PROGRESSIVE ROCK
MINI-GUIDE & CATALOG - Edition 2007

After three years of intense research. I present to you my MINI-GUIDE TO PROGRESSIVE ROCK Part I & II and my catalog - Edition 2007. It covers over 5000 brillant prog bands to whom countless new groups refer to when laying claim a PROGRESSIVE ROCK heritage that started some forty years ago.
ENJOY YOUR READING AND HAPPY DISCOVERIES...! - Ronald Couture (founder of ProgArchives)

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Letter T

NEW ADDITIONS TO A-Z LISTING
Written by Thedo Roes (Germany)
T (Germany) - Frontman and vocalist of SCYTHE with stunning retro-prog and new art rock
TALE (Germany) - Powerful prog rock with impressive male vocals and sometimes trips into prog metal
TALIS (Germany) - Independent melody-oriented prog rock as an intersection of SCAPELAND WISH, KINO and POOR GENETIC MATERIAL
TANGERINE DREAM (Germany) - Legendary pioneers of electronical music led by mastermind Edgar FROESE. Pathfinder of the Berlin School. Non-stop active by now 40 years from the late 60’s until today. Former well-known musicians over the years are Christopher FRANKE, Klaus SCHULZE, Peter BAUMANN, Michael HOENIG, Johannes SCHMOELLING and up to date Jerome FROESE. More than 80 albums (original, soundtracks and live recordings)
TANZBÄR (Germany) - Folk rock mainly enrooted in traditional German songs
TARKA (UK) - Neo-romantic orchestral project by GENESIS’ Anthony PHILLIPS together with Harry WILLIAMSON
TAYLOR, Lou Maxwell (Canada) - Dreamlike intimate progressive singer/songwriter rock with mesmeric atmospheres and folky and electronical moments
TEN (UK) - Great melodic hard rock and prog metal led by vocalist Gary HUGHES. Great!
THANATEROS (Germany) - Celtic folk metal with strong progressive appendages
THETIS (Germany) - Excellent song writing in the style of medieval, folk rock and traditional guitar oriented rock
THINKMAN (UK) - Producer Rupert HINE with his own band project - not so progressive as his solo works
THIRSTY MOON (Germany) - Fusion of amazing classical progressive rock and proggy jazz rock
THOMPSON, Linda (UK) - In the 70’-80’s wife of and musician together with Richard THOMPSON, late solo career after 17 years in the early new millennium
THOMPSON, Richard (UK) - Vocalist, guitarist and mandolin player with great folk rock, well-known as leader of FAIRPORT CONVENTION and member of the MORRIS ON project
THOUGHT SPHERE (Germany) - Well-balanced prog metal, but with a bit less metal and a bit more prog
THRESHOLD (UK) - Stunning melodious prog metal by founding member Karl GROOM (SHADOWLAND, CASINO, engineering work for ARENA and PENDRAGON)
THUROW, Matthias (Germany) - Ex-EULENSPYGEL member (in the 70’s) and multi-instrumentalist with electronic music, soundtracks and jazzy arrangements
TILES (USA) - Prog metal close to DREAM THEATER and RUSH
TIME REQUIEM (Sweden) - Symphonic and classical influenced prog metal by keyboarder Richard ANDERSSON with members of FLOWER KINGS as rhythm section
TIME MACHINE (Italy) - Ordinary prog metal deeply influenced by melodious metal, hard rock and symphonic prog rock
TOC (Finland) - Formerly known as THRONE OF CHAOS with a fusion of prog and metal, soonest comparable to PAIN OF SALVATION
TOLKKI, Timo (Finland) - Leader of power metal band STRATOVARIOUS with emotional and mostly calm prog rock quite different to his band work
TOOL (USA) - Very dark heavy rock goes more and more progressive pathways with a touch of gothic rock
TORNAOD (USA) - Folky prog rock with symphonic style
TOWNSEND BAND, Devin (Canada) - Prog metal to be described by chaos, bombast and high-speed. Unorthodox!
TOYZ (Netherlands) - Impressive instrumental progressive rock from the end-90’s
TRAUMPFAD (Germany) - Melancholic lyrical prog rock with German vocals similar to NOVALIS and HOELDERLIN
TREACLE PEOPLE (Germany) - Modern psychedelic hard rock in the vein of the 70’s like a conglomerate from DEEP PURPLE, PINK FLOYD and KING CRIMSON
TURILLI, Luca (Italy) - Headman of prog metal group RHAPSODY with melodic progressive songs and slightly less speed than his master-band
TYNDALL (Germany) - 80’s German leaders of a mixture from electronic sounds with new age feeling