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| 3RDEGREE - Prog rock somewhere between Yes, Izz and Echolyn. http://www.myspace.com/3rdegreenj 5 UU’S - Highly complex rock 7% SOLUTION - Hawkwind/Floyd style. Great! A CHINESE FIREDRILL - Chroma Key and Porcupine Tree followers will enjoy this http://www.myspace.com/joeyvera ABIGAIL’S GHOST - Much like Porcupine Tree. Very good! http://www.myspace.com/abigailsghost ACUITY - Progressive rock with long tracks and guitars/synths at the forefront. Nice! AD INFINITUM - New group but performing more of a seventies style of prog rock. Very good! ADVENT - Gentle Giant inspired prog. AETHELLIS - Progressive rock with a touch of pop. www.myspace.com/aethellis AFTER ALL - Good rock/psych with prog touches from 1970 AFTER THE FALL - Symphonic prog with ELP leanings AGENT COOPER - Hard and heavy neo progressive. AGGREGATION, THE - Psych from 1967 and one of the best from that era. AHLEUCHATISTAS - Post-Beefhart avant garde, technical power trio. http://www.myspace.com/ahleuchatistas AJALON - Christian prog rock. http://www.myspace.com/ajalonband AKACIA - Neo progressive with long tracks. ALASKA - This is very much like Yes ALBATROSS - Mega rarity of heavy keyboard prog ALWAYS ALMOST - X-Echolyn AMARAN’S PLIGHT - Prog rock with a heavy edge and made up of members of Spock’s Beard, Royal Hunt, Under The Sun and Shadow Gallery AMBER ASYLUM - Dark, brooding chamber work full of chilling emotional beauty AMBER ROUTE - Floating electronic symphonic music. ANCIENT VISION - Reminds me of Jethro Tull. ANDEAVOR - Leger De Main offshoot. Heavy symphonic. ANGEL - One of the best 70’s cheesy AOR bands. ANGELIC PROCESS, THE - Ambient drone metal. This album scares me! http://myspace.com/theangelicprocess ANIMATED EGG, THE - Instrumental psych with some progressive moves. Pretty dang good for 1967! ANTHEM - Obscure brass rock album from 1970. ANTRILON - Electronic/ambient music at a super price! AORTA - Prog/psych from 1968 & 1970 ARABESQUE - Found a small batch of this out of print 70’s progressive gem in Babylon, Yes, Gentle Giant style. Last chance! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=901 ARCHITECTURAL METAPHOR - Ozric style spaceyness. ARMAGEDDON – Heavy psych from 1969. ARNOLD, HORACEE - 1974 fusion classic with Jan Hammer. ASIA - Hard rock with mellotron. ASTRA - Cosmic prog rock with heaps of mellotron and stunning Roger Dean-like cover art. Essential! http://www.myspace.com/astrasound AT WAR WITH SELF - Instrumental prog/fusion/metal by Snelwar, Manring & Zonder. http://www.myspace.com/glennsnelwaratwarwithself ATAVISM OF TWILIGHT - Excellent instrumental prog rock. 4 long tracks. Recommended! ATLANTIS - Symphonic rock that sounds like a cross between ELP & UK ATLANTIS PHILHARMONIC - Classic keyboard progressive from 1974 ATLEE - Hard rock from 1971 ATTENTION DEFICIT - Improvisational rock on Magna Carta AUDIOCRACY - Concept prog work with Yes, Gentle Giant, ELP and Kansas influences. Great! www.myspace.com/audiocracy AUDIOSYNCHROCY - Great progressive/fusion with Gentle Giant and Zappa influences AURORA - Previously unreleased 70’s prog fusion ala Mahavishnu AVANT GARDEN - Long out-of-print instrumental progressive bliss made up of guitar, bass, drums, flute and sax. Very last copies! AZIGZA - Great mix of prog/eastern/ethnic/jazz etc... AZURETH - Symph/prog with great guitars and Marillion-style keys BABY GRAND - Art rock in Toto, Steely Dan style from 1977 & 1978. BABYLON - 70’s Genesis-like masterpiece BAD DOG U - Wonderful instrumental progressive fusion. Recommended! BAGSBY, DAVID - Fusion rock and predominantly instrumental BANCHEE - Psychedelic guitar rock from 1969 and 1971. BARTEL - Hammond keyboard led mix of jazz, rock, blues and prog from 1970 BEAD GAME - Progressive rock with psych touches from 1970. Lots of great organ & guitar within. BEAT CIRCUS - Nine piece ensemble that play an interesting mix of new and old-time jazz http://www.myspace.com/beatcircus BECK, JOE - Blend of rock, jazz, blues and psych from 1968 BEDEMON - Black Widow label release of Pre-Pentagram doom rock recordings BELLER, BRYAN - Wonderful fusion by Mike Keneally’s bassist with guest appearances by Mike and also Nick D’Virgilio. http://www.myspace.com/bryanbeller BERRY, ROBERT - With Steve Howe, Simon Phillips and Jordan Rudess BEYOND INFINITY - Post-Infinity in same Yes, Gentle Giant style and made up of 4 lengthy tracks. Excellent! BIGELF - Deep Purpleish prog. http://www.myspace.com/bigelf BIG PICTURE - Neo progressive BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - Excellent Deluge Grander progressive offshoot with keys, guitars, drums, flute clarinet and sax. Reminds me a bit of VDGG http://www.myspace.com/birdsandbuildings BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC - Jazz/Avant Garde ensemble. http://www.myspace.com/birdsongsofthemesozoic BLACKFOOT - 1st album from 1975 by these hard rockers BLACK SEPTEMBER - Keyboard prog in ELP direction featuring Michael West BLACK SHEEP - 1975 Pre-Foreigner rock like Spooky Tooth & Free BLISS - Heavy psych/rock power trio from 1969. BLUE SHIFT - Very much like mid-seventies style Yes BOLT - Instrumental heavy guitar rock/prog BONDAR & WISE - Monster 70’s keyboard/drums duo with a full band sound. If you like ELP, Sixty Nine & Hansson & Karlsson then this is a must! http://www.myspace.com/bondarandwise BONE - Instrumental fusion rock with Hugh Hopper. BOOM - Fusion rock. BOOMERANG - Rock and roll from 1971. BOUD DEUN - Great complex instrumental prog. BOZZIO, TERRY - With Trent & Wayne Gardner, Tony Levin, Billy Sheehan, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci and James LaBrie. BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS - 3 piece powerhouse of fusion. BOZZIO, TERRY & BILLY SHEEHAN - Fusion rock BUBBLEMATH - Very similar to Echolyn. Great debut! BURNT NOODLE - The Field offshoot of excellent progressive psychedelic space rock. BREMNER, PAUL - Izz guitarist BREW, THE - Heavy psych from 1969 BRILL, DANNY - Keyboard heavy prog rock by keyboard maestro Danny Brill featuring Tony Levin on bass. http://www.myspace.com/dannybrillmusic BROWN, CHARLES - Instrumemtal prog by this fine guitarist. http://www.myspace.com/charlesbrownmystics CAIRO - ELP influenced progsters. CALIBAN - Celtic and folk approach from this Tempest offshoot. CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO - http://www.myspace.com/californiaguitartrio CALLIOPE - 1969 rocker with covers mixed in with some originals CANNATA - http://www.myspace.com/cannatamusic CANVAS - Excellent symph/prog that reminds me a lot of Camel CARNEGIE - Another long lost prog classical symphonic gem with three keyboard players CASEY, RICH - Predominantly instrumental prog rock by multi-instrumentalist Casey. From pastoral to heavy these are very good! CASTLE CANYON - Keyboard, bass & drums instrumental prog trio from 1973 with a heavy ELP, Quill sound. Hammond, mellotron, Clavinet, ARP & Oberheim. A real smoker! http://www.myspace.com/castlecanyon CATHEDRAL - Legendary US prog like a cross between Crimson and Yes CATHEDRAL - English sounding neo progressive CELESTIAL O’EUVRE - Blend or symph/prog and AOR. You’ll hear hints of Yes, Genesis and ELP. http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomcelestialoeuvre CERAMIC - Pre-Lands End pop/progressive. Way out of print! CEREBUS EFFECT - Predominantly instrumental blend of blistering fusion and symph/prog. Recommended! CEYLEIB PEOPLE, THE - Wonderful prog/psych from 1967 with woodwinds, mellotron, sitar and Indian vibe throughout CHAKRA - Mega-rare late seventies prog similar to Yes CHAOS CODE - Great symph/prog CHEER-ACCIDENT - Intense, complicated progressive from 1988. http://www.myspace.com/cheeraccident CHROMA KEY - Melancholy soundtrack from Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, OSI) CIRRUS BAY - Very melodic symphonic rock with alternate male/female vocals. www.myspace.com/cirrusbay CITRON, NEIL - Heavy guitar rock by Lana Lane guitarist CLAUDIA QUINTET, THE - Jazz rock ensemble CONCRETE RUBBER BAND - Religiuos psych/prog/folk mega rarity from 1974 CONDELLO - Psych rock from 1968. CONTRARIAN - If you’re into Kansas then this is a must. www.myspace.com/contrariantheband COPERNICUS - Poetic prog like nothing you’ve ever heard before. http://www.myspace.com/copernicusonline CORPORATION, THE - Surprisingly good progressive from the late 60’s with flute, loads of organ. CORYELL & THE BRUBECK BROTHERS, LARRY - Classic fusion album. COSTELLANO, TONY - Fun blend of prog/fusion/rock/jazz. COVENANT - Killer intense keyboard driven progressive. Fantastic! CRUCIBLE - Gone is the Genesis influence and into a new direction on this one CURIOUS WORKS - Long out of print short length CD (about 30 minutes) of fine neo prog led by the powerful vocals of Marissa Von Bargen CRYPTIC VISION - Blend of Yes, Rush and Kansas D’ARCANA - Very good progressive band with a sound all their own but do borrow from time to time from bands such as VDGG, King Crimson and Yes DARK AETHER PROJECT - Space/prog DARLING - Intense complex progressive fusion of rock, jazz and classical elements DAVEY, ALAN - Spacey prog on Black Widow label DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS - Spacey melancholy prog with slight Pink Floyd & Porcupine Tree influences yet a sound quite their own. Great stuff! http://www.myspace.com/daysbetweenstationsband DEADWOOD FOREST - Wonderful debut of mellotron laden prog with an early English slant DELUGE GRANDER - One of the best American albums ever! Banco meets Anglagard meets Crimson with lots of tron and long tracks. http://www.myspace.com/delugegrander DIN WITHIN - Reminds me a lot of Spock’s Beard. http://www.myspace.com/dinwithin DISCIPLINE DJAM KARET - Prog/fusion/r.i.o. instrumental group. http://www.myspace.com/djamkaret DOSE - Fusion band performing renditions of Kenso, Satriani, Isildur’s Bane, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson DRAGONFLY - Obscure guitar rock record from 1970 DRAMA - Instrumental progressive fusion DREADNAUGHT - Predominantly instrumental 3 piece band with quite a unique sound. Maybe Zappa meets Crimson meets Phish? www.myspace.com/dreadnaughtrock DREAMSHIP - Beautiful concept symphonic album created entirely via the internet DREAM THEATER DRNWYN - Folk rock obscurity from 1978 DYONISOS - Similar to mid-period Pink Floyd E MOTIVE - Like ELP. Great! E.A.S. - Texas symphonic rock on Mellow EASTER ISLAND - Comeback release after over 20 years of absence!!! ECCENTRIC ORBIT - Keyboard progressive in ELP/Triumvirat style. Great! ECHO US - Electronic music that ranges from dreamy to upbeat. http://www.myspace.com/echous ECHOLYN - One of USA’s best prog groups. http://www.myspace.com/echolyn EDEN’S CHILDREN - Late 60’s power psych trio. EDENSONG - Fantastic prog with the flute, violin, cello, tablas and African percussion. http://www.myspace.com/edensong ELDERS, THE - 1973 heavy psych with some real good organ riffs ELECTRUM - Instrumental symphonic rock trio with a fusion twist ELF PROJECT - Blend of prog, psych and intelligent pop. http://www.myspace.com/elfproject1 ENCHANT - Neo prog ENGLISH, AARON - Nice prog by this keyboard player/singer. Kind of Tony Banks style but with a Timothy Pure like sound EPHEMERAL SUN - Great dark symphonic with angelic female vocals ESPERS - One of the best modern day acid folk-psych bands. http://www.myspace.com/espers ESTRUM - Blend of progressive and progressive metal with passionate female voice. http://www.myspace.com/estrum ETHERFYSH - Very good electronic in Tangerine Dream style ETHOS - Classic 70’s dual keyboard prog rock. http://www.myspace.com/ethosprog EUCLID - Heavy rock from 1970 EUPHORIA - Heavy psych from 1969 EVOLVE IV - Post-Mach One melodic prog/rock. http://www.musicevolve.com/music.htm EXPLORERS CLUB - All-star lineup of powerful prog on Magna Carta EYESTRINGS - Related to Discipline and quite similar FALSE PROPHET - Lost 70’s gem heavily influenced by Rush. FANG, FORREST - Mix of atmospheric eastern music and electronics FANTASY - Surprisingly good 1969 prog rock with some jazz and psych moves as well. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4315 FAR CORNER - Excellent chamber rock. http://far-corner.com or http://www.myspace.com/farcornerband FARPOINT - Nice symph/prog. http://www.myspace.com/farpointmusic FAT - Heavy psych rock from 1970 & 1976 FEAR OF FLYING - After a 20 year hiatus the band is back with a fine new release with Camel, Rush and Yes influences. http://www.myspace.com/fearofflyingtheband FENNER, LELAND & O’BRIEN - Late sixties delicate singer/songwriter folk FERNWOOD - Beautiful acoustic dual-guitar music by Gayle Ellett (Djam Karet) and Todd Montgomery with Greek & Irish Bouzouki, sitar, harmonium, ruan and mandolin. http://www.myspace.com/montgomerytsingh FERRIS MUDD - Very much like the melodic side of Porcupine Tree http://www.myspace.com/ferrismudd FIELD, THE - Raw progressive with mellotron FINNEUS GAUGE - Echolyn related performing great complex fusion. FIOCCHI, JOHN - One of the finer acoustic guitarists I have heard. FIREBALLET - Brilliant classical progressive masterpiece. FLORIO, MIKE - Fine debut by this keyboard player accompanied by other musicians. ELP and Kansas are the first things to come to mind. FLUTTR EFFECT - Blend of progressive, classical and pop with female vocals, electric cello, midi marimba and occasional heavy guitars. FLYING ISLAND – Instrumental symphonic prog & fusion. FONYA - Spacey prog by one-man band. FORD THEATRE - Prog/psych from 1968 FOREVER EINSTEIN - Complex instrumental fusion rock FOREVER TWELVE - Symph/prog with female vocals. FOSTER III, JACK - Prog rock, classical and jazz concept album with Robert Berry & Trent Gardner. www.myspace.com/jackfosteriii FRACTURED DIMENSION, THE - Top-notch instrumental progressive fusion. http://www.myspace.com/thefractureddimension FRAMESHIFT - Nice prog with James LaBrie of Dream Theater. FREEHAND - Nice blend of prog and fusion rock. FRENCH TV - Mixes prog with fusion. Great! FROGG CAFÉ - Great mix of prog and fusion with lengthy tracks FULTON, DAVE/GILES REAVES - Stunning electronic music straight out of the 70’s Berlin school. Recommended! GENESIS - Rock from 1968 GEYSIR - 1974 prog/folk/psych gem by this American group stationed in Iceland GHOST CIRCUS - Nice blend of prog and AOR. http://www.myspace.com/ghostcircus GLASS - 70’s keyboard fronted prog trio GLASS HAMMER - Symph prog. Start with Chronometree. http://www.myspace.com/glasshammer11 GODZ, THE - 70’s heavy rock. GOLIATH - Hard progressive from 1972 GRANICUS - Great hard rock from 1973. GRATTO - Side project of Leger De Main with the solid guitar work from Chris Rodler GREYHAVEN - Very nice heavy neo symphonic that will appeal to both prog and prog metal fans GROVES, CARL - Salem Hill leader solo work GUERIN, SHAUN - Symph/prog by the late Guerin who was in various progressive tribute bands. GUTBUCKET - Jazz, avant garde, fusion, prog and just pure zaniness. http://www.myspace.com/gutbucket HAMSTER THEATRE - Blend of avant garde, folk and world music HANDS - 70’s prog rock a la G. Giant HAPPY THE MAN - Brilliant 70’s prog full of originality. http://www.myspace.com/happythemanmyspace HARLEQUIN MASS - Renaissance/Genesis flavored symphonic rock HAYSTACKS BALBOA - Heavy organ progressive from 1970 HEADSHEAR - Instrumental progressive with King Crimson and Djam Karet similarities. Fine stuff! http://www.myspace.com/headshear HEALING FORCE - Tribute to the great jazz musician with Henry Kaiser and Mike Keneally. HEAVY CRUISER - Hard rock from 1972 featuring Neil Merryweather HELMET OF GNATS - Fantastic instrumental top-notch fusion. Recommended! HELP - Top-notch psychedelic rock HERMETIC SCIENCE - Mix of classical, jazz, new age and ELPish prog. http://www.myspace.com/hermeticscience HERU AVENGER - For fans of space and krautrock. HIGHER CIRCLES - Reminds me a lot of Rush with a melodic approach HOBSON’S CHOICE - Excellent keyboard symphonic/progressive HOLDING PATTERN - Brilliant mellotron-laden instrumental prog/symph HOOK, THE - California power trio that released these 2 albums in 1968 & 1970 HOUR OF THE SHIPWRECK - Stunning melodic progressive full of passion, darkness and beauty. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/houroftheshipwreck HOUSTON FEARLESS - Organ/fuzz guitar psych from 1969 ILUVATAR - Great neo prog INFINITY - Great previously unreleased prog from late 70’s like Gentle Giant & Starcastle ILLUSION, THE - Psychedelic rock from 1969 INTRA - Another newly discovered long-lost 70’s American prog group recorded in 1976. Like Yes, Gnidrolog. Great! INVISIGOTH - Blend of goth, prog and metal. http://www.myspace.com/invisigothmusic IT - Great instrumental abilities and complex melodies make this stand out IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY - San Francisco progressive folk from 1969 & 1970. IZZ - Mix of Spock’s Beard, Crimson, ELP & Genesis. http://www.myspace.com/izzmusic JAUGERNAUT - New album by this 80’s prog/AOR band. http://www.myspace.com/jaugernautad JELLY JAM - Morgenstein, Tabor, Myung project mix of rock, fusion & metal JEREMY JEREMY & PROGRESSOR - Instrumental symphonic space rock as Jeremy teams up with X Religion guitarist Progressor JET JAGUAR - Space rock in Hawkwind style with an excellent version of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. http://www.myspace.com/jetjaguarrocksinspace JOHNSON, RICHARD LEO & GREGG BENDIAN - Interesting mix of acoustic guitar and percussion of all sorts. Amazing stuff! http://www.richardleojohnson.com/guitar/music.html JOLLY - Aggressive, spacey & melancholy prog showing elements of Riverside, Porcupine Tree and Oceansize. http://www.myspace.com/jollyband JUGHEAD - Power pop with Ty Tabor & Derek Sherinian. K2 - Great mellotron laden symph/prog with Allan Holdsworth, Ryo Okumoto, Shaun Guerin and Ken Jaquess KALABAN - Great prog rock! KAMPMAN, ERIC - Symphonic keyboard work by Ex-Now keyboardist KANSAS KAPLAN BROTHERS, THE - Cheesy melancholy prog with loads of mellotron. Quite amazing in its own right! KINETIC ELEMENT - Prog/symph led by some excellent keyboard work (organ in particular). Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/kineticelement KOEPPER, JEFFREY - Along with 70’s Tangerine Dream and Steve Roach and entirely made by analog synths, this is some of the best electronic music you will ever hear. http://www.myspace.com/jeffreykoepper KOPECKY - Mix of progressive & fusion rock. http://kopecky.8m.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/kopeckymusic KOPPERFIELD - Organ/guitar dominated heavy progressive from 1974. KRAKATOA - Excellent symphonic rock with violin. Recommended! KRISTYL - Excellent Christian guitar prog/psych from 1975 KULJU, DAVE - Instrumental progressive fusion led by Electrum guitarist. This is some hot stuff and highly recommended! KULL, BRETT - Solo from Echolyn guitarist. Singer-songwriter style. http://www.myspace.com/brettkull KURGAN’S BANE - If you like Rush and Saga then grab this. LABRIE, JAMES - Dream Theater vocalist LAND OF CHOCOLATE - Similar to Echolyn with a taste of fusion. LANDS END - Lush symph prog. LANE, LANA - Heavy neo rock/prog. LARVAL - Cuneiform release that brings to mind King Crimson but with an avant garde edge LEGER DE MAIN - Very good aggressive prog LEONARD, KEVIN - Solo work by North Star Keyboard wizard LEONARDO - Based on the reknowned painter the cast includes members of Magellan LEVIN, TONY - With Terry Bozzio, Trent & Wayne Gardner, Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci and Steve Stevens LIFT - Includes Caverns of Your Brain + unreleased material. Essential mellotron prog! LIGHTHOUSE - Classic rock with horns from 1972 & 1973 LIGHTS OUT: SAN FRANCISCO - Rock, soul, blues and jazz LINCOLN STREET EXIT - Hard-hitting rock from 1969 LINDENMUTH GROUP, SCOTT - Fusion LINN COUNTY - Heavy organ prog/psych from 1968 LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT - With Tony Levin, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy & Jordan Rudess LITTLE ATLAS - Sounds a bit like Kansas & Spock’s Beard LITTLE KING - Mix of prog and AOR LOLLIPOP SHOPPE, THE - Garage psych rock from 1968 LUNAR CHATEAU - Prog rock trio with pop elements MADDEN, MIKE - Drummer from Matter. Utilizes plenty of percussion as well as Theramin & Mellotron MADRIGAL - Sophisticated prog like a cross between Echolyn, Kansas & Happy The Man MADURA - Post Bangor Flying Circus rock/jazz/prog from 1971. Has some solid organ riffs throughout MAESTRO, LOUIE - Multi-instrumentalist with great use of keyboards MALACHI - Trippy meditative acid psych with Middle Eastern vibe. Pretty amazing for 1966. MALONE, SEAN - Pre-Gordian Knot progressive/fusion/classical/metal MAMA LION - Suprisingly good progressive blues rock led by Janis Joplin sound-alike Lynn Carey and featuring Neil Merryweather on bass and James Newton Howard on keys. From 1972 & 1973 MAGELLAN - Hard neo prog. MAGIC ELF, THE - Instrumental fusion MAGUS - Saga meets Floyd MAHAVISHNU PROJECT, THE MAJESTIC - Ex-Osmium multi-instrumentalist creating a very fine prog/majestic/atmospheric work. www.myspace.com/majesticsongs MAN ON FIRE - Similar to Rush MARKS AND LEBZELTER - May be the craziest record I have ever heard MARTZ, JASUN - Two and half hours of music including the classic mellotron-led classical/ambient/prog The Pillory MARTZ, JASUN & THE NEOTERIC ORCHESTRA - Original recording of this classic mellotron-led symphonic work. www.myspace.com/jasunmartz MASKE, DAN - Primarily instrumental lush keyboard symphonic with 22 minute track. http://www.danmaske.com or http://www.myspace.com/danmaske MASTERMIND - ELP on midi guitar MATHEMATICIANS - High caliber instrumental fusion MATTER - Great instrumental rock with Crimson and Heldon influences MAWWAL - Post-Paranoise prog/fusion/world music with lots of ethnic percussion. Features Percy Jones (Brand X) on bass. http://www.myspace.com/mawwal MAXWELL’S DEMON - Instrumental prog rock in the Anglagard realm MCCRITE, MARK - Rocket Scientist guitarist MCGILL, SCOTT - Finneus Gauge guitarist performing prog fusion MCGILL, SCOTT/MICHAEL MANRING/VIC STEVENS - Fusion/prog rock/metal MCLUHAN - Progressive jazz rock with long tracks MEADE, LAURA - Nice pop by Izz vocalist MERRYWEATHER, NEIL - Heavy mid-seventies guitar space rock METAPHOR - Nice symphonic rock in Camel style MIGHT COULD - 3 guitarists playing in similar style to California Guitar Trio MIND FURNITURE - Progressive rock made up of two long suites with hints of Kansas and Jethro Tull. Very good! http://www.mindfurniture.com/media.html MIND SKY - Excellent prog/symph that seems influenced by Genesis and The Flower Kings. MINDLESS OTHER GODS - Rush style prog. MINGO (LEWIS) - Great instrumental prog fusion by Ex-Santana percussionist with lots of keys and African percussion. From 1976. MISTRAL - Official release of classic prog from 1982 in Jethro Tull style. MIRTHKON - Progressive/RIO, Avant Gardeness with a heavy Zappa, Miriodor and Picchio Dal Pozzo feel. http://www.myspace.com/mirthkon MIRTHRANDIR - Genesis, Gentle Giant-like 70’s prog classic. Highly recommended! MOHODISCO - A must for Ozric Tentaclites. MOLOCH - Heavy rock and blues from 1972. MONOLITH - Three piece symphonic rock group that reminds me of ELP. MORAINE - Instrumental avant garde, classical, jazz, progressive quintet made up of violin, cello, drums, bass and guitar. http://www.myspace.com/moraineseattle MORSE, ALAN - Great fusion by Spock’s Beard guitarist. Fellow members of Spock’s participate as well as ex-Beardian and brother Neal. MORSE, NEAL - Former leader of Spock’s Beard. http://www.myspace.com/nealmorse(PROGRESSIVE ROCK RELEASES): (CHRISTIAN RELEASES): MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE - As the title states, these are all covers MORSE, STEVE - Of Dixie Dregs fame MORSE, TIM - Keyboard progressive trio with heavy hints of ELP, Genesis and Kansas MORTICIA - Doomy prog mixed with David Bowie-like vocals. Although new it certainly sounds out of the 80’s. On Black Widow Records MOTH VELLUM - Excellent debut of symph/prog that reminds me of Yes and Camel. www.myspace.com/mothvellum MOTHER MALLARD’S PORTABLE... - Synthesizer ensemble MUFFINS, THE - Avant garde & progressive MULLMUZZLER - Song based prog rock MUTZIE - Heavy raw acid psych blues from 1970. MYRIAD - Reminds me of Rush MYTHOLOGIE - Leger De Main side project. Energetic prog with female vocals. Solid! NATIONAL STEAM - Great space NDV - Spock’s Beard drummer. Mix of progressive & pop NELSON, PAUL - 22 minutes of hot instrumental guitar led fusion NETHERWORLD - Legendary prog rock from 1981 NEVER WASN’T - Yes influenced prog with a dose of AOR. http://www.myspace.com/neverwasnt NEW AGE - Very rare keyboard prog heavily influenced by Keith Emerson & ELP NEW BLIZZARD SYMPHONY - A prog Christmas album performing original tunes NEW EDEN ORCHESTRA - Nice rock opera NEW ST. GEORGE, THE - Folk rock with female vocals NEW SUN - Symphonic rock with excellent axe work NIACIN - Magna Carta releases of funky prog with ELP leanings NO NATION - Fine rock opera with guests Mike Pinder and Jon Anderson http://www.myspace.com/nonationmusic NON CREDO - Curious blend of opera and R.I.O. with female vocals, clarinet, percussion, glockenspiel and other strange sounds. Unique! NORLANDER, ERIK - Lana Lane composer. Comparable to Emerson and Wakeman NORTH STAR - Keyboard dominated progressive NORTHWIND - Fantastic previously unreleased prog/symph from 1977. This was their 3rd and best effort. NOW - Great harmonic prog with nice melodies NUGENT, TED & THE AMBOY DUKES - Great sound quality by these heavy rockers OBLIVION SUN - Happy The Man offshoot and not too dissimilar. www.myspace.com/oblivionsun OCTOBER - Classic 70’s dual keyboard and violin symphonic rock OCTOBER PROJECT - Latest release by this well-known celtic band OKUMOTO, RYO - Spock’s Beard keyboard superman ORPHAN PROJECT - Art rock band in the style of Kansas, Styx & Yes OSI - Features Mike Portnoy, Steve Wilson & Sean Malone. http://www.myspace.com/osiband OTHER SIDE - Slight Kate Bush approach. Solid first effort OTHER SIDE, THE - Instrumental keyboard-heavy prog rock with a tad bit of fusion thrown in. Kenso meets Happy The Man. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/theothersideprog OZ KNOZZ - Blend of progressive, rock and jazz OZONE QUARTET - Great fusion rock PALERMO BIG BAND, ED - Big band versions of Zappa classics PANGAEA - Very refined slick prog rock PARMENTER, MATTHEW - 2nd album full of angst with lots of piano and mellotron. Much like Peter Hammill/VDGG PARMENTER, RYAN - Creative progressive pop by the front man of Eyestrings PARALLEL MIND - Instrumental keyboard filled symph/prog trio with William Kopecky. Great! PARANOISE - Great progressive world rock with a heavy edge PARMENTER, MATTHEW - Solo album by Discipline leader. If you like Discipline then you will this PAULY, HENNING - Frameshift and Chain solo album in more of rock setting with some prog moves here and there PAVLOV’S DOG - Seminal rock/prog group PEACE & QUIET - Classic rock from 1971 PENTAGRAM - Kings of doom rock. Black Widow releases PENTWATER - Blend of prog and rock PERAINO’S KINGDOM COME, VICTOR - 1975 mega-rare mellotron gem PERHACS, LINDA - Stunning delicate folk by this mystical singer/songwriter. PERSEPHONE’S DREAM - Nice progressive with female vocals and spacey atmospheres. http://www.myspace.com/persephonedream PHIDEAUX - Great projects of prog/rock and psych. http://www.myspace.com/phideaux PIG IRON - Acid bluesy rock from 1970. PINNELLA, MICHAEL - Symphony X keyboardist. Great symph/prog keyboard workout. PLANET P PROJECT - First of a progressive rock trilogy by renowned artist Tony Carey. Definite Pink Floyd feel here. PLANET X - Heavy instrumental fusion rock with Derek Sherinian & Tony MacAlpine. PLANTS - Psych/folk with tremendous 19 minute krautrock-like track. PLATYPUS - Blend of prog, fusion & rock. PLUM NELLY – Heavy psych/prog from 1971. POHL, BILL - Excellent fusion. POLESTAR - Hard prog with a cosmic Twist. POLYPHONY - Progressive rock masterpiece from 1972 and in ELP direction. POWER OF ZEUS - Late 60’s psychedelic rock. PRAVDA - Melodramatic prog rock. http://www.myspace.com/pravdatruth PRESTO BALLET - Very good debut album that harkens back to early Kansas. www.myspace.com/prestoballet PRISM - Pre-Hands prog rock. PRODUCT - Porcupine Tree meets Marillion. http://www.flickertista.com/product_samples.html PROGDAY - Strawbs, Djam Karet, Nathan Mahl, Trettioariga Kriget, Wobbler, Sonus Umbra, Gert Emmens, The Muffins, Guy Manning. Lots of previously unreleased tracks! 100% goes to Progday. Support Progday and buy this CD! PROJECT LO - With Bon Lozaga and Percy Jones. PROTO-KAW PROVIDENCE - Fantastic folk/prog from 1972 with violin, glockenspiel, viola, organ, cello etc... http://www.myspace.com/providencepdxfolk PUDDLE JUMPERS, THE - Folk rock. PULSE - British-sounding rock from 1969. PUPPET SHOW - Seventies prog musical influences led by an aggressive vocalist. PYE FYTE - Crazy new symph group that reminds me of Supersister & Airlord. QUARKSPACE - Space rockers. QUICK, BILL - Folk rock monster rarity originally released in Spain in 1973. QUIET CELEBRATION - Mystical music with an Eastern vibe. Reminds me of Jade Warrior. QUILL - One of the top 5 USA 70’s prog records. Heavy hammond symphonic with 2 side-long tracks. Essential!!! RADIO PIECE III - Canterburyish. RAIN - 1972 melodic prog rarity with soft organ and well-crafted songs RAIN OF THOUGHT - Wonderful prog by Ex-New Cross members RAM - Excellent heavy prog from 1972. RASCAL REPORTERS - Like the Muffins of Henry Cow. RAZOR WIRE SHRINE - Instrumental heavy aggressive progressive fusion. REALM -Time Tales is a wild keyboard workout prog album while The Path is a lot like Yes. RED MASQUE, THE - Really great dark progressive with Anglagard and Magma influences. REFLECTIONS: AN ACT OF GLASS - Symph/prog work with the help of Nick D’Virgilio, Phil Keaggy, Dave Meros, Ted Leonard, Adrian Belew, Bryan Beller, Ryo Okumoto and Mike Keneally. Genesis, Rush & Spock’s Beard influences abound. http://www.myspace.com/actofglass REID, CURTIS - Excellent instrumental guitar-filled fusion RESISTOR - Steve Unruh side project with a crossing of prog rock with that of a jam band. http://www.myspace.com/resistorband RELAYER - Neo prog. http://www.myspace.com/relayermusic REWIRING GENESIS - Project by Nick D’Virgilio (Spock’s Beard) & friends. RH FACTOR - Leger De Main offshoot but this time in a Dream Theater style of metal prog. RICH, LINDA - Delicate Xian folk from 1969 & 1970. RING OF MYTH - Very good prog like Yes. RIPPER - Death metal on the Black Widow label. ROACH, STEVE - Electronic music guru. ROCKET SCIENTISTS - Neo prog. ROCKETS, THE - Pop psych from 1968. RONGEY, KURT - Nice symph/prog that reminds me a bit of Camel. ROOLAART, ANTON - Symph/prog that lies somewhere between Pink Floyd and Yes. Nice debut! ROOTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Really great energetic prog with Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and Pink Floyd influences but at the same time quite unique. ROSWELL SIX - Heavy neo concept super project with Erik Norlander, James LaBrie, Michael Sadler, Lana Lane & John Payne. http://www.myspace.com/roswellsix RUDESS, JORDAN - Dream Theater wonder keyboardist. SALEM HILL - Good prog. http://www.myspace.com/swerveintheredpool SANCIOUS & TONE, DAVID - Highly underated outstanding symphonic fusion. SANCTUARY - 70’s rocker with side long track and make good use of flute & mellotron SCAPELAND WISH – Echolyn & Spock’s Beard fans will love these SCIENCENV - From prog & symphonic to jazz & fusion & electronic this band seems to run the gamut. http://www.myspace.com/sciencenv SECRET SAUCER - Fantastic instrumental space rock with Ozric Tentacles feel. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/secretsaucer SHADOW CIRCUS - Unique art rock with catchy melodies. http://www.myspace.com/shadowcircus SHADOW GALLERY - Power prog. http://www.myspace.com/officialshadowgallery SHADOWFAX SHANTI - Prog/rock blended with Indian music from 1971. Very good! SHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD - Amazing band in the style of Zappa, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Devil Doll. http://www.myspace.com/shaolindeathsquad SHERINIAN, DEREK - Former Dream Theater keyboardist. Mix of metal and fusion. http://www.myspace.com/dereksherinian2008 SIMMONS, JEFF - Bluesy pysch from 1969 by ex-Zappa bassist. SIMON APPLE - Terrific progressive pop very reminiscent of Kevin Gilbert SINGULARITY - Like Porcupine Tree. Excellent! SIRIUS - Post Demian & Bubble Puppy rock from 1979 SLICK, GRACE - Her most symphonic effort led by the powerful voice of Grace SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - Absolutely wild mix avant/prog/opera/metal/classical SLYCHOSIS - Prog band from Mississippi with influences from Marillion, ELP and Yes to Alan Parsons Project, Rush and Hawkwind. http://www.myspace.com/slychosisprog & www.myspace.com/slychosis SMITH, BOB – Heavy psych from 1969 SMOKIN’ GRANNY - Fine prog fusion SNARLING ADJECTIVE CONVENTION - Dark & menacing instrumental blend of avant garde, progressive and experimental. http://www.myspace.com/snarlingadjectiveconvention or http://snarlingadjectiveconvention.com SNOPEK, SIGMUND - Profound prog artist SOMNAMBULIST - Heavy prog with mellotron & Crimson/Metallica influences SONIC ABANDON - Instrumental spacy fusion duo led by Bon Lozaga & recorded live SONIC MUSIC - Keyboard filled symph/prog resembling Genesis and ELP SORCERY - Hard rock with prog elements SOURCE, THE - New young prog band with certain elements of Yes, Beatles and even Moon Safari. http://www.myspace.com/thesourceband SPADA, TONY - Prog/fusion by Holding Pattern guitarist. Both are excellent! http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomholdingpattern SPIRALING - Pop-porgressive fronted by Tom Brislin (Camel). www.myspace.com/spiraling SPIRITS BURNING - Mix of electronics/ethnic sounds by Daevid Allen, Steve Wilson & friends. http://www.myspace.com/spiritsburning SPOCK’S BEARD - Top USA progsters. http://www.myspace.com/spocksbeard ST 37 - Space psych on the Black Widow label ST. ELMO’S FIRE - 70’s prog STARCASTLE - The American version of Yes. http://www.myspace.com/starcastle7677 STEEL BLUE - Heavy fusion rock STEELE, JIM - Excellent instrumental keyboard progressive trio with some fusion, jazz and space thrown in as well STEEPLECHASE - Hard rocker from 1970 STILL - Echolyn offshoot with a different edge STOKES, LYNN & SOL SURFERS - Concept progressive album heavily influenced by Pink Floyd. http://www.myspace.com/solsurfers STORM AT SUNRISE - Excellent heavy prog with hammond organ and Deep Purple sound STRATER, GARY - Electronic ambient music from former Starcastle bass player STRAY DOG - 70’s hard progressive. STUERMER, DARYL – Guitar fusion by the Genesis guitarist SUBARACHNOID SPACE - Instrumental space rock for Ozric fans SUPERNAL ENDGAME - Symph/prog with a Christian vibe. Featured guests include Roine Stolt from The Flower Kings and Randy George from the Neal Morse band. http://www.myspace.com/supernalendgame SWEATHOG - Driving rock from 1971 & 1972. SYNERGY - Electronic keyboard wizardry by Larry Fast SYSTEMS THEORY - Great electronic space rock with lots of mellotron. SYZYGY - Intense prog rock from the new Wits End. http://www.myspace.com/syzygymusicenterprises TALAMASCA - Post Harlequin symphonic rock with lead and backing female vocals. TARANTULA HAWK - Instrumental grungy space rock. TASSLER, STEVE - Solid solo effort by Starcastle keyboardist. TCP - Excellent prog/symph heavily influenced by Peter Gabriel-era Genesis. http://www.myspace.com/blaketobias TEMPEST - 10TH ANNIVERSARY Contemporary Celtic prog. TEN JINN - Neo prog with x-Happy The Man guitarist Stan Whitaker. TEN POINT TEN - Progressive Christmas album. One of the best I’ve heard TESSERACT - New symphonic rock with violin THINKING PLAGUE - Avant garde/R.I.O. masters THIRD ESTATE, THE - Classic fuzz guitar with folk influences at times from 1976 THIRTEEN OF EVERYTHING - For fans of Izz, Spock’s Beard and Echolyn. Solid debut! THTX - Space rock that is smack-dab in the middle of Ozric Tentacles and Kingston Wall. http://www.myspace.com/thtx THUNDERDUK - Guitar rocker from 1974 TIME OF ORCHIDS - Fantastic avant/rock/prog. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/timeoforchids TIMOTHY PURE - Moody Blues/Pink Floyd style. Great! TITAN - Brilliant space rock in Ozric, Ash Ra Tempel, Schulze style. A must! http://www.myspace.com/titanaut TOBRUK - Fuzzed-out organ psychedelic rarity from 1972 by some Americans living in Brazil at the time. TOMBSTONE VALENTINE - One of the top American space rock bands TOPPER - Private keyboard prog from 1977 TRAINER, PHIL - Great folk rock recorded in 1972 in the U.K. with help from members of Trees TRANQUILITY - Folk rock from 1972 TRANSATLANTIC - Prog super group. http://www.myspace.com/transatlanticprog TRANSIENCE - Lands End hiding under a different name TRAP - Crimson meets French TV TRIGGERING MYTH, A - Excellent prog TRIPOD - Quite crazy high energy progressive mixed with jazz rock TRISTAN PARK - Neo prog/pop TRUTH & JANEY - Hard rock classic from 1976. http://www.myspace.com/truthandjaney76 U I BLUE - Nice symphonic with female vocals and help from Glass Hammer’ers. Will appeal to Iona/Mostly Autumn/Clannad fans U TOTEM - Avant garde/RIO UMPHREY’S MCGEE - Wonderful progressive jam band UNDER THE SUN - Neo prog heavily influenced by Kansas and Styx UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, THE - Symph/prog led by Bill Pohl and Kurt Rongey. Somewhat like Camel and Happy The Man UNIVERSE - Prog rocker from 1977 with plenty of spacey keys. UNOBSTUCTED UNIVERSE - Progressive jazz rock from 1976 including 2 side-long tracks UPSILON ACRUX - Magma-like instrumental bliss. http://www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux UT GRET - Avant Garde with Henry Kaiser. VAIL (REALM) - Keyboard deluxe prog/symph. VALERIE PROJECT, THE - Espers offshoot and not too dissimilar (acid folk-psych) but a bit darker. Great stuff! http://www.myspace.com/thevalerieproject VALHALLA - Heavy organ prog/rock from 1972. VERTICAL ALIGNMENT - Excellent symph/prog with special guests Fred Schendel & Steve Babb (Glass Hammer) and Carl Groves (Salem Hill) VISUAL CLIFF - Instrumental prog/rock/fusion. On Freedom Within and Into The After they have added a vocalist. http://www.myspace.com/visualcliffmusic VOGT, ROY - Instrumental fusion by this monster bass player. Stan Lassiter guests on guitar and Chester Thompson on drums. Great! VOLARE - Great Canterbury style prog WALKER, CARLTON - Nice symphonic rock opera. http://www.carltonwalker.com/music.html WALSH, STEVE - Kansas vocalist WATKINS, KIT - Happy The Man keyboardist WATSON, KEN - Blend of rock, jazz, electronics, classical WAYBRIGHT, LEAH - Instrumental soft progressive featuring 3 Happy The Man members and comes in a lavish package WEEKS, GREG - Surrealistic dreamy work by this gifted singer-songwriter WEST, ANDY (WITH RAMA) - Heavy eclectic progressive by Dregs’ bassist WEST, MICHEAL - Fantastic keyboard works a la Rick Wakeman WESTON, RAY - New project by Echolyn lead vocalist WHITE, LENNY - Wonderful prog/fusion concept album by this legendary drummer WHITE WING - Pre-Asia (USA band) of mellotron laden mix of heavy and light prog WINDFLOWER - Delicate Alaskan acid folk rock from 1975. Male/female vocals, violin, flute, mellotron. Nice! WINTERHAWK - Hard rock & progressive in Budgie/Triumph and Rush vein. WITSEND - Pre-Syzygy heavy symphonic WIZARDS FROM KANSAS, THE - Legendary hippie rock from 1970. WOLLAN, GREG - Melodic progressive with a Genesis, Camel and Yes edge to it. WOODENHEAD - Jazz fusion mixed with symphonic rock and R ‘n B WORLD TRADE - Magna Carta release and similar to the other groups on the label WOVEN HAND - Great band that brings in dark medieval European folklore into their music as well as North American Indian tribal rhythms www.myspace.com/wovenhand WYATT-WHITAKER - Side project by Happy The Man members. Does not stray far from the Happy The Man sound. Very good! WYZARDS - Like a mixture of Threshold, ELP & Rush XEN - Neo prog with an Enchant connection YAMADA, TAIHO - Spacious synthesizer based soundtrack YETI - If you like the dark side of Magma then this for you YETI RAIN - Dark ethereal ambient project with Bill Kopecky (bass, percussion) and Roger Ebner (wind synthesizer, percussion). Quite haunting! http://yetirain.com/ or www.myspace.com/yetirain YEZDA URFA - One of USA’s best ever. Brilliant Gentle Giant like progressive rock YOKE SHIRE - Roots are firmly in classic rock with Kansas, Rush and Tull influences as well ZAZU - 1975 prog/rock with some excellent keyboard breaks. A bit like Kansas. http://www.myspace.com/195452910 ZAZEN - Progressive new age ZEN CARNIVAL - Fine progressive band with the first album in the Camel/Genesis direction and Bardo more Porcupine Treeish ZEN ROCK & ROLL - Fine prog rock with 3 long mellotron filled tracks and a definite Genesis influence ZERFAS - 1973 heavy psych with some progressive moves. ZOLDAR & CLARK - Post Jasper Wrath and one of the best 70’s USA symph/prog albums with lots of mellotron, synths, flute etc... http://www.myspace.com/zoldarandclark |