Timeline of progressive rock and progressive metal

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This is a list of events, artists, and albums constituting a timeline of major developments in progressive rock and progressive metal.

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1962-1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008


[edit] 1962-1967

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  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (USA) (1967)
  • The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (England) (1967)
  • The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (England) (1967)
  • Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (England) (1967)
  • Procol Harum - Procol Harum (England) (1967)
  • Soft Machine - Jet Propelled Photographs (England) (1967) - NOTE: Demo Recordings first released 1971 as part of the Rock Generation series by BYG Record - Jet Propelled Photograph was adopted as a title quite some time later
  • Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (USA) (1967)
  • Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (USA) (1966)
  • Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (USA) (1967)

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[edit] 1968

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  • Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd after an extended and notorious fling with hallucinogenic drugs which cause him psychological damage and his childhood friend David Gilmour joins the band.

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  • Peter Banks leaves Yes, is replaced by former Bodast and Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe.

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  • Yes fires organist Tony Kaye, and replaces him with former Strawbs keyboard player and session musican Rick Wakeman. Anthony Phillips leaves Genesis, and is replaced by guitarist Steve Hacket. Genesis also changes drummers, losing John Mayhew and bringing in former child actor Phil Collins.

[edit] 1971

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Drummer Bill Bruford leaves Yes, joining King Crimson; Yes hires former John Lennon drummer Alan White. The new King Crimson Bruford joins has former Family bassist John Wetton.

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  • Rick Wakeman leaves Yes after concluding the band's Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour, he goes solo following the success of his albums Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Center of the Earth. he is replaced by Yes by former Refugee Keyboard player Patrick Moraz. Founding member Phil Schulman ldeaves Gentle Giant.

[edit] 1974

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[edit] 1976

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  • Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery & Imagination (England)
  • Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Travelled (USA)
  • Ange - Par les fils de Mandrin (France)
  • Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités (France)
  • Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Come In Un'Ultima Cena (Italy)
  • Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour (England)
  • Camel - Moonmadness (England)
  • Caravan - Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's (England)
  • Celeste - Celeste (aka Principe Di Un Giorno) (Italy)
  • Cos - Viva Boma (Belgium)
  • Crucis - Crucis (Argentina)
  • Ethos - Ardour (USA)
  • Far East Family Band - Parallel World (Japan)
  • Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (England)
  • Genesis - Wind and Wuthering (England)
  • Gentle Giant - Interview (England)
  • Gualberto - Vericuetos (Spain)
  • Henry Cow - Concerts (England)
  • Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock & Roll, Too Young to Die (England)
  • Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (England)
  • Kaipa - Inget Nytt Under Solen (Sweden)
  • Kansas - Leftoverture (USA)
  • Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (Germany)
  • Novalis - Sommerabend (Germany)
  • Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo (Italy)
  • Pollen - Pollen (Quebec)
  • Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage Letzte Nächte (Germany)
  • Pulsar - The Strands of the Future (France)
  • Queen - A Day at the Races
  • Rush - 2112 (Canada)
  • Schicke Führs & Fröhling - Symphonic Pictures (Germany)
  • Soft Machine - Softs (England)
  • Starcastle - Starcastle (USA)
  • Steve Howe - Beginnings (England)
  • Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life (England)

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  • 10cc: Kevin Godley and Lol Creme leave to pursue solo projects.

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[edit] 1977

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Bill Bruford - Feels Good to Me (England)

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[edit] 1978

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  • Art Bears
  • Sky - Herbie Flowers, Tristan Fry, Francis Monkman, Kevin Peek, John Williams
  • Iman, Califato Independiente
  • Twelfth Night

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[edit] 1979

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  • Aksak Maboul - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits (Belgium)
  • Albert Marcoeur - Armes et Cycles (France)
  • Arachnoid - Arachnoid (France)
  • Art Bears - Winter Songs (England)
  • Art Zoyd - Musique Pour l'Odyssee (France)
  • Atlas - Blå Vardag (Sweden)
  • Bill Bruford - One of a Kind (England)
  • Camel - I Can See Your House From Here (England)
  • Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs (USA)
  • Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (Germany)
  • Eskaton - Four Visions (France)
  • Flame Dream - Elements (Switzerland)
  • FM - Surveillance (Canada)
  • Godley and Creme - Freeze Frame (England)
  • Itoiz - Ezekiel (Basque Country)
  • Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (England)
  • Kansas - Monolith (USA)
  • Laurent Thibault - Mais on ne Peut pas Rever Tout le Temps (France)
  • Le Orme - Florian (Italy)
  • Ma Banlieue Flasque - Ma Banlieue Flasque (France)
  • Mezquita - Recuerdos De Mi Tierra (Spain)
  • Mike Batt - Tarot Suite (England)
  • Neuschwanstein - Battlement (Germany)
  • Pink Floyd - The Wall (England)
  • Robert Fripp - Exposure (England)
  • Sky - Sky (England / Australia)
  • Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings (England)
  • Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album (England)
  • Stormy Six - Macchina Maccheronica (Italy)
  • Supertramp - Breakfast in America (England)
  • Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling (England)
  • Triana - Sombra y Luz (Spain)
  • U.K. - Danger Money (England)
  • Univers Zero - Heresie (Belgium)

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  • Richard Wright of Pink Floyd is fired from the band by bassist, Roger Waters. However he is allowed back on "The Wall" tour as a paid session musician.

[edit] 1980

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  • Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement (France)
  • Ain Soph - A Story of Mysterious Forest (Japan)
  • Art Bears - The World as It is Today (England)
  • Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur (France)
  • Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine (France)
  • Bill Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado (England)
  • Cai - Noche Abierta (Spain)
  • Caravan - The Album (England)
  • Eskaton - Ardeur (France)
  • Fred Frith - Gravity (England)
  • Genesis - Duke (England)
  • Gentle Giant - Civilian (England)
  • Hawkwind - Levitation (England)
  • Iman, Califato Independiente - Camino del Aguila (Spain)
  • Jethro Tull - A (England)
  • Jon Anderson - Song of Seven (England)
  • Kansas - Audio-Visions (USA)
  • Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day (England)
  • Patrick Gauthier - Bebe Godzilla (France)
  • Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel III (melting face) (England)
  • Picchio Dal Pozzo - Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi (Italy)
  • Present - Triskaidekaphobie (Belgium)
  • Rahmann - Rahmann (France)
  • Rush - Permanent Waves (Canada)
  • SBB - Memento z banalnym tryptykiem (Poland)
  • Sky - Sky 2 (England / Australia)
  • Steve Hackett - Defector (England)
  • Tako - U Vreći za Spavanje (Yugoslavia)
  • The Muffins - Open City (USA)
  • This Heat - This Heat (England)
  • Wurtemberg - Rock Fantasia Opus 9 (France)
  • Yes - Drama (England)
  • Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor (Sweden)

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  • Sky: Francis Monkman (keyboards) departs. Replaced by Steve Gray.

[edit] 1981

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  • Camel - Nude (England)
  • Cartoon - Cartoon (USA)
  • Dün - Eros (France)
  • East - Játekók (Hungary)
  • Eider Stellaire - Eider Stellaire (K001) (France)
  • Eloy - Planets (Germany)
  • Flame Dream - "Out In The Dark" (Switzerland)
  • Fred Frith - Speechless (England)
  • Genesis - Abacab (England)
  • Godley and Creme - Ismism (England)
  • Hawkwind - Sonic Attack (England)
  • Kayak - Merlin (Netherlands)
  • Kerrs Pink - Mellom Oss (Norway)
  • King Crimson - Discipline (England)
  • Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar (Sweden)
  • Los Jaivas - Alturas de Machu Picchu (Chile)
  • Mike Batt / Autopilot - Rapid Eye Movements (England)
  • Mike Batt - Six Days in Berlin (England)
  • National Health - D.S. Al Coda (England)
  • Pallas - Arrive Alive (Scotland)
  • Phil Collins - Face Value (England)
  • Rush - Moving Pictures (Canada)
  • Saga - Worlds Apart (Canada)
  • Sky - Sky 3 (England / Australia)
  • Steve Hackett - Cured (England)
  • Steve Howe - The Bodast Tapes (England)
  • The Muffins - 185 (USA)
  • This Heat - Deceit (England)
  • Twelfth Night - Live at the Target (England)
  • Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors (Belgium)

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[edit] 1982

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  • Art Zoyd - Phase IV (France)
  • Asia - Asia (England)
  • Begnagrad - Begnagrad (Konzert for a Broken Dance) (Yugoslavia)
  • Bi Kyo Ran - Bi Kyo Ran (Japan)
  • Camel - The Single Factor (England)
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow (USA)
  • Debile Menthol - Emile au Jardin Patrologique (Switzerland)
  • East - Hűség (Hungary)
  • Etron Fou Leloublan - Les Poumons Gonfles (France)
  • Genesis - Three Sides Live (England)
  • IQ - Seven Stories into Eight (England)
  • Isildurs Bane - Sagan om den irländska älgen (Sweden)
  • Jean-Paul Prat - Masal (France)
  • Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast (England)
  • Kenso - II (Japan)
  • King Crimson - Beat (England)
  • Los Jaivas - Aconcagua (Chile)
  • Mike Batt - Zero Zero (England)
  • Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out (England)
  • P.L.J. Band - Armageddon (Greece)
  • Peter Gabriel - Security (England)
  • Radio Noisz Ensemble - Yniverze (Germany)
  • Rebekka - Phoenix (Germany)
  • Rush - Signals (Canada)
  • Sky - Sky 4 - Forthcoming (England / Australia)
  • Stormy Six - Al Volo (Italy)
  • Supertramp - Famous Last Words (England)
  • Twelfth Night - Fact and Fiction (England)
  • Univers Zero - Crawling Wind (Belgium)
  • Von Zamla - Zamlaranamma (Sweden)

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Pink Floyd releases their movie version of The Wall.

[edit] 1983

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  • John Wetton is fired from Asia in the middle of an American tour and is replaced by Greg Lake.

[edit] 1984

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  • Sky: John Williams (acoustic guitar) departs. Remaining members tour Australia with Rick Wakeman.

[edit] 1985

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  • 5uu's - Bel Marduk and Tiamat (USA)
  • Asia - Astra (England)
  • Debile Menthol - Battre Campagne (Switzerland)
  • Deyss - At King (Switzerland)
  • Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets (England)
  • Gorizont (Horizont) - Summer in Town (Russia)
  • Hawkwind - The Chronicle Of The Black Sword (England)
  • Iconoclasta - Reminiscencias (Mexico)
  • In Spe - Typewriter Concerto in D (Estonia)
  • IQ - The Wake (England)
  • Kenso - Kenso III (Japan)
  • Kenso - Music From Five Unknown Musicians (Japan)
  • Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (England)
  • Minimum Vital - Envol Triangles (France)
  • Patrick Moraz - Bill Bruford - Flags (England)
  • Not Drowning, Waving - The Little Desert (Australia)
  • Ozric Tentacles - Tantric Obstacles (England)
  • Bernard Paganotti - Paga (France)
  • Pendragon - The Jewel (England)
  • Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou (Belgium)
  • Rush - Power Windows (Canada)
  • Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound (England)
  • Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat (England)

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  • IQ - vocalist Peter Nicholls leaves for personal reasons. Replaced by Paul Menel who debuts on 14/11/1985.
  • Pink Floyd - Leader, bassist and lyricist Roger Waters leaves due to internal tensions within the band, and declares the band defunct, however the remaining members still continue, releasing A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987.

[edit] 1986

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[edit] 1987

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  • Twelfth Night

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  • Richard Wright brought back as paid session musician for Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason, is re-hired as part of the band again.

[edit] 1988

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[edit] 1989

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  • IQ - vocalist Paul Menel and bass player Tim Esau depart.

[edit] 1990

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  • Apocalypse - Apocalypse (Brazil)
  • Quaterna Requiem - Velha Gravura (Brazil)
  • MCH Band - Es Reut Mich F (Czechoslovakia)
  • Fish - Vigil In a Wilderness of Mirrors (England)
  • Ozric Tentacles - Erpland (England)
  • Ne Zhdali - Rhinoceros And Other Forms Of Life (Estonia)
  • Minimum Vital - Sarabandes (France)
  • Halloween - Laz (France)
  • King's X - Faith Hope Love (USA)
  • Tiemko - Ocean (France)
  • Solaris - 1990 (Hungary)
  • After Crying - Overground Music (Hungary)
  • Ezra Winston - Ancient Afternoons (Italy)
  • Devil Doll - Eliogabalus (Italy)
  • Providence - And I'll Recite an Old Myth (Japan)
  • Asturias - Brilliant Streams (Japan)
  • Collage - Basnie (Poland)
  • L'Ensemble Raye - Meme en Hiver, Comme un Pinson dans l'Eau (Switzerland)
  • PFS - 279 (USA)
  • Doctor Nerve - Did Sprinting Die? (USA)
  • U Totem - U Totem (USA)
  • Nimal - Voix De Surface (Various)
  • Not Drowning, Waving - Tabaran (Australia/Papua New Guinea)
  • Iona - Iona (England)

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  • Yes becomes composed of an eight-man supergroup constituted by members from the "Yes West" camp (Squire, Rabin, White, and Kaye) and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe. The band undertakes a world tour lasting into 1992.
  • Freddie Mercury (Queen) dies of AIDS.
  • IQ - Peter Nicholls (vocals) formally re-joins. Bass player John Jowitt replaces Tim Essau.

[edit] 1992

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  • Jadis - More than Meets the Eye (England)
  • Asia - Aqua (England)
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Black Moon (England)
  • Casino - Casino (England)
  • Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 2 (England)
  • Iona - The Book of Kells (England)
  • Roger Waters - Amused to Death (England)
  • Pink Floyd - Shine On (9-CD box set) (England)
  • Camel - Dust and Dreams (England)
  • Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34 - Phases 1/2 (EP) (England)
  • Xaal - On the Way (France)
  • After Crying - Megalazottak Es Megszomoritottak (Hungary)
  • Eris Pluvia - Rings of Earthly Light (Italy)
  • Nuova Era - Io e Il Tempo (Italy)
  • Calliope - La Terra Dei Grandi Occhi (Italy)
  • Sithonia - Spettacolo Annullato (Italy)
  • Il Castello di Atlante - Sono io il Signore delle Terre a Nord (Italy)
  • Devil Doll - Sacrilegium (Italy)
  • Il Berlione - Il Berlione (Japan)
  • Ars Nova - Fear & Anxiety (Japan)
  • Citizen Cain - Serpents in Camouflage (Scotland)
  • Galadriel - Chasing The Dragonfly (Spain)
  • Änglagård - Hybris (Sweden)
  • Landberk - Riktigt Äkta (Sweden)
  • Isildurs Bane - The Voyage - A Trip to Elsewhere (Sweden)
  • Atavism of Twilight - Atavism of Twilight (USA)
  • Dream Theater - Images and Words (USA)
  • Kingston Wall - I (Finland)
  • Tool - Opiate (USA)
  • Pentwater - Out of the Abyss (USA)
  • Hawkwind - Electric Teepee (England)

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  • The Yes Union tour ends and the eight-man line-up falls apart.

[edit] 1993

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  • Camel - Never Let Go (England)
  • Tool - Undertow (USA)
  • Not Drowning, Waving - Circus (Australia)
  • Daniel Denis - Les Eaux Troubles (Belgium)
  • Jethro Tull - 25th Anniversary Box Set (England)
  • Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift (England)
  • Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (England)
  • Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34: Remixes - Phases 3/4 (EP) (England)
  • Iona - Beyond These Shores (England)
  • Pendragon - The Window of Life (England)
  • IQ - Ever (England)
  • Kingston Wall - II (Finland)
  • Philharmonie - Les Elephants Carrillonneurs (France)
  • Deus Ex Machina - Deus Ex Machina (Italy)
  • Montefeltro - Il Tempo di Far la Fantasia (Italy)
  • Kenso - Live 92 (Japan)
  • Ain Soph - Five Evolved From Nine (Japan)
  • Lars Hollmer & The Looping Home Orchestra - Door Floor Something Window (Sweden)
  • Anekdoten - Vemod (Sweden)
  • Devil Doll - The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms (Italy)
  • Spacious Mind - Cosmic Minds at Play (Sweden)
  • L'Ensemble Raye - Quelques Pièces Détachées (Switzerland)
  • Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom (USA)
  • Echolyn - ..and Every Blossom (EP) (USA)
  • Discipline - Push and Profit (USA)
  • Glass Hammer - Journey of the Dunadan (USA)
  • Magellan - Impending Ascension (USA)
  • Iluvatar - Iluvatar (USA)
  • Nimal - Dis Tanz (Various)
  • Steve Howe - The Grand Scheme of Things (England)
  • Rush - Counterparts (Canada)
  • Tool - Undertow (USA)

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  • King Crimson reforms as a sextet.
  • Pink Floyd goes on single largest tour the band has ever done. The tour is a hit, grossing a record US$ 300 million. It also marks the first time since 1975 the band plays Dark Side of the Moon live in its entirety.
  • The "90125" era Yes releases Talk on Victory Records. Though plans had been worked on to include possibly Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman, Victory president Phil Carson insists on signing only Anderson, Squire, Rabin, White and Kaye. Talk marks the last album of this version of Yes.
  • Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore leaves the band to pursue a solo career. His replacement is former Alice Cooper and KISS keyboardist Derek Sherinian.

[edit] 1995

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  • Tony Kaye retires from Yes while Trevor Rabin leaves the band to concentrate on soundtrack production. Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman rejoin Yes in what fans and critics alike call the reformation of "Classic Yes."

[edit] 1996

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  • Pink Floyd get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[edit] 1997

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  • Citing difficulties in agreements over management, Rick Wakeman again departs Yes. Longtime band affiliate Billy Sherwood joins as a full member. Keyboardist Igor Khoroshev also joins.

[edit] 1998

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[edit] 1999

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[edit] 2000

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  • Billy Sherwood leaves and Igor Khoroshev is fired from Yes. This leaves Yes for the first time in its history without a fulltime keyboardist.

[edit] 2001

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  • Dream Theater releases Live Scenes From New York which made headlines as the album's artwork (which was released before September 11, 2001) had an image of the New York City skyline "in flames", including a depiction of the World Trade Center. After the terrorist attack, the artwork was recalled and a new version was released. The original artwork is now a rare collectible. [1]
  • Transatlantic, a progressive rock "supergroup" that consisted of members from four of progressive rock's most popular modern bands, released their follow-up studio album titled Bridge Across Forever. Members included Neal Morse (Spock's Beard), Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater). [2]
  • 70s progressive rock icons Yes release the album Magnification. The album contains no keyboardist, but includes the backing of a symphony orchestra. [4]

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  • Growing in popularity since its inception in 1999, NEARfest relocates to Trenton, NJ for the next two years to a venue that seats 1,850. [5] [6]
  • Neal Morse, the frontman and primary contributor for Spock's Beard, leaves the band and eventually pursues a solo career producing albums (progressive rock and otherwise) with strong Christian content. The band continues on without him. [7]
  • Rush released their first studio album since Test For Echo in 1996. Vapor Trails will likely be better known for its controversial recording quality (critics panned it for being too loud and compressed). [9]

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  • The Mars Volta forms out of the punk group At the Drive-In and releases their first full studio album De-Loused in the Comatorium. The album mixes elements of prog, post-rock, punk, Latin, and jazz. The release is very successful and becomes an example of progressive rock success in the mainstream. [10] [11]
  • Robert Fripp and King Crimson release The Power to Believe, their first studio album since 2000. [12]
  • The Tangent is formed and releases their first album The Music That Died Alone. The initial lineup of this "supergroup" consisted of Andy Tillison & Sam Baine (Parallel Or 90 Degrees), Roine Stolt, Jonas Reingold, & Zoltan Czsorz (The Flower Kings), David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), and Guy Manning (Manning). It featured the epic track The Canterbury Sequence, which was an homage to the Canterbury scene of the 1970s. [13]

[edit] 2004

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  • Kersal Massive (UK)

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  • French 70s Zeuhl pioneers Magma release K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria), a long anticipated follow-up album containing material written in the 1970s. [14]
  • Happy The Man, a popular 70s American group who had reunited a few years earlier, release their first recorded studio album in 25 years titled The Muse Awakens. [15]

[edit] 2005

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  • We Are The Music Makers (U.S.A.)

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  • 1970s progressive rock legends Van der Graaf Generator reunite and release a double CD titled Present which contained strong lyrical content and an entire disc of improvisations. [16]
  • Kino, a new progressive rock supergroup consisting of members from Porcupine Tree, Arena, Marillion, and It Bites is formed. They release their first album, Picture in 2005. [17]
  • Pink Floyd members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright reunite with Roger Waters, the leading creative force of the band during its 1970s heyday, at Live 8 on July 2nd in Hyde Park, England. Waters had acrimoniously left the band in 1985, and the quartet had last played together during a performance of The Wall in 1981.

[edit] 2006

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  • GPS
  • Mother Military
  • Grand Tour (Scotland)
  • American Flag (USA)
  • Pomme De Chien

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[edit] 2007

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  • CIRCA:
  • Beggar's Loot
  • Dennis
  • White Nurse Gene
  • Skyshroud Claim

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[edit] Events

  • Canadian rock band Rush streamed their lead single "Far Cry" from their official website a day before releasing it to terrestrial radio stations.
  • UK Progressive Rock festival SummersEnd announces its second year after a successful first year at the Robin venue in Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK.
  • 1980s neo-progressive band Twelfth Night reunite for the first time since 1987 for sporadic live appearances.

[edit] 2008

[edit] Newly Formed Bands

  • Galexia - Galexia (USA)

[edit] Albums

[edit] Disbandments

[edit] See also

[edit] Links and references

[edit] World Wide Web

[edit] Books

  • Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback). Gives an overview of progressive rock's history as well as histories of the major and underground bands in the genre.
  • Macan, Edward. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997), 290 pages, ISBN 0-19-509887-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-19-509888-9 (paperback). Analyzes progressive rock using classical musicology and also sociology.