List of progressive rock supergroups

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This is a list of progressive rock supergroups, with each band's founding line-up, and members who joined within a year of founding. This list contains only groups which have performed more than a single song or live show together.


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[edit] List of notable progressive rock supergroups of all times

1970s
Founded Band/project name Members Notes


1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Albums: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tarkus, Trilogy, and more


1971 Matching Mole Albums: Matching Mole, Matching Mole's Little Red Record


1973 Badger Albums: One Live Badger, White Lady



1974 Refugee Albums: Refugee


1975 National Health Albums: National Health, Of Queues and Cures, D.S. Al Coda, Playtime


1976 801 Albums: 801 Live, Listen Now, Manchester University


1977 UK Albums: U.K., Danger Money, Night After Night and more.


1977 Strontium 90 Albums: Strontium 90: Police Academy (released 1997)


1978 Soft Heap/Soft Head Albums: Rogue Element, Soft Heap, A Veritable Centaur


[edit] 1980s
Founded Band/project name Members Notes


1981 Asia Albums: Asia, Alpha, Astra, and more
1982 In Cahoots Albums: In Cahoots Live 86-89, Digging In, Live in Japan, Recent Discoveries, Parallel, Out of the Blue, All That
1983 Moraz - Bruford Albums: Music for Piano and Drums, Flags


1983 News from Babel Albums: Work Resumed on the Tower, Letters Home


1986 GTR Album: GTR


[edit] 1990s
Founded Band/project name Members Notes


1991 Short Wave Album: Short Wave Live


1992 The Chris Squire Experiment Toured, but released no albums. Later re-emerged as Conspiracy
1997 Bozzio Levin Stevens Albums: Black Light Syndrome, Situation Dangerous


1997 Explorers Club Albums: Age of Impact, Raising the Mammoth
1997 Rudess/Morgenstein Project Albums: Rudess/Morgenstein Project, The Official Bootleg
1998 Gordian Knot Albums: Gordian Knot, Emergent


1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Albums: Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 2
1999 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Albums: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, B.L.U.E. Nights
1999 Qango Album: Live in the Hood


1999 Planet X Albums: Universe, Live From Oz, MoonBabies, Quantum
1999 Transatlantic Albums: SMPT:e, Live in America, Bridge Across Forever, Live in Europe

[edit] 2000s
Founded Band/project name Members Notes


2000 Conspiracy

Guest musicians:

 Albums: Conspiracy, The Unknown
  • Band began in 1992 as the Chris Squire Experiment
2000 John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess Album: An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess


2002 The Tangent Albums: The Music That Died Alone, The World That We Drive Through, A Place in the Queue


2002 21st Century Schizoid Band Albums: Official Bootleg V.1, Live in Japan, Live in Italy, Pictures Of A City — Live in New York


2002 Jelly Jam Albums: Jelly Jam, Jelly Jam 2


2003 OSI (Office of Strategic Influence)

Guest musicians:

 Albums: Office of Strategic Influence, Free
2005 White Albums:
Loyal (2004) (unreleased)

White (2006)
2006 Circa: Album: CIRCA: 2007


2007 Amaran's Plight Album: Voice in the Light (2007)


[edit] Star coverbands
Founded Band/project name Members Notes


1993 Spin 1ne 2wo The band covered classic rock songs by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, Steely Dan and Bob Dylan.
2003 Yellow Matter Custard The Beatles cover band.
2003 Hammer of the Gods Led Zeppelin cover band.

[edit] Abortive projects
Founded Band/project name Members Notes
c. 1976 British Bulldog Rehearsed, but project fell apart. Some material later re-used in UK.
1980 unnamed band Group proposed by Geffen Records, but Wakeman walked out before the band had ever played together; described in Wakeman's autobiography "Say Yes!".
1981 XYZ Recorded demos; some material later re-used in other bands.

[edit] See also