Progressive Rock 90,s

A "rescoring" of the film of the 1976 Winter Olympics – Wakeman no longer has rights to his original soundtrack – this is a solid mid-level entry in the Wakeman catalog. Kicking off with some harder-rocking guitar than usual in "Oriental Iceman," this soundtrack reaches its high point with the deft "Dancing on Snowflakes"…

Norway is not precisely the cradle of Progressive Rock, but a band formed in 1969 when the genre was still on diapers, a group of musicians from Oslo, decided to form a Hard Rock band inspired in legends such as LED ZEPPELIN and DEEP PURPLE, but gave a step forward and created a unique sound that blended all this influences with our beloved genre and a strong Psychedelic element…

Atoll is one of the most renowned bands that came from France and is also the only French band that had an English vocalist in its lineup (see above). Atoll released five studio albums in all, and "Rock Puzzle" is their fourth. As far as I can remember, this is their only album that features a symphonic orchestra.

Rick Wakeman spent much of the '80s and '90s recording instrumental albums that veered toward either classical or ambient, so 2003's Out There comes as a bit of a shock: it's an honest to goodness revival of the full-throttle prog rock Wakeman pursued on his solo albums in the '70s. A large part of this is due to his decision to form a full-fledged supporting rock band. Called the New English Rock Ensemble, they're a quintet led by Wakeman and featuring Damian Wilson on vocals, Ant Glynne on guitar, Lee Pomeroy on bass, and Tony Fernandez on drums and percussion.

This was the soundtrack to a motion picture documentary of the same name of the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympic Games…

Extraordinary heavy-rock-trio, which had been influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Hawkwind, Edgar Broughton etc. Progressive fuzzbluesrock with long instrumental passages.German Hard Rock band fronted by Holger Schmidt. While many local bands were adhering to Krautrock (german progressive rock), Tiger B. Smith were one of the few exceptions of the scene, playing a raw Hard Rock like Sir Lord Baltimore, Buffalo, The Stooges, Black Sabbath and many others.