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Revision as of 02:52, 8 November 2014

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1970–1979.

Contents

1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979


1970

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
9 February 1970 The Mothers of Invention Burnt Weeny Sandwich USA
1970 Feb Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other United Kingdom
13 March 1970 Egg Egg United Kingdom
20 April 1970 Jethro Tull Benefit United Kingdom
15 May 1970 King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon United Kingdom
5 June 1970 Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest England
6 June 1970 Soft Machine Third United Kingdom
1970 Jun The Nice Five Bridges England
1970 Jun Yes Time and a Word United Kingdom
14 July 1970 Supertramp Supertramp England
10 August 1970 The Mothers of Invention Weasels Ripped My Flesh USA
4 September 1970 Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You United Kingdom
10 October 1970 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother United Kingdom
23 October 1970 Genesis Trespass United Kingdom
23 October 1970 Frank Zappa Chunga's Revenge USA
1970 Nov Curved Air Airconditioning United Kingdom
27 November 1970 Gentle Giant Gentle Giant United Kingdom
1970 Dec Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only One United Kingdom
11 December 1970 King Crimson Lizard United Kingdom
1970 Aardvark Aardvark United Kingdom
1970 Amon Düül II Yeti Germany
1970 Beggars Opera Act One United Kingdom
1970 Cressida Cressida United Kingdom
1970 Focus Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Netherlands
1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer United Kingdom
1970 Gracious! Gracious! England
1970 Magma Magma France
1970 Moving Gelatine Plates Moving Gelatine Plates France
1970 Rare Bird As Your Mind Flies By United Kingdom
1970 Supersister Present From Nancy Netherlands
1970 T2 It'll All Work Out in Boomland United Kingdom
1970 Walrus Walrus United Kingdom
1970 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes N° 2 France
1970 Wigwam Tombstone Valentine Finland

Disbandments

Events

  • Peter Banks leaves Yes, being replaced by former Bodast and Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe.
  • Anthony Phillips leaves Genesis, and is replaced by guitarist Steve Hackett. Genesis also changes drummers, losing John Mayhew and bringing in former child actor Phil Collins.
  • Jan Akkerman and Pierre van der Linden leave Brainbox for Focus.

1971

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
5 February 1971 Barclay James Harvest Once Again England
19 February 1971 Yes The Yes Album England
1971 Feb Soft Machine Fourth England
19 March 1971 Jethro Tull Aqualung England
1971 Mar Amon Düül II Tanz der Lemminge Germany
8 April 1971 Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink England
2 August 1971 The Mothers Fillmore East – June 1971 USA
14 June 1971 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus England
1971 Jun Supertramp Indelibly Stamped England
16 July 1971 Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste England
30 August 1971 The Beach Boys Surf's Up USA
4 October 1971 Frank Zappa 200 Motels (soundtrack) USA
8 October 1971 Hawkwind In Search of Space England
30 October 1971 Pink Floyd Meddle England
1971 Oct Focus Focus II (aka Moving Waves) Netherlands
1971 Oct Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts England
5 November 1971 Barclay James Harvest Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories England
12 November 1971 Genesis Nursery Cryme England
26 November 1971 Yes Fragile England
1971 Dec Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra UK only
1971 Dec King Crimson Islands England
1971 Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel Germany
1971 Beggars Opera Waters of Change England
1971 Can Tago Mago Germany
1971 Comus First Utterance England
1971 Cressida Asylum England
1971 Delirium Dolce acqua Italy
1971 Egg The Polite Force United Kingdom
1971 Faust Faust Germany
1971 Mort Garson Black Mass/Lucifer Canada
1971 Gong Camembert Electrique Various
1971 Heaven Brass Rock 1 United Kingdom
1971 Ikarus Ikarus Germany
1971 Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come Galactic Zoo Dossier England
1971 McDonald and Giles McDonald and Giles England
1971 Mogul Thrash Mogul Thrash England
1971 Moving Gelatine Plates The World of Genius Hans France
1971 Le Orme Collage Italy
1971 Osanna L'uomo Italy
1971 Spring Spring England
1971 Supersister To the Highest Bidder Netherlands
1971 Wigwam Fairyport Finland
1971 Los Jaivas El Volantín Chile
1971 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Ame Debout Franc

Disbandments

Events

  • The new King Crimson that Bill Bruford joins has former Family bassist John Wetton.
  • Yes fires organist Tony Kaye, and replaces him with former Strawbs keyboard player and session musician Rick Wakeman.

1972

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
1972 Jan Premiata Forneria Marconi Storia di un minuto Italy
1972 Feb Strawbs Grave New World England
18 February 1972 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann's Earth Band United Kingdom
10 March 1972 Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick England
14 April 1972 Gentle Giant Three Friends England
19 May 1972 Caravan Waterloo Lily England
3 June 1972 Pink Floyd Obscured by Clouds England
23 June 1972 Jethro Tull Living in the Past England
5 July 1972 Frank Zappa Waka/Jawaka USA
6 July 1972 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy England
13 September 1972 Yes Close to the Edge England
1972 Sep Bo Hansson Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings Sweden
6 October 1972 Genesis Foxtrot England
29 September 1972 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Glorified Magnified United Kingdom
1972 Nov Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition England
1972 Nov Hawkwind Doremi Fasol Latido England
1972 Nov Premiata Forneria Marconi Per un amico Italy
1 December 1972 Gentle Giant Octopus England
1972 Dec Electric Light Orchestra No Answer USA
1972 Dec The Mothers The Grand Wazoo USA
1972 Agitation Free Malesch Germany
1972 Älgarnas Trädgård Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden Sweden
1972 Ange Caricatures France
1972 Ash Ra Tempel Schwingungen Germany
1972 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Italy
1972 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Darwin! Italy
1972 Barclay James Harvest Baby James Harvest England
1972 Beggars Opera Pathfinder England
1972 Brainbox Parts Netherlands
1972 Can Ege Bamyasi Germany
1972 Delirium Lo scemo e il villaggio Italy
1972 Elonkorjuu Harvest Time Finland
1972 Flash Flash England
1972 Flash In the Can England
1972 Focus Focus 3 Netherlands
1972 Franco Battiato Pollution Italy
1972 Il Balletto di Bronzo Ys Italy
1972 Khan Space Shanty England
1972 Korni Grupa Korni Grupa Yugoslavia
1972 Le Orme Uomo di pezza Italy
1972 Osanna Preludio Tema Variazioni e Canzona Italy
1972 Panna Fredda Uno Italy
1972 Pekka Pohjola Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva Finland
1972 Renaissance Prologue England
1972 Los Jaivas Todos Juntos Chile
1972 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Paix France

Disbandments

1973

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
1 January 1973 Rick Wakeman The Six Wives of Henry VIII England
8 January 1973 The Beach Boys Holland USA
1973 Feb Camel Camel England
1973 Feb Electric Light Orchestra ELO 2 (UK) / Electric Light Orchestra II (US) England
10 March 1973 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon England
23 March 1973 King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic England
1973 Apr Museo Rosenbach Zarathustra Italy
11 May 1973 Hawkwind Space Ritual England
18 May 1973 Yes Yessongs England
25 May 1973 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells England
1973 Jun Gryphon Gryphon England
15 June 1973 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Messin' United Kingdom
6 July 1973 Jethro Tull A Passion Play England
13 July 1973 Queen Queen England
27 July 1973 Genesis Genesis Live England
1973 Aug Henry Cow The Henry Cow Legend England
7 September 1973 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Over-Nite Sensation USA
1973 Sep Gentle Giant In a Glass House England
10 October 1973 Renaissance Ashes Are Burning England
12 October 1973 Genesis Selling England by the Pound England
1973 Oct Caravan For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night England
1973 Nov Brian Eno & Robert Fripp No Pussyfooting England
1973 Nov Brian Eno Here Come The Warm Jets England
1973 Nov Electric Light Orchestra On The Third Day England
1973 Nov Fusion Orchestra Skeleton In Armour England
19 November 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery England
30 November 1973 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Solar Fire United Kingdom
1973 Nov Nektar Remember the Future England
14 December 1973 Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans England
1973 Area Arbeit Macht Frei Italy
1973 Ange Le Cimetière des arlequins France
1973 Badger One Live Badger England
1973 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Io sono nato libero Italy
1973 Beggars Opera Get Your Dog Off Me! England
1973 Cervello Melos Italy
1973 Cyrille Verdeaux Clearlight Symphony France
1973 De De Lind Io non so da dove vengo e non so dove mai andrò. Uomo è il nome che mi han dato Italy
1973 Embryo Steig Aus Germany
1973 Eneide Uomini umili popoli liberi Italy
1973 Flash Out of our Hands England
1973 Gong Angel's Egg Various
1973 Gong Flying Teapot Various
1973 Greenslade Greenslade England
1973 Kayak See See The Sun Netherlands
1973 Magma Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh France
1973 Le Orme Felona e Sorona Italy
1973 Osanna Palepoli Italy
1973 Pholas Dactylus Concerto delle menti Italy
1973 Pop Mašina Kiselina Yugoslavia
1973 Saint Just Saint Just Italy
1973 Samla Mammas Manna Måltid Sweden
1973 Semiramis Dedicato a Frazz Italy
1973 Los Jaivas Palomita Blanca Chile
1973 YU grupa YU grupa Yugoslavia

Disbandments

Events

  • Rick Wakeman leaves Yes after concluding the band's Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour. He would enjoy a long solo career following the success of his albums Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He is replaced by former Refugee keyboard player Patrick Moraz.
  • Founding member Phil Schulman leaves Gentle Giant.

1974

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
20 February 1974 Tangerine Dream Phaedra Germany
1974 Feb Hatfield & the North Hatfield & the North England
1 March 1974 Camel Mirage England
8 March 1974 Queen Queen II England
1974 Mar Kansas Kansas USA
1974 Mar Refugee Refugee England
29 March 1974 King Crimson Starless and Bible Black England
1974 Mar Rush Rush Canada
22 April 1974 Frank Zappa Apostrophe (') USA
1974 Apr Focus Hamburger Concerto Netherlands
1974 May Henry Cow Unrest England
1974 May Rick Wakeman – (England) Journey to the Center of the Earth England
14 June 1974 Barclay James Harvest Everyone Is Everybody Else England
26 July 1974 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom England
28 August 1974 Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge England
10 September 1974 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Roxy & Elsewhere USA
1974 Sep Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado (A Symphony) England
1974 Sep Hawkwind Hall of the Mountain Grill England
1974 Sep Supertramp Crime of the Century England
1974 Sep Todd Rundgren's Utopia Utopia USA
11 October 1974 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Good Earth United Kingdom
14 October 1974 Jethro Tull Warchild England
1974 Oct Fred Frith Guitar Solos England
8 November 1974 Queen Sheer Heart Attack England
18 November 1974 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway England
1974 Nov King Crimson Red England
1974 Nov Kraftwerk Autobahn Germany
13 December 1974 Yes Relayer England
1974 Alusa Fallax Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione Italy
1974 Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) England
1974 Ange Au-delà du délire France
1974 Area Caution Radiation Area Italy
1974 Arti + Mestieri Tilt Italy
1974 Badger White Lady England
1974 Beggars Opera Sagitarry England
1974 Biglietto per l'Inferno Biglietto per l'Inferno Italy
1974 Caravan Caravan and the New Symphonia England
1974 DAG Sećanja Yugoslavia
1974 Dah Veliki cirkus Yugoslavia
1974 Delirium III Italy
1974 Edgar Allan Poe Generazioni - Una storia di sempre Italy
1974 Gentle Giant The Power and the Glory England
1974 Gong You Various
1974 Gryphon Red Queen to Gryphon Three England
1974 Kayak Kayak II Netherlands
1974 Los Canarios Ciclos Spain
1974 Magma Kohntarkosz France
1974 Korni Grupa Not an Ordinary Life Yugoslavia
1974 Metamorfosi Inferno Italy
1974 Le Orme Contrappunti Italy
1974 Pekka Pohjola Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie) Finland
1974 Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba Stvaranaje Yugoslavia
1974 Premiata Forneria Marconi L'isola di niente Italy
1974 Renaissance Turn of the Cards England
1974 Saint Just La casa del lago Italy
1974 Samla Mammas Manna Klossa Knapitatet Sweden
1974 Strawbs Hero and Heroine England
1974 Triumvirat Illusions on a Double Dimple Germany
1974 Wigwam Being Finland
1974 Los Jaivas/Manduka Los Sueños De América Chile
1974 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Le Rat Dèbile Et L'Homme Des Champs France
1974 YU grupa Kako to da svaki dan? Yugoslavia

Disbandments

Events

1975

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
15 February 1975 Rush Fly by Night Canada
1975 Feb Kansas Song for America USA
21 March 1975 Tangerine Dream Rubycon Germany
22 March 1975 Soft Machine Bundles England
1975 Mar Hatfield and the North The Rotter's Club England
1975 Apr Camel The Snow Goose England
1975 May Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time England
1975 May Henry Cow In Praise of Learning England
1975 May Rick Wakeman The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table England
25 June 1975 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention One Size Fits All USA
22 August 1975 Gentle Giant Free Hand England
22 August 1975 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Nightingales & Bombers United Kingdom
1975 Aug The Eric Burdon Band Stop USA
5 September 1975 Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery England
12 September 1975 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here England
12 September 1975 Rush Caress of Steel Canada
1975 Sep Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music England
1975 Sep Kansas Masque USA
2 October 1975 Frank Zappa & The Mothers and Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury USA
21 October 1975 Mike Oldfield Ommadawn England
1975 Oct Barclay James Harvest Time Honoured Ghosts England
1975 Oct Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte England
1975 Oct Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff England
7 November 1975 Chris Squire Fish Out of Water England
21 November 1975 Queen A Night at the Opera England
1975 Nov Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis? England
1975 Brian Eno Another Green World England
1975 Brian Eno Discreet Music England
1975 Brian Eno & Robert Fripp Evening Star England
1975 Ambrosia Ambrosia USA
1975 Ange Émile Jacotey France
1975 Apoteosi Apoteosi Italy
1975 Area Crac! Italy
1975 Beggars Opera Beggars Can't Be Choosers England
1975 Caravan Cunning Stunts England
1975 Carpe Diem En Regardant Passer Le Temps France
1975 Clearlight Forever Blowing Bubbles France
1975 Fusioon Minorisa Spain
1975 Harmonium Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison Canada
1975 Kayak Royal Bed Bouncer Netherlands
1975 Land Cool Breeze Belgium
1975 Magma Live/Hhaï France
1975 Maxophone Maxophone Italy
1975 Modrý Efekt Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladik Czechoslovakia
1975 Opus Opus I Yugoslavia
1975 Le Orme Smogmagica Italy
1975 Phoenix Cantafabule Romania
1975 Pop Mašina Na izvoru svetlosti Yugoslavia
1975 Premiata Forneria Marconi Chocolate Kings Italy
1975 Quiet Sun Mainstream England
1975 Renaissance Scheherazade and Other Stories England
1975 SBB Nowy Horyzont Poland
1975 Steve Hillage Fish Rising England
1975 The Muffins Secret Signals II USA
1975 O Terço Criaturas da Noite Brazil
1975 Triana El Patio Spain
1975 Triumvirat Spartacus Germany
1975 Wigwam Nuclear Nightclub Finland
1975 Los Jaivas El Indio Chile
1975 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Libertes France
1975 YU grupa YU grupa Yugoslavia

Disbandments

Events

  • Vocalist Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis at the end of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour. The band's drummer, Phil Collins, steps up to be lead singer and frontman after the band auditions some 450 singers. Gabriel then embarks on a solo career.
  • Former Pink Floyd frontman, Syd Barrett, overweight and bald, goes to Abbey Road Studios to ask if he can rejoin the band, they turn him down. The visit caused the band much distress. The band were recording the backing vocals for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a song about Barrett's demise.
  • Bassist Mario Mutis Leaves Los Jaivas.
  • Yugoslav band Dah moves to Belgium, where they change their name to Land.

1976

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
20 February 1976 Genesis A Trick of the Tail England
1976 Mar Camel Moonmadness England
1 April 1976 Rush 2112 Canada
16 April 1976 Klaus Schulze Moondawn Germany
23 April 1976 Gentle Giant Interview England
23 April 1976 Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! England
1976 Apr Van der Graaf Generator Still Life England
1976 May The Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination England
18 June 1976 Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour England
1976 Jun Soft Machine Softs England
24 July 1976 Jon Anderson Olias of Sunhillow England
27 August 1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Roaring Silence United Kingdom
11 September 1976 Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record England
1976 Sep Pulsar The Strands of the Future France
20 October 1976 Frank Zappa Zoot Allures USA
1976 Oct Kansas Leftoverture USA
31 October 1976 Steve Howe Beginnings England
10 December 1976 Queen A Day at the Races England
27 December 1976 Genesis Wind and Wuthering England
1976 Ambrosia Somewhere I've Never Travelled USA
1976 Ange Par les fils de Mandrin France
1976 Art Zoyd Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités France
1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Come in un'ultima cena Italy
1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Garofano rosso Italy
1976 Barclay James Harvest Octoberon England
1976 Caravan Blind Dog at St. Dunstans England
1976 Celeste Celeste (also known as Principe di un giorno) Italy
1976 Cos Viva Boma Belgium
1976 Henry Cow Henry Cow Concerts England
1976 Crucis Crucis Argentina
1976 Dah Povratak Yugoslavia
1976 Ethos Ardour USA
1976 Far East Family Band Parallel World Japan
1976 Gualberto Vericuetos Spain
1976 Kaipa Inget Nytt Under Solen Sweden
1976 Kayak The Last Encore Netherlands
1976 Novalis Sommerabend Germany
1976 Le Orme Verità nascoste Italy
1976 Picchio dal Pozzo Picchio dal Pozzo Italy
1976 Pollen Pollen Canada
1976 Pop Mašina Put ka Suncu Yugoslavia
1976 Popol Vuh Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte Germany
1976 Schicke Führs & Fröhling Symphonic Pictures Germany
1976 Starcastle Starcastle USA

Disbandments

Events

1977

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
23 January 1977 Pink Floyd Animals England
11 February 1977 Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood England
17 March 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Vol. 1 England
1977 Mar Daryl Hall Sacred Songs USA
1977 Mar John Greaves & Peter Blegvad Kew. Rhone. England
1977 Mar Anthony Phillips The Geese and the Ghost England
1977 Apr Brand X Moroccan Roll England
1977 Apr Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments... England
27 May 1977 Dixie Dregs Freefall USA
1977 Jun The Alan Parsons Project I, Robot England
1977 Jun Hawkwind Quark, Strangeness and Charm England
7 July 1977 Styx The Grand Illusion USA
22 July 1977 Yes Going for the One England
26 July 1977 Caravan Better by Far England
1977 Aug Bill Bruford Feels Good to Me England
2 September 1977 Van der Graaf The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome England
7 September 1977 Rush A Farewell to Kings Canada
1977 Sep Camel Rain Dances England
1977 Sep Gentle Giant The Missing Piece England
11 October 1977 Kansas Point of Know Return USA
21 October 1977 Genesis Seconds Out (Live) England
28 October 1977 Queen News of the World England
1977 Oct Barclay James Harvest Gone to Earth England
1977 Oct Electric Light Orchestra Out Of The Blue England
1977 Oct National Health National Health England
10 November 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Vol. 2 England
1977 Brian Eno Before And After Science England
1977 Ange Tome VI : Live 1977 France
1977 Ange En concert : Live 1970-1971 France
1977 Aksak Maboul Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine Belgium
1977 Mike Batt Schizophonia England
1977 Circus Movin' On Switzerland
1977 Eloy Ocean Germany
1977 England Garden Shed England
1977 Eric Burdon Survivor England
1977 Godley and Creme Consequences England
1977 Gong Gazeuse! (also known as Expresso) Various
1977 Grobschnitt Rockpommel's Land Germany
1977 Gryphon Treason England
1977 Happy the Man Happy the Man USA
1977 Heldon Interface France
1977 Island Pictures Switzerland
1977 Kaamos Deeds and Talks Finland
1977 Kayak Starlight Dancer Netherlands
1977 Locanda delle Fate Forse le lucciole non si amano piu Italy
1977 Maneige Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle Canada
1977 Modrý Efekt Svitanie Czechoslovakia
1977 Mona Lisa Le Petit Violon de Mr. Gregoire France
1977 Pentwater Pentwater USA
1977 Pierrot Lunaire Gudrun Italy
1977 Premiata Forneria Marconi Jet Lag Italy
1977 Pulsar Halloween France
1977 Triana Hijos del Agobio Spain
1977 Univers Zero Univers Zero (also known as 1313) Belgium
1977 Los Jaivas Canción del Sur Chile
1977 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Le Temps De L'Autre France
1977 YU grupa Među zvezdama Yugoslavia

Disbandments

Events

1978

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
24 February 1978 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Watch United Kingdom
3 March 1978 Frank Zappa Zappa in New York USA
1978 Mar Dixie Dregs What If USA
1978 Mar Pierre Moerlen's Gong Expresso II Various
1978 Mar U.K. U.K. England
7 April 1978 Genesis ...And Then There Were Three... England
10 April 1978 Jethro Tull Heavy Horses England
25 May 1978 David Gilmour David Gilmour England
1978 May Art Bears Hopes and Fears England
1978 May Steve Hackett Please Don't Touch England
3 June 1978 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel II England
1978 Jun Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
15 September 1978 Richard Wright Wet Dream England
15 September 1978 Frank Zappa Studio Tan USA
20 September 1978 Yes Tormato England
22 September 1978 Camel Breathless England
22 September 1978 Jethro Tull Bursting Out England
29 September 1978 Gentle Giant Giant for a Day England
29 October 1978 Rush Hemispheres Canada
18 November 1978 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Love Beach England
24 November 1978 Mike Oldfield Incantations England
1978 Nov Queen Jazz England
1978 Ange Guet-apens France
1978 Atila Reviure Spain
1978 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ...di terra Italy
1978 Barclay James Harvest XII England
1978 Bubu Anabelas Argentina
1978 Cathedral Stained Glass Stories USA
1978 José Cid 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte Portugal
1978 Crack Si Todo Hiciera Crack Spain
1978 Elonkorjuu Flying High, Running Fast Finland
1978 Fermata Huascarán Czechoslovakia
1978 Flame Dream Calatea Switzerland
1978 FM Black Noise Canada
1978 Godley and Creme L England
1978 Gordi Čovek Yugoslavia
1978 Grobschnitt Solar Music Live Germany
1978 Happy the Man Crafty Hands USA
1978 Heldon Stand By France
1978 Henry Cow Western Culture England
1978 Steve Hillage Green England
1978 Iman Califato Independiente Iman Califato Independiente Spain
1978 Kayak Phantom of the Night Netherlands
1978 MIA Cornonstipicum Argentina
1978 Modrý Efekt Svĕt Hledaců Czechoslovakia
1978 National Health Of Queues and Cures England
1978 Pentwater Out of the Abyss USA
1978 Shylock Ile De Fievre France
1978 Tako Tako Yugoslavia
1978 Terpandre Terpandre France
1978 The Muffins Manna / Mirage USA
1978 Weidorje Weidorje France

Disbandments

Events

1979

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
19 January 1979 Frank Zappa Sleep Dirt USA
3 March 1979 Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti USA
9 March 1979 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Angel Station United Kingdom
1979 Mar Dixie Dregs Night of the Living Dregs USA
1979 Mar U.K. Danger Money England
29 March 1979 Supertramp Breakfast in America England
4 May 1979 Frank Zappa Orchestral Favorites USA
1979 May Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings England
1979 May Kansas Monolith
1979 May/June Electric Light Orchestra Discovery England
1979 Jun Robert Fripp Exposure England
14 September 1979 Jethro Tull Stormwatch England
17 September 1979 Frank Zappa Joe's Garage (Act I) (USA)
1979 Oct Tony Banks A Curious Feeling England
1979 Oct Camel I Can See Your House From Here England
19 November 1979 Frank Zappa Joe's Garage (Act II & III) (USA)
30 November 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall England
1979 Aksak Maboul Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits Belgium
1979 Arachnoid Arachnoid France
1979 Art Bears Winter Songs England
1979 Art Zoyd Musique Pour l'Odyssee France
1979 Atlas Blå Vardag Sweden
1979 Barclay James Harvest Eyes of the Universe England
1979 Mike Batt Tarot Suite England
1979 Bill Bruford One of a Kind England
1979 Eloy Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes Germany
1979 Eskaton Four Visions France
1979 Flame Dream Elements Switzerland
1979 FM Surveillance Canada
1979 Galija Prva plovidba Yugoslavia
1979 Godley and Creme Freeze Frame England
1979 Gordi Gordi 2 Yugoslavia
1979 Gordi Gordi 3 Yugoslavia
1979 Steve Howe The Steve Howe Album England
1979 Igra Staklenih Perli Igra Staklenih Perli Yugoslavia
1979 Itoiz Ezekiel Basque Country
1979 Laurent Thibault Mais on ne Peut pas Rever Tout le Temps France
1979 Ma Banlieue Flasque Ma Banlieue Flasque France
1979 Albert Marcoeur Armes et Cycles France
1979 Mezquita Recuerdos de mi tierra Spain
1979 Neuschwanstein Battlement Germany
1979 Le Orme Florian Italy
1979 Sky Sky England / Australia
1979 Stormy Six Macchina maccheronica Italy
1979 Témpano Atabal Yemal Venezuela
1979 Triana Sombra y Luz Spain
1979 Univers Zero Heresie Belgium
1979 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Passions France
1979 YU grupa Samo napred... Yugoslavia

Disbandments

Events

See also

Further reading

  • Snider, Charles. The Strawberry Bricks Guide To Progressive Rock. Chicago, Ill.: Lulu Publishing (2008) 364 pages, ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9 (paperback). A veritable record guide to progressive rock, with band histories, musical synopses and critical commentary, all presented in the historical context of a timeline.
  • 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.

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