List of progressive rock artists

0–9

• 21st Century Schizoid Band: Band of former King Crimson members that performs a mixture of original songs, King Crimson classics, and material from the various members' solo efforts
• 5uu's: Mid-1980s RIO band from Los Angeles
• 801: Supergroup that included former Roxy Music members Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno
• 10cc: British band active in the 1970s with their art pop music

A

• Acqua Fragile
• A.C.T
• Aeon Zen
• Agitation Free: German band from the 1970s similar to early Pink Floyd
• Air: French duo whose retro synth-based electronica and space pop music features progressive rock leanings
• Alamaailman Vasarat
• The Alan Parsons Project
• Alux Nahual: Politically oriented band that formed in Guatemala in the 1980s
• Ambrosia: Early 1970s California band that later played soft rock
• Amon Düül II: Band that formed out of the German late 1960s political art commune Amon Düül
• Analogy
• Anathema
• And So I Watch You from Afar
• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• Jon Anderson: Lead singer of Yes
• Bruford Wakeman Howe: Late-1980s attempt by singer Jon Anderson to restore Yes to its progressive rock direction and lineup
• Anekdoten
• Ange: French symphonic prog band active mainly from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. Their later work displays a simpler, pop orientation
• Änglagård: Swedish band of the early 1990s that played 1970s-style symphonic prog
• Aphrodite's Child: Greek trio
• Aquarium: Band formed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s
• Arcadea: American prog synth band with Brann Dailor on drums and vocals
• Area: Politically oriented 1970s multinational band from Italy
• Arena
• Ark
• Armonite
• Ars Nova
• Art Bears: Henry Cow offshoot featuring Fred Frith
• Art in America
• Art Zoyd: French Zeuhl band
• Asia: Prog/pop supergroup featuring members from Yes
• Ash Ra Tempel
• Atheist
• Atoll
• Atomic Rooster: British heavy prog band originally featuring Carl Palmer before his departure to Emerson Lake & Palmer
• Kevin Ayers: Founding member of Soft Machine
• Ayreon: Dutch progressive metal project from the mid-1990s onward

B

• Babylon
• Back Door: Once produced by Carl Palmer
• Bad Religion: though a hardcore punk band, they released a prog album Into the Unknown to reflect members early influences.
• Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Italian band, formed in the 1970s
• Barclay James Harvest
• Be-Bop Deluxe: British band who combined art rock and glam rock, influencing new wave
• Jeff Beck
• David Bedford
• Beggars Opera: Scottish band of the early 1970s
• Bi Kyo Ran
• Biffy Clyro: Scottish rock band with progressive leanings
• Big Big Train: English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990
• Big Wreck
• Bigelf
• The Birds of Satan: American progressive hard rock supergroup led by the Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins
• Birth Control: German band from the early 1970s
• David Bowie
• Bozzio Levin Stevens: A late 1990s supergroup
• Braen's Machine: early 1970s studio project with Piero Umiliani and Alessandro Alessandroni
• Brainticket
• Brand X: Late 1970s band influenced by jazz and funk, frequently associated with Phil Collins
• Arthur Brown
• Jack Bruce
• Bruford: Jazz and Canterbury-style supergroup with Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Stewart and Jeff Berlin
• Buckethead: Highly virtuosic and experimental guitarist
• Kate Bush: British singer-songwriter with progressive rock leanings, discovered by David Gilmour

C

• Camel: Band from the mid-1970s classic era of prog
• Can: German band heavily influenced by 20th century composition
• The Cancer Conspiracy
• Captain Beefheart
• Caravan: Canterbury band, active primarily during the 1970s
• Caravan of Dreams: Solo project of Caravan bassist Richard Sinclair
• Cast: Mexican band that formed in the late 1970s, who frequently appeared at or organized prog festivals during the 1990s
• Cathedral
• Cherry Five: Italian band who finally released a second album in 2015
• Chicago
• Chiodos
• Clearlight: French band from the 1970s similar to early Gong but closer to symphonic prog
• Cluster
• Coheed and Cambria
• Cold Fairyland: Band from Shanghai rooted in traditional Chinese music
• Colosseum
• Crack the Sky
• Curved Air
• Cynic
• Holger Czukay

D

• Darryl Way's Wolf
• Dead Can Dance
• Death Organ
• The Decemberists: Indie rock band with strong Jethro Tull and Genesis influences.
• Deep Purple: British hard rock band with strong progressive influences. Often considered one of the first three heavy metal bands along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.
• Demon Fuzz: English band that played progressive rock, soul and funk, with influences from psychedelic soul, jazz, acid rock and world music
• Deus Ex Machina: 1990s Italian rock band that updates the 1970s Italian progressive rock style
• DFA
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Discipline: Led by the Matthew Parmenter, combined the stylings of Genesis and Van der Graaff Generator
• Dixie Dregs
• Djam Karet: 1980s US band that was a precursor to math rock
• The Doors: American band considered part of the proto-prog subgenre
• Dream Theater: American/Canadian band of ex-Berklee students that helped to raise the profile of progressive metal during the 1990s and 2000s
• Dungen
• Francis Dunnery and the New Progressives

E

• East of Eden
• Echolyn: Prog band of the 1990s, with metaphysical, literary-inspired lyrics
• Edison's Children: Pete Trewavas of Marillion and Transatlantic's band with Eric Blackwood featuring Rick Armstrong
• Egg: Dave Stewart on keys
• Elbow: English rock band with progressive leanings
• Elder
• Electric Light Orchestra : English band who played string and synth-based "Beatlesque" prog rock, as well as pop and disco-influenced music
• Eloy: A German band most prominent during the 1970s but who have continued to perform through lineup changes
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer : "Classic era" prog band
• Emerson, Lake & Powell: A brief, mid-1980s incarnation of ELP in which Cozy Powell was the drummer
• England: A late 1970s British band that was a forerunner to neo-prog
• The Enid: A British band formed in the 1970s by Barclay James Harvest arranger Robert John Godfrey, who have remained intermittently active from the 1980s onward.
• Epitaph
• Brian Eno

F

• Faith No More
• Family: 1960s–1970s British band that contributed members to Blind Faith and King Crimson
• Faust
• The Fierce and the Dead
• Finch (Dutch band) Instrumental Dutch symphonic prog band from the 1970s
• Fish: Former Marillion lead singer
• Flash: Band formed by Peter Banks after his departure from Yes
• The Flower Kings: Symphonic prog band, from Sweden, active from the 1990s onward
• Focus: Mainly instrumental Dutch group who recorded the 1971 song "Hocus Pocus"
• Pope Francis: former pope of the Roman Catholic Church, released the progressive rock album Wake Up! in 2015
• Robert Fripp: Founding member and lead guitarist of King Crimson
• Fripp & Eno
• Fred Frith
• Hasse Fröberg and the Musical Companion
• FromUz
• Frost*: Neo-prog band from the 2000s
• Frumpy: German prog band from the early 1970s with female vocals
• FSB
• Fusion Orchestra
• The Future Kings of England

G

• Peter Gabriel: Former lead singer of Genesis, who used many world music influences in his solo material
• The Gathering: Dutch alternative rock band who started out as a doom metal band before shifting to a more prog style with the addition of vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen.
• Genesis: One of the major classic era bands and a definitive example of the symphonic prog style. They transitioned to more accessible music starting in 1978, though they still included progressive rock songs on later albums.
• Gentle Giant: Band with a medieval-sounding style who are considered to be among the most important of the 1970s progressive rock bands.
• Ghost
• Gilgamesh
• Glass Hammer
• Goblin: Funk-influenced Italian band known for film soundtrack work
• Gong: French space rock and psych rock band associated with the Canterbury scene.
• Go: Supergroup formed in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta which included Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve
• Golden Earring
• Gov't Mule: Combines elements of blues, hard rock, and jazz fusion
• Grails: Eclectic, textural band from the 2000s
• Marek Grechuta
• Greenslade
• Grobschnitt: 1970s symphonic prog band from Germany who pursued a more commercial direction during the 1980s
• Gryphon: 1970s British band who used a medieval folk style and played period instruments such as krumhorns.
• Guru Guru

H

• Hail the Sun
• Peter Hammill: Lead singer of Van Der Graaf Generator
• Bo Hansson
• Happy the Man: Highly virtuosic 1970s symphonic prog band who performed mainly in the Washington, D.C. area
• Harmonium (band)
• Hatfield and the North
• Hawkwind: Long-running space rock band with science fiction lyrics and some crossover with heavy metal
• Haze
• Henry Cow: Highly experimental and political 1970s British band who founded the Rock in Opposition movement
• Here & Now: Late-1970s British band that combined elements of punk rock and progressive rock
• Hidria Spacefolk: Space rock band
• Steve Hillage: Guitarist from Gong
• Hoelderlin: German prog band from the 1970s who started out in folk prog before moving into symphonic prog
• Steve Howe: English musician and lead guitarist of Yes

I

• The Incredible String Band: Early British folk/prog hybrid
• Indian Summer
• Iona: British band active since the late 1980s whose lyrics contain a Christian element
• IQ: Neo-prog band of the 1980s
• Iron Butterfly
• It Bites: 1980s pop/prog band
• IZZ

J

• Jade Warrior
• Jadis: Neo-prog band
• Jane: Early 1970s krautrock band
• Jeavestone
• Jethro Tull: Started in the late 1960s as a British blues band, heavily influenced by jazz and British folk rock, who later moved into progressive rock

K

• Kaipa: 1970s Swedish band whose Roine Stolt went on to form The Flower Kings
• Kansas: United States symphonic prog band of the 1970s, who underwent numerous personnel changes and moved to a more commercial style in the 1980s
• Karmamoi
• Karnataka
• Karnivool: Early work was in alternative metal style, more recent albums have been in progressive rock style.
• Katatonia
• Mike Keneally
• Khan
• King Crimson: One of the genre's best-known and most influential bands, who have frequently disbanded and regrouped with radically different lineups and musical styles
• King's X
• Kingdom Come: Early 1970s British band fronted by Arthur Brown
• Kingston Wall
• Klaatu: Canadian trio
• Kraan
• Kraftwerk
• Krokus: Debuted as a progressive rock band, then became a metal band in the style of AC/DC
• Kyros

L

• Landberk
• Lana Lane
• Bill Laswell
• Lightning Bolt
• Liquid Tension Experiment: A band that formed as a Dream Theater side project and includes John Petrucci and Tony Levin
• Lucifer's Friend: early heavy metal and progressive rock band
• Marco Lo Muscio
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen: Leader of the Ayreon project

M

• Magellan
• Magenta
• Magma: A French band who launched the Zeuhl subgenre in the 1970s
• Magna Carta: An English progressive folk group
• Magnum
• Mahavishnu Orchestra: An early fusion band that was a major influence on King Crimson and others
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band: A mixture of hard rock, fusion, and progressive rock
• Albert Marcoeur
• Marillion: British neo-prog band
• The Mars Volta
• Mastermind
• Mastodon
• Matching Mole: A 1970s Canterbury band
• McDonald & Giles: An early King Crimson offshoot
• Mercury Rev
• Metamorfosi: Italian prog band from the early 1970s who reformed in the 2000s
• Mew
• Midlake
• Miriodor: A Canadian RIO band
• miRthkon
• Mogul Thrash: Early 1970s British band that included John Wetton
• Mona Lisa
• The Moody Blues: Classical rock pioneers who are credited as having created the first progressive rock album, Days of Future Passed
• Moon Safari: A Swedish band that makes extensive use of complex vocal harmonies
• Mt. Helium
• Patrick Moraz
• Mostly Autumn
• Mr. Bungle: American experimental rock/metal band that has included progressive rock elements
• Mudvayne
• Muse
• Museo Rosenbach
• My Brightest Diamond

N

• National Health
• The Neal Morse Band (NMB) - Formed in 2014 by Neal Morse who also releases prog as a solo artist
• Nektar
• Neu!
• Nexus: Progressive symphonic rock from Argentina
• The New York Rock & Roll Ensemble: A 1960s–1970s classical rock group
• Niacin
• The Nice: Highly influential early classical rock band fronted by Keith Emerson
• Czeslaw Niemen
• Erik Norlander: Keyboardist who has performed solo and with Ayreon

O

• Oceansize
• Mike Oldfield: Studio performer who often played every instrument in his large-scale compositions
• Omega: Hungarian band formed in the 1960s
• Opeth: Swedish progressive rock band with death metal roots
• Le Orme: One of the most important Italian progressive rock bands
• Osibisa: Ghanaian Afro-pop and Afrobeat band who incorporate funk, jazz, and progressive rock. Their album covers were illustrated by Roger Dean
• O Terco
• Ozric Tentacles

P

• Pain of Salvation
• Pallas: A neo-prog band
• Carl Palmer
• Panna Fredda
• Panzerballett
• Passport
• Pavlov's Dog: US art rock band from the 1970s featuring much mellotron. Bill Bruford from Yes guested on drums on their second album.
• Pendragon: A neo-prog band
• Anthony Phillips: Original guitarist for Genesis
• The Physics House Band: Brighton-based experimental rockers
• Picchio dal Pozzo
• The Pineapple Thief
• Pink Floyd: Pioneering space rock band who went on to become one of the major progressive rock bands
• Planet X: A band fronted by former Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian
• The Plastic People of the Universe
• Platypus
• Polyphia
• Popol Vuh
• Porcupine Tree
• Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM): A major Italian band of the early 1970s, once produced by Peter Sinfield, who also wrote English lyrics for the band.
• Present: 1990s Belgian group led by Univers Zero guitarist Roger Trigaux and his son Reginald
• Pretty Things
• Primus: American trio who channel funk metal, alternative metal, and progressive rock
• Procol Harum: Early progressive rock band which recorded with orchestras
• Proto-Kaw: A progressive jam band formed by Kerry Livgren of Kansas
• The Protomen
• Pulsar
• Puppet Show
• Pure Reason Revolution

Q

• Quasar
• Quatermass
• Queen
• Quiet Sun

R

• Rare Bird
• Rare Earth
• Refugee
• Remedy
• Renaissance: Early 1970s symphonic prog band known for a strong classical influence and Annie Haslam's operatic vocals
• Ritual
• Riverside
• Roxy Music
• Todd Rundgren
• Jordan Rudess: Outside of his work in Dream Theater he has released a number of albums as a solo artist
• Rudess/Morgenstein Project: A collaboration between Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess and Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein
• Rush

S

Sa–Sm

• Saga: Canadian neo-prog band
• Samla Mammas Manna: A RIO band with folk influences
• SBB
• Klaus Schulze: electronic music pioneer, composer, and musician. Was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums.
• Paul Schutze
• Secret Machines
• Semiramis
• Seventh Wave
• Shub-Niggurath: A French Zeuhl band
• Sigur Ros: Icelandic post-rock band
• Sikth: British progressive metal and djent band
• Peter Sinfield
• Skin Alley: Progressive band from the late 1960s–early 1970s whose work has influences from blues rock, jazz fusion, and art rock
• Slapp Happy: A late-1970s offshoot of Henry Cow
• Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: A Californian RIO band
• Smak: Serbian and Yugoslav band

Sn–Sz

• Soft Heap
• Soft Machine: Canterbury scene band initially playing psychedelic rock, later moving into experimental jazz rock and free jazz
• Solaris
• Solstice
• Sparks: American art rock duo who played glam rock, synth-pop and disco
• Spirit: A psychedelic band that was a major influence on early progressive rock
• Split Enz: Started out as a prog band, but moved to new wave starting in 1979
• Spock's Beard: 1990s United States symphonic prog band
• Chris Squire: English musician and bassist of Yes
• Starcastle: A progressive band from the US similar to Yes
• Stackridge: English progressive rock, pop, and folk band who have been described as precursors of Britpop
• Al Stewart
• Stormy Six: A politically active 1970s Italian band who later aligned with RIO
• Strawbs: British 1970s symphonic prog band with strong folk roots
• Stick Men
• Still: A late-1990s version of Echolyn
• Stolen Babies
• Stranglers: Formed in 1974 and heavily influenced by prog rock though generally regarded as a punk rock act
• Styx: A US band who played extended compositions and classical adaptations with a hard rock edge, then played arena rock
• Supertramp
• Survival: Dutch progressive/symphonic rock band
• Syd Arthur: A modern band in the Canterbury style
• Sylvan
• Symphony X
• System of a Down: American-Armenian nu metal band that has also played progressive metal

T

• Taï Phong
• Tangerine Dream: A highly influential German band of electronic innovators
• Serj Tankian
• Tasavallan Presidentti
• TEA
• Tempest: A 1970s band featuring Allan Holdsworth and Jon Hiseman
• Ten Jinn: A band featuring former Happy the Man guitarist Stan Whitaker
• The Tangent: An eclectic progressive band
• Thinking Plague: A 1990s RIO band
• Third Ear Band
• Thirty Seconds to Mars: Alternative rock band whose early work contained progressive rock influences
• This Heat: A late 1970s British band with prog, punk, and avant-garde elements
• Three
• Tomahawk
• Ton Steine Scherben: A politically vocal Krautrock band
• The Tony Williams Lifetime: A rock-oriented fusion band with psychedelic elements
• Tool: A Los Angeles alternative band who helped define the progressive metal genre during the 1990s and 2000s
• Touchstone
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• TriPod
• Triana: A flamenco-influenced 1970s Spanish band
• Triumvirat: German power trio fronted by virtuoso keyboardist Jürgen Fritz
• Twelfth Night

U

• U.K.: Late 1970s supergroup that recorded just two studio albums With King Crimson's John Wetton and Bill Bruford on their first album
• Umphrey's McGee: 6-piece progressive jam band from South Bend, Indiana
• Univers Zero: A 1970s Belgian Zeuhl band
• Uriah Heep: British progressive rock band who draw on metal, acid rock, and folk
• Utopia

V

• Van der Graaf Generator: 1970s British band
• Christian Vander
• Vangelis
• Voivod: Canadian progressive metal band with thrash metal roots
• Von Hertzen Brothers

W

• Rick Wakeman: Keyboard player who recorded a string of concept albums as a solo artist as well as being a member of Yes and recording with David Bowie
• Jeff Wayne
• John Wetton
• White Willow
• Wigwam
• Steven Wilson: Outside of his work in Porcupine Tree, he has had a long career as a solo artist
• Winger
• Wishbone Ash
• Robert Wyatt

Y

• Stomu Yamash'ta
• Yes: A British symphonic prog band from the 1970s onward

Z

• Frank Zappa: The experimentalism, eclecticism and virtuosity in Zappa's music are of a progressive rock nature.