
# 8 – ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
# 6 – KING CRIMSON
# 5 – PINK FLOYD
# 4 – GENESIS
# 3 – EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
# 2 – YES
# 1 – FRANK ZAPPA
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associated with these bands
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2 Comments
Diane Centers MAY 1, 2018
Despite Nirvana’s short tenure due to Kurt
Cobain’s untimely death
(or shall I more accurately say MURDER),
this band stepped into the Rock Music
scene and proceeded to turn it upside
down. They looked and sounded like no
one who came before them.
They, along with Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains,
Seven Mary Three and so many others
literally de ned the sound of a generation,
known as Grunge.
Music that is unapologetically di erent,
bold, intelligent, blatantly honest and lled
with raw emotion…
…and THAT is the very embodiment and
de nition of Progressivism as pertaining to
music of ANY genre.
I may be a bit partial, but I truly believe
Nirvana should have been included, even if
only in the Sta ’s list.
Thanks…Diane Centers of Cincinnati, OH
Reply
Brian Kachejian MAY 2, 2018 

Great argument! I agree with

you. Your comments are
greatly appreciated and your
mention of the band Nirvana
and the way they changed the
landscape of rock music
de nes the meaning of
progressivism in music.
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Daniel Bento MAY 2, 2018

Your comment is awaiting moderation.
Amazing list! First list that makes sense to
me since a million years! So tired of crap
lists like the ones from RS magazine (and
others). And, nally, for the rst time ever, I
can see justice being made to ELP.
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