100 Greatest Progressive Rock Artists

[Pete]

These bands were chosen for their complex, dynamic, & multi-dimensional playing. For their original use of multi-movement compositions involving theme, structure and scope in addition to their impact on this vital genre of music.

according to Digital Dream Door

1. King Crimson
2. Yes
3. Genesis
4. Emerson Lake & Palmer
5. Rush
6. Pink Floyd
7. Jethro Tull
8. Moody Blues
9. Dream Theater
10. Dixie Dregs
11. Frank Zappa & Mothers Of Invention
12. Electric Light Orchestra
13. Kansas
14. Traffic
15. Van Der Graaf Generator
16. Marillion
17. Camel
18. Gentle Giant
19. Kraftwerk
20. Tool
21. Asia
22. Peter Gabriel
23. The Beatles
24. Tangerine Dream
25. The Flower Kings
26. The Mahavishnu Orchestra
27. Fate's Warning
28. Porcupine Tree
29. Uriah Heep
30. Spock's Beard
31. Queensryche
32. Liquid Tension Experiment
33. Styx
34. King's X
35. Ayreon
36. Goblin
37. Gong
38. Bozzio Levin Stevens
39. Brian Eno
40. UK
41. Procol Harum
42. IQ
43. Hawkwind
44. Baryclay James Harvest
45. Mike Oldfield
46. The Mars Volta
47. Premiata Forneria Marconi
48. Ange
49. Opeth
50. Symphony X
51. Transatlantic
52. Magma
53. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
54. Amon Duul (I&II)
55. Anekdoten
56. Eloy
57. The Strawbs
58. Shadow Gallery
59. Aphrodite's Child
60. California Guitar Trio
61. Blind Guardian
62. Primus
63. Caravan
64. Magellan
65. Renaissance
66. The Soft Machine
67. Spirit
68. Pendragon
69. Kate Bush
70. Can
71. Alan Parson's Project
72. Savatage
73. Adrian Belew
74. Ozric Tentacles
75. Focus
76. Sky
77. Steve Hacket
78. Toto
79. Andromeda
80. Stratovarious
81. Anglagard
82. Saga
83. Blood, Sweat & Tears
84. Rick Wakemen
85. Happy the Man
86. The Nice
87. Niacin
88. Yngwie Malmsteen
89. Kraan
90. Atomic Rooster
91. Family
92. Pavlov's Dog
93. Anyone's Daughter
94. Robbert Fripp
95. Pain of Salvation
96. Portishead
97. Novalis
98. Gordian Knot
99. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
100. Chroma Key

[Rush862]

I can agree with this for the most part...just don't understand Saga falling below Toto and being as low as 82...

[Trexx]

The Beatles? I thought that was pop music.

Blood Sweat & Tears? Never thought of them as progressive.

Kings X is progressive? I guess I don't get the genre label.

For one thing, I dig Filter and Smashing Pumpkins and to me, those outfits are progressive. Progressively good. Better than many on the list...

[Frank]

PRETTY COOL LIST. I LIKE A LOT OF THE BANDS ON THE LIST.

[Scott]

I thought I knew "progressive" rock...but some of these bands I've never heard of.


King's X at #34 is an outrage!

Asia at #21?

I haven't heard all of TSO's music...but if some of those bands ahead of them (that I've never heard of) are better, I'm really missing something.

I have a feeling Jesse will have a word or two about Savatage being #72.

[Jesse]

Scott said:

I have a feeling Jesse will have a word or two about Savatage being #72.

Actually, I'm just glad to see them on the list. Anymore on these lists, I no longer get worked up over the order, as long as the right artists are represented. I had to go pretty far down the list to find some of my favorites, but at least they are there. Only glarring omission IMO would be Helloween.

The Beatles? I thought that was pop music.

I suppose if you put their music in the context of the time it was released, it WAS progressive then.

[marshallstax]

I like alot on the list too,but don't think Kraftwerk belongs on it. To me,they were the father band of electronic synth pop music such as: Yaz,Erasure,Front 242,Depeche Mode and New Order.

I really like some of that music too,but thats their genre.

Some of these names slay me,everyone pick a bizarre name,how bout Dueling Pasties or Asexual Nymphs or Force Field Chastity Belt or Tractor Bone Til Infetismal Black Holes. I dunno,I rant.

[cooperfan]

I didnt see Supertramp anywhere