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

1970s

Newly formed bands

Dixie Dregs (1970)
Electric Light Orchestra (1970)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970)
Gentle Giant (1970)
Queen (1970)
Styx (1970)
Alphataurus (1971)
Camel (1971)
Captain Beyond (1971)
Kansas (1971)
Celeste (1972)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (1972)
Kaipa (1973)
Bijelo Dugme (1974)
Machiavel (1974)
Ambrosia (band) (1975)
England (1975)
The Alan Parsons Project (1976)
Peter Gabriel (1976)
Pallas (1976)
Cardiacs (1977)
Crack (1977)
Saga (1977)
U.K. (1977)
Pendragon (1978)
Twelfth Night (1978)
King's X (1979)
Marillion (1979)

1980s

Newly formed bands

IQ (1980)
Asia (1981)
Queensrÿche (1982)
Fates Warning (1983)
Ozric Tentacles (1983)
Pain of Salvation (1984)
Fulano (1984)
Dream Theater (1985)
Galahad (1985)
Shadow Gallery (1985)
The Bleeding Heart Band (1986)
Dreamscape (1986)
Cynic (1987)
Meshuggah (1987)
No-Man (1987)
Porcupine Tree (1987)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1988)
Psychotic Waltz (1988)
Echolyn (1989)
Enchant (1989)

1990s

Newly formed bands

2000s

Newly formed bands

Between the Buried and Me (2000)
Mastodon (2000)
Seventh Wonder (2000)
MediaBanda (2000)
Beardfish (2001)
Leprous (2001)
The Mars Volta (2001)
Riverside (2001)
Karmakanic (2002)
Phideaux (2002)
The Tangent (2002)
Born of Osiris (2003)
Kayo Dot (2003)
Moon Safari (2003)
Pure Reason Revolution (2003)
Architects (2004)
Frost* (2004)
Soen (2004)
The Dear Hunter (2005)
Periphery (2005)
Jolly (2006)
Animals as Leaders (2007)
Haken (2007)
Bent Knee (2009)
Django Django (2009)
Thank You Scientist (2009)

2010s

Newly formed bands

Iamthemorning (2010)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (2010)
Polyphia (2010)
Seven Impale (2010)
The Aristocrats (2011)
Caligula's Horse (2011)
Flying Colors (2011)
Hällas (2011)
Kyros (2012)
Astronoid (2012)
The Neal Morse Band (2013)
Southern Empire (2015)
Novena (2016)
This Winter Machine (2016)
The Sea Within (2017)
Sons of Apollo (2017)
Black Midi (2017)

See also

Further reading

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