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Schickert, Günter |
1949 |
Along with Manuel Gottsching and Achim Reichel, Günter Schickert is a pioneer of "echo" guitar. Though a prolific musician, he has released just a few albums, thus lending to his relative obscurity. |
Germany |
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Schmid, Wolfgang |
1948 |
Bassist best known for his work with Klaus Doldinger's Passport, and Head, Heart & Hands. |
Germany |
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Schnitzler, Conrad |
1937 |
Along with Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conrad Schnitzler was a founder of the Zodiak Free Arts Club, the birthplace of the so-called "Berlin School" of electronic music, and perhaps krautrock in general. In 1969, with Edgar... |
Germany |
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Schulze, Klaus |
1947 |
Member of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Cosmic Couriers, Richard Wahnfried, Klaus Schulze is one of the world's premiere electronic musicians. |
Germany |
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Sea Level |
1976 |
Ex-members of the Allman Brothers' fusion outfit, named after keyboardist Chuck Leavell. |
United States |
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Sebastian Hardie |
1973 |
Australian progressive rock band that had some international notoriety. |
Australia |
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Secret Oyster |
1972 |
Burnin Red Ivanhoe, led by Karsten Vogel, was one of Denmark's finest rock groups. Secret Oyster enlisted guitarist Klaus Bohling and took a jazz-fusion direction. |
Denmark |
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Semiramis |
1970 |
Hailing from Rome, Semiramis included the Zarrillo brothers Maurizio and Michele (just teenagers), and got their start at the Villa Pamphili pop festival in 1972. They released one album before breaking up. |
Italy |
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Sensations' Fix |
1974 |
Led by Franco Falsini, Sensations' Fix music had more in common with the krautrock of Germany than anything Italian! |
Italy |
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Shylock |
1974 |
One of France's premier (yet obscure) symphonic bands. |
France |
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Sinfield, Peter |
1943 |
Founding member of King Crimson, lyricist and hippie. |
United Kingdom |
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Skin Alley |
1968 |
As with other Clearwater Production groups, Skin Alley had their roots in the London underground and free festival scene. After recording two albums for CBS the band signed with Transatlantic, who licensed two albums to... |
United Kingdom |
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Smith, Judge |
1948 |
Christopher John Judge Smith, founding member of Van Der Graaf Generator, departed the band shortly after their first single, however remained close to the fold. His solo work is mainly large stage musicals. |
United Kingdom |
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Snowball |
1977 |
Combining the talents of Roye Albrighton of Nektar, Curt Cress and Kristian Schultze of Passport, and Dave King of Embryo, Snowball were a supergroup of sorts, straddling jazz/fusion realms. Latter albums did not... |
Germany |
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Socrates (Drank the Conium) |
1969 |
Greece's premiere rock band |
Greece |
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Soft Machine, The |
1966 |
One of two Canterbury bands formed from the Wilde Flowers, Soft Machine's earliest days were in the psychedelia of London's underground of the late 60s. By Third however the band matured into one of Britain's finest... |
United Kingdom |
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Space Ritual |
2002 |
Nik Turner-led band that includes Terry Ollis, Mick Slattery, Dave Anderson, Thomas Crimble and other Hawkwind stalwarts and all. |
United Kingdom |
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Spektakel |
1969 |
Detlef Wiedecke (guitar), Eduard Schicke (drums), and Werner Protzner (bass), were all members of Oldenburg`s underground rock scene. |
Germany |
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Squire, Chris |
1948 |
Bassist for Yes recorded one excellent solo album. |
United Kingdom |
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Stackridge |
1969 |
Originally called "Lemon Stackridge", this Bristol based band recorded several albums during the 70s, including the George Martin produced Man With The Bowler Hat. |
United Kingdom |
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Starcastle |
1974 |
Hailing from Champaign-Urbana in Illinois, Starcastle burst on to the radar with their brand of prog; very much Yes-like. |
United States |
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Steeleye Span |
1969 |
Led by Maddy Prior and Tim Hart, one of Britian's finest folk-rock bands. |
United Kingdom |
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Stomu Yamashta's Go |
1975 |
Daring to combine progressive, fusion and electronic sounds, this supergroup fronted by Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamashta included such luminiaries as Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze and Al DiMeola. |
Japan |
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Strawbs |
1967 |
One of Britain's original folk-rock groups |
United Kingdom |
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Streetwalkers |
1973 |
Roger Chapman and John "Charlie" Whitney's post-Family venture |
United Kingdom |
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Sun Treader |
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Named after a Carl Ruggles work, Sun Treader featured Peter Robinson on keyboards and Morris Pert on drums. |
United Kingdom |
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Supersister |
1967 |
One of Holland's finest groups, Supersister's original music had much in common with the earliest Soft Machine albums. |
Netherlands |
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Supertramp |
1969 |
Founded in 1969 by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, Supertramp were the benefactor of a Dutch millionaire, Stanley August Miesegaes, who bankrolled their initial lineup. After two unsuccessful albums, the band changed... |
United Kingdom |
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Synergy |
1951 |
Larry Fast, one of the pioneers of electronic music and technology, released an exemplary series albums for the Passport label in the mid to late 70s. In addition to production for artists on the label, he has also... |
United States |
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T.2. |
1970 |
Prog trio featuring guitarist Keith Cross, bassist Bernard Jinks and drummer Peter Dunton released one much hearlded album for Deram in 1970, but broke up due to internal strife. Members were previously in Bulldog Breed... |
United Kingdom |
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Tangent, The |
2003 |
Formed by ex-Parallel or 90 Degrees men Andy Tillison and Guy Manning, The Tangent has featured many lineups, mostly with members of the Swedish bands Flower Kings and Beardfish. |
United Kingdom |
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Tangerine Dream |
1967 |
From their "free-rock" beginnings in the Berlin underground to the eventual triple-keyboard standard that signed to Virgin Records, Tangerine Dream earns significant credit in introducing synthesizer/sequenced... |
Germany |
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Tempest |
1972 |
Jon Hiseman's post-Colosseum band featured Allan Holdsworth on guitar. |
United Kingdom |
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Tomorrow |
1966 |
In the beginning there was psychedelia - inspired by the liberation of drug culture, supported by the new "Underground" and musically, and bringing novel invention to music. Tomorrow were one of London's darlings during... |
United Kingdom |
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Tony Williams Lifetime, The |
1969 |
Tony Williams, John McLaughlin and Larry Young. The birth of fusion. |
United States |
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Tony Williams Lifetime, The New |
1975 |
Tony Williams reformed his Lifetime in the mid-70s with a new lineup featuring Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Alan Pasqua on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass. Marlon Graves replaced Holdsworth for the second album. |
United States |
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Trace |
1974 |
Rick Van Der Linden's ex-Ekseption group. |
Netherlands |
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Traffic |
1967 |
Steve Winwood was already well known as the voice behind Spencer Davis Group before he started Traffic. The band always kept its R&B roots as it moved from the psychedelic pop of the first two studio albums into... |
United Kingdom |
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Triumvirat |
1969 |
The German ELP? |
Germany |
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Turner, Nik |
1940 |
Flute and sax player for Hawkwind, Nik Turner led the Inner City Unit in the early 80s, Los Angeles-based Sphynx in the early to mid 90s, and Space Ritual in the 00s, and various side projects too numerous to list. |
United Kingdom |
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Twink |
1944 |
John Charles Alder, better known as Twink, played in a host of classic British psychedelia bands, including In-Crowd/Tomorrow, The Pretty Things/Electric Banana, Pink Fairies, and ever so short lived Stars, with Syd... |
United Kingdom |
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U.K. |
1976 |
From the remains of King Crimson, a latter-day supergroup. Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth left after one album, while Eddie Jobson and John Wetton stick together for another. From there, however, it was on to Asia. |
United Kingdom |
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Uno |
1974 |
Elio D'Anna and Danilo Rustici's post-Osanna band, recorded one eponymous album before forming Nova. |
Italy |
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Uriah Heep |
1969 |
Masters of heavy organ rock, Uriah Heep |
United Kingdom |
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Uriel (Arzachel) |
1968 |
Precursor to Egg, Uriel also included Steve Hillage on guitar. The band changed their name to Arzachel for their only album. |
United Kingdom |
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Utopia |
1973 |
In its first incarnation, Todd Rundgren's take on progressive rock |
United States |
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Van Der Graaf Generator |
1968 |
Led by the indefatigable Peter Hammill, perhaps the most original and significant group of the era; even "without the capes". Hammill is a complicated character, and so then is Van Der Graaf Generator: one moment placid... |
United Kingdom |
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Van Leer, Thijs |
1948 |
Flautist, keyboardist and vocalist of Focus, his solo albums were for the most part recordings of classical music. |
Netherlands |
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Vangelis |
1943 |
Greek multi-instrumentalist Vangelis Papathanassiou was a child prodigy, eventually studying music in Athens. He spent his early career with in the beat band Formix, later forming Aphrodite's Child in 1968. By early 70s... |
Greece |
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Violeta De Outono |
1984 |
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Brasil |
