Timeline of progressive rock

This is an introductory page to timelines of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. While this page shows the formation of significant bands in the genre, the detailed timeline is presented in separate articles for each decade.

Timeline by decade

Click on the header for each decade to see the detailed timeline.

1960s

Newly formed bands

Omega (1962) Los Jaivas (1963) Strawbs (1964) The Moody Blues (1964) Pink Floyd (1965) Barclay James Harvest (1966) Soft Machine (1966) Genesis (1967) Van der Graaf Generator (1967) Mike Oldfield (1967) Gong (1967) Jethro Tull (1967) The Nice (1967) Aphrodite's Child (1967) Yes (1968)

Deep Purple (1968) Can (1968) Caravan (1968) Krokodil (1968) Rush (1968) King Crimson (1968) Curved Air (1969) Renaissance(1969) Supertramp (1969) Ange (1969) Magma (1969) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1969) Atomic Rooster (1969) Beggar's Opera (1969) Argent (1969)

1970s

Newly formed bands

Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970) Gentle Giant (1970) Styx (1970) Electric Light Orchestra (1970) Dixie Dregs (1970) Queen (1971) Camel (1971) Kansas (1971)

Premiata Forneria Marconi (1972) Celeste (1972) Bijelo Dugme (1973) Machiavel (1974) Ambrosia (band) (1975) Peter Gabriel (1976) The Alan Parsons Project (1976) Saga (1977) U.K. (1977) Marillion (1979)

1980s

Newly formed bands

IQ (1980) Asia (1981) Queensrÿche (1982) Fates Warning (1983) Pain of Salvation (1984) Dream Theater (1985) Galahad (1985) Dreamscape (1986)

The Bleeding Heart Band (1986) Porcupine Tree (1987) Meshuggah (1987) Cynic (1987) Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1988)

1990s

Newly formed bands

Opeth (1990) Tool (1990) Anathema (1990) Big Big Train (1990) Spock's Beard (1992) Glass Hammer (1992) Ayreon (1993) The Flower Kings (1993) Symphony X (1994) Muse (1994)

Coheed and Cambria (1995) Sylvan (1995) Evergrey (1996) Gazpacho (1996) Karnivool (1997) RPWL (1997) Transatlantic (1999) The Pineapple Thief (1999) MullMuzzler (1999)

2000s

Newly formed bands

Seventh Wonder (2000) Between the Buried and Me (2000) Riverside (2001) Leprous (2001) The Mars Volta (2001) Phideaux (2002) Karmakanic (2002)

The Tangent (2002) Born of Osiris (2003) Architects (2004) Soen (2004) Periphery (2005) Animals as Leaders (2007) Haken (2007) Flying Colors (2008) Thank You Scientist (2009)

2010s

Newly formed bands

• Iamthemorning (2010)
• Polyphia (2010)
• The Aristocrats (2011)
• Caligula's Horse (2011)
• Kyros (2012)
• The Neal Morse Band (2013)
• Southern Empire (2015)
• Novena (2016)
• This Winter Machine (2016)
• Sons of Apollo (2017)

2020s

See also

• Timeline of progressive rock: other decades: 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s
• 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.