Timeline of progressive rock

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. The timeline is presented in separate articles for each decade.

Timeline by decade

1960s

Newly formed bands

Omega (1962) The Moody Blues (1964) Pink Floyd (1965) Barclay James Harvest (1966) Soft Machine (1966) Genesis (1967) Van der Graaf Generator (1967) Gong (1967) Jethro Tull (1967) The Nice (1967) Yes (1968)

Deep Purple (1968) Can (1968) Caravan (1968) Krokodil (1968) Rush (1968) Curved Air (1969) King Crimson (1969) Renaissance(1969) Supertramp (1969) Ange (1969) Magma (1969) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1969)

1970s

Newly formed bands

Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970) Gentle Giant (1970) Queen (1971) Camel (1971) Kansas (1971)

Saga (1971) Premiata Forneria Marconi (1972) Celeste (1972) Machiavel (1974) Marillion (1979)

1980s

Newly formed bands

IQ (1980) Queensryche (1982) Fates Warning (1983) Pain Of Salvation (1984)

Dream Theater (1985) Dreamscape (1986) Porcupine Tree (1987) Cynic (1987)

1990s

Newly formed bands

Opeth (1990) Tool (1990) Ayreon (1993) The Flower Kings (1993) Coheed and Cambria (1995)

Sylvan (1995) Evergrey (1996) Gazpacho (1996) RPWL (1997) Symphony X (1997)

2000s

Newly formed bands

• Seventh Wonder (2000)
• Riverside(2001)
• The Mars Volta (2001)
• Haken (2007)

See also

• Progressive rock
• Canterbury Scene
• Symphonic rock
• Avant-rock
• Rock in Opposition
• Neo-prog
• Progressive metal
• Jazz fusion
• Djent

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. The book covers only 1967 - 1979.
• 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.