Timeline of progressive rock (1980–89)

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1980 - 1989.

Contents

1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989

1980

Albums
Release Date Artist Album Country
1980 Jan 14 Rush Permanent Waves Canada
1980 Feb 15 Mike Rutherford Smallcreep's Day England
1980 Mar 3 Gentle Giant Civilian England
1980 Mar 28 Genesis Duke England
1980 Apr Premiata Forneria Marconi Suonare suonare Italy
1980 May 30 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel III England
1980 Jun Steve Hackett Defector England
1980 Jun Cardiac Arrest The Obvious Identity England
1980 Aug 18 Yes Drama England
1980 Aug 29 Jethro Tull A England
1980 Aug Peter Hammill A Black Box England
1980 Aug Saga Silent Knight Canada
1980 Sep Kansas Audio-Visions US
1980 Sep This Heat This Heat England
1980 Oct 27 Hawkwind Levitation England
1980 Oct 31 Mike Oldfield QE2 England
1980 Nov The Alan Parsons Project The Turn of a Friendly Card England
1980 Nov Jon Anderson Song of Seven England
1980 Abus Dangereux Le Quatrieme Mouvement France
1980 Ain Soph A Story of Mysterious Forest Japan
1980 Ange Vu d'un Chien France
1980 Art Bears The World as It Is Today England
1980 Art Zoyd Generation Sans Futur France
1980 Asia Minor Between Flesh and Divine France
1980 Beggars Opera Lifeline England
1980 Bill Bruford Gradually Going Tornado England
1980 Cai Noche Abierta Spain
1980 Caravan The Album England
1980 Den Za Den Den Za Den Yugoslavia
1980 Eskaton Ardeur France
1980 Fred Frith Gravity England
1980 Galija Druga plovidba Yugoslavia
1980 Patrick Gauthier Bebe Godzilla France
1980 Igra Staklenih Perli Vrt svetlosti Yugoslavia
1980 Iman Califato Independiente Camino del Aguila Spain
1980 Kaipa Händer Sweden
1980 Kayak Periscope Life Netherlands
1980 The Muffins Open City US
1980 Picchio Dal Pozzo Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi Italy
1980 Pekka Pohjola Kätkävaaran lohikäärme Finland
1980 Present Triskaidekaphobie Belgium
1980 Rahmann Rahmann France
1980 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes La Deboussole France
1980 SBB Memento z banalnym tryptykiem Poland
1980 Sky Sky 2 England / Australia
1980 Tako U vreći za spavanje Yugoslavia
1980 Wurtemberg Rock Fantasia Opus 9 France
1980 Zamla Mammaz Manna Familjesprickor Sweden

Disbandments

Events

1981

Newly formed bands

Albums
Release Date Artist Album Country
1981 Jan Camel Nude England
1981 Feb 12 Rush Moving Pictures Canada
1981 Feb Premiata Forneria Marconi Come ti va in riva alla città Italy
1981 Feb Twelfth Night Live at the Target England
1981 May 11 Frank Zappa Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar US
1981 May 17 Frank Zappa Tinseltown Rebellion US
1981 June Peter Hammill Sitting Targets England
1981 Jul Electric Light Orchestra Time England
1981 Aug Steve Hackett Cured England
1981 Sep 18 Genesis Abacab England
1981 Sep 22 King Crimson Discipline England
1981 Sep 23 Frank Zappa You Are What You Is US
1981 Sep Saga Worlds Apart Canada
1981 Oct 18 Hawkwind Sonic Attack England
1981 Oct Godley and Creme Ismism England
1981 Ange Moteur France
1981 Barclay James Harvest Turn of the Tide England
1981 Mike Batt / Autopilot Rapid Eye Movements England
1981 Mike Batt Six Days in Berlin England
1981 Cardiacs Toy World England
1981 Cartoon Cartoon US
1981 Dün Eros France
1981 East Játekók Hungary
1981 Eider Stellaire Eider Stellaire (K001) France
1981 Eloy Planets Germany
1981 Flame Dream Out In The Dark Switzerland
1981 Fred Frith Speechless England
1981 Führs & Fröhling Diary Germany
1981 Grobschnitt Illegal Germany
1981 Steve Howe The Bodast Tapes England
1981 Kayak Merlin Netherlands
1981 Kayak Eyewitness Netherlands
1981 Kerrs Pink Mellom Oss Norway
1981 Kultivator Barndomens Stigar Sweden
1981 Los Jaivas Alturas de Machu Picchu Chile
1981 The Muffins 185 US
1981 National Health D.S. Al Coda England
1981 Pallas Arrive Alive Scotland
1981 Quasar Fire in the sky England
1981 Sky Sky 3 England / Australia
1981 This Heat Deceit England
1981 Univers Zero Ceux Du Dehors Belgium

Disbandments

Events

1982

Newly formed bands

Albums
Release Date Artist Album Country
1982 Mar 18 Asia Asia England
1982 Mar 19 Mike Oldfield Five Miles Out England
1982 Apr 10 Jethro Tull Broadsword and the Beast England
1982 Apr Camel The Single Factor England
1982 May 3 Frank Zappa Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch US
1982 Jun 1 Genesis Three Sides Live England
1982 Jun 18 King Crimson Beat England
1982 Sep 8 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel England
1982 Sep 9 Rush Signals Canada
1982 Sep Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Ice Cream For Crow US
1982 Oct Peter Hammill Enter K England
1982 Oct Supertramp …Famous Last Words… England
1982 Dec Twelfth Night Fact and Fiction England
1982 Art Zoyd Phase IV France
1982 Mike Batt Zero Zero England
1982 Begnagrad Begnagrad Yugoslavia
1982 Bi Kyo Ran Bi Kyo Ran Japan
1982 Eric Burdon Comeback Germany
1982 Debile Menthol Emile au Jardin Patrologique Switzerland
1982 East Hűség Hungary
1982 Etron Fou Leloublan Les Poumons Gonfles' France
1982 Galija Ipak verujem u sebe Yugoslavia
1982 IQ Seven Stories into Eight England
1982 Isildurs Bane Sagan om den irländska älgen Sweden
1982 Kaipa Nattdjurstid Sweden
1982 Kenso II Japan
1982 Los Jaivas Aconcagua Chile
1982 Jean-Paul Prat Masal France
1982 Protos One Day a New Horizon England
1982 Radio Noisz Ensemble Yniverze Germany
1982 Rebekka Phoenix Germany
1982 Sky Sky 4 - Forthcoming England / Australia
1982 Stormy Six Al Volo Italy
1982 Third Quadrant Seeing yourself as you really are England
1982 Univers Zero Crawling Wind Belgium
1982 Von Zamla Zamlaranamma Sweden

Disbandments

    Events
    • 14 July - Pink Floyd releases their movie version of The Wall in the UK (13 Aug in the US).

    1983

    Newly formed bands

    Reformed bands

    Albums
    Release Date Artist Album Country
    1983 Mar 21 Pink Floyd The Final Cut England
    1983 Mar 28 Frank Zappa Baby Snakes US
    1983 Mar 28 Frank Zappa The Man from Utopia US
    1983 Mar Marillion Script for a Jester's Tear England
    1983 Apr Steve Hackett Highly Strung England
    1983 May 27 Mike Oldfield Crises UK
    1983 Jun Electric Light Orchestra Secret Messages England
    1983 June Peter Hammill Loops and Reels England
    1983 Jul 26 Asia Alpha England
    1983 Aug Peter Hammill Patience England
    1983 Sep Saga Heads or Tales Canada
    1983 Oct 3 Genesis Genesis England
    1983 Nov 7 Yes 90125 England
    1983 Nov 18 Ian Anderson Walk into Light England
    1983 Nov 30 Bad Religion Into the Unknown US
    1983 Ange La Gare de Troyes France
    1983 Art Zoyd Les Espaces Inquiets France
    1983 Bacamarte Depois Do Fim Brazil
    1983 Castanarc Journey To The East England
    1983 Cartoon Music From Left Field US
    1983 Eskaton Fiction France
    1983 Etron Fou Leloublan Les Sillons de la Terre France
    1983 Godley and Creme Birds of Prey England
    1983 In Spe In Spe Estonia
    1983 IQ Tales from the Lush Attic England
    1983 Eddie Jobson and Zinc The Green Album England
    1983 Kaseke Põletus Estonia
    1983 Queensrÿche Queensrÿche [EP] US
    1983 Sky Sky 5 - Live England / Australia
    1983 Sky Cadmium England / Australia
    1983 Von Zamla 1983 Various

    Disbandments
    • Begnagrad

    Events

    1984

    Newly formed bands

      Albums
      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1984 Mar 12 Marillion Fugazi England
      1984 Mar 27 King Crimson Three of a Perfect Pair England
      1984 Mar 27 David Gilmour About Face England
      1984 Apr 9 Zee Identity England
      1984 Apr 12 Rush Grace Under Pressure Canada
      1984 Apr 13 Camel Stationary Traveller England
      1984 Apr 30 Roger Waters The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking England
      1984 Jun 25 Mike Oldfield Discovery England
      1984 Aug Steve Hackett Till We Have Faces England
      1984 Sep 7 Jethro Tull Under Wraps England
      1984 Sep 7 Queensrÿche The Warning US
      1984 Oct 18 Frank Zappa Them or Us US
      1984 Dec 21 Frank Zappa Thing-Fish US
      1984 Ange Fou France
      1984 Art Zoyd Le Mariage du Ciel et l'Enfer France
      1984 Bi Kyo Ran Parallax Japan
      1984 Barclay James Harvest Victims of Circumstance England
      1984 Castanarc Journey to the East England
      1984 Cardiacs The Seaside England
      1984 Craft Craft England
      1984 Gunesh Ensemble Looking at the Earth Turkmenistan
      1984 Roger Hodgson In the Eye of the Storm England
      1984 Isildurs Bane Sagan om den Irländska Älgen Sweden
      1984 Los Jaivas Obras de Violeta Parra Chile
      1984 Nazca Nazca Mexico
      1984 News from Babel Work Resumed on the Tower England
      1984 Not Drowning, Waving Another Pond Australia
      1984 Pallas The Sentinel UK
      1984 Pocket Orchestra Knebnagäuje US
      1984 Solaris Marsbéli Krónikák (The Martian Chronicles) Hungary
      1984 Solstice Silent Dance England
      1984 Thinking Plague A Thinking Plague US
      1984 Twelfth Night Live and Let Live England
      1984 Univers Zero Uzed Belgium
      1984 Uppsala Uppsala France

      Disbandments

      Events

      1985

      Newly formed bands

      Albums
      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1985 February 25 Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair England
      1985 May Supertramp Brother Where You Bound England
      1985 Jun 17 Marillion Misplaced Childhood England
      1985 Aug 20 Asia Astra England
      1985 Aug Saga Behaviour Canada
      1985 Oct 14 Rush Power Windows Canada
      1985 Nov 11 Hawkwind The Chronicle of the Black Sword England
      1985 Nov 21 Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention US
      1985 5uu's Bel Marduk and Tiamat US
      1985 Debile Menthol Battre Campagne Switzerland
      1985 Deyss At King Switzerland
      1985 Egg Seven Is a Jolly Good Time England
      1985 Godley and Creme The History Mix Volume 1 England
      1985 Horizont Summer in Town Russia
      1985 Iconoclasta Reminiscencias Mexico
      1985 In Spe Typewriter Concerto in D Estonia
      1985 IQ The Wake England
      1985 Eddie Jobson Theme of Secrets England
      1985 Kenso Kenso III Japan
      1985 Kenso Music From Five Unknown Musicians Japan
      1985 Minimum Vital Envol Triangles France
      1985 Patrick Moraz / Bill Bruford Flags England
      1985 Not Drowning, Waving The Little Desert Australia
      1985 Outer Limits Misty Moon Japan
      1985 Ozric Tentacles Erpsongs England
      1985 Ozric Tentacles Tantric Obstacles England
      1985 Bernard Paganotti Paga France
      1985 Pendragon The Jewel England
      1985 Present Le Poison Qui Rend Fou Belgium
      1985 Robert Wyatt Old Rottenhat England

      Disbandments

      Events
      • IQ vocalist Peter Nicholls leaves for personal reasons. He is replaced by Paul Menel who debuts on 14 November 1985.
      • Pink Floyd leader, bassist and lyricist Roger Waters leaves due to internal tensions within the band, and declares the band defunct, however the remaining members still continue, releasing A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987.

      1986

      Newly formed bands

      Albums
      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1986 Jan Electric Light Orchestra Balance of Power England
      1986 Jan 27 Frank Zappa Does Humor Belong in Music? US
      1986 Feb Talk Talk The Colour of Spring England
      1986 Mar Peter Hammill Skin England
      1986 May 19 Peter Gabriel So England
      1986 May 26 Emerson, Lake and Powell Emerson, Lake & Powell England
      1986 Jun 9 Genesis Invisible Touch England
      1986 Jul Twelfth Night Twelfth Night XII England
      1986 Jul 14 Queensrÿche Rage for Order US
      1986 Sep 13 David Sylvian Gone to Earth England
      1986 Nov Peter Hammill And Close As This England
      1986 Nov 15 Frank Zappa Jazz from Hell US
      1986 Ange Egna France
      1986 Ain Soph Hat and Field Japan
      1986 Adrian Belew Desire Caught by the Tail US
      1986 Bellaphon Delphi Japan
      1986 Biota Bellowing Room US
      1986 Camberwell Now The Ghost Trade England
      1986 Coda Sounds of Passion Netherlands
      1986 GTR GTR England
      1986 IQ Living Proof England
      1986 Miriodor Rencontres Canada
      1986 Nazca Estacion De Sombra Mexico
      1986 News from Babel Letters Home England
      1986 Outer Limits A Boy Playing the Magical Bugle Horn Japan
      1986 Pallas The Wedge Scotland
      1986 Steve Roach Empetus US
      1986 Shub-Niggurath Les Morts Vont Vite France
      1986 Swans Greed US
      1986 Swans Holy Money US
      1986 Univers Zero Heatwave Belgium

      Disbandments

      Events
      • Charlie Dominici becomes the lead singer for Dream Theater after firing of Chris Collins

      1987

      Newly formed bands

      Reformed bands

      Albums
      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1987 May IQ Nomzamo England
      1987 Jun King Diamond Abigail Denmark
      1987 Jun 15 Roger Waters Radio K.A.O.S. England
      1987 Jun 22 Marillion Clutching at Straws England
      1987 Sep 7 Mike Oldfield Islands England
      1987 Sep 7 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason England
      1987 Sep 8 Rush Hold Your Fire Canada
      1987 Sep 11 Jethro Tull Crest of a Knave England
      1987 Sep 28 Yes Big Generator England
      1987 Abel Ganz Gullibles Travels Scotland
      1987 Ange Sève qui peut France
      1987 Art Zoyd Berlin France
      1987 Barclay James Harvest Face to Face' England
      1987 Bellaphon Firefly Japan
      1987 Biota Tinct US
      1987 Blind Owl Debut at Dusk US
      1987 Deyss Vision in the Dark Switzerland
      1987 Djam Karet The Ritual Continues US
      1987 Doctor Nerve Armed Observation US
      1987 Ezra Winston Myth of the Chrysavides Italy
      1987 Roger Hodgson Hai Hai England
      1987 Supertramp Free as a Bird England
      1987 Iconoclasta Soliloquio Mexico
      1987 Isildurs Bane Sagan om Ringen Sweden
      1987 Nimal Nimal Various
      1987 Not Drowning, Waving Cold and the Crackle Australia
      1987 Outer Limits The Scene Of Pale Blue Japan
      1987 Premiata Forneria Marconi Miss Baker Italy
      1987 Thinking Plague Moonsongs US
      1987 Vermilion Sands Water Blue Japan

      Disbandments

      Events

      1988

      Newly formed bands

      Albums
      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1988 Jan 25 Ali Project Gensou Teien Japan
      1988 Mar 4 Devil Doll The Girl Who Was... Death Italy
      1988 Mar 28 Steve Hackett Momentum England
      1988 Mar 28 Kings X Out of the Silent Planet US
      1988 May 3 Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime US
      1988 May 16 Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 US
      1988 Jun 29 Voivod Dimension Hatröss Canada
      1988 Aug 8 Marty Friedman Dragon's Kiss US
      1988 Sep 16 Talk Talk Spirit of Eden England
      1988 Oct 14 Frank Zappa Broadway the Hard Way US
      1988 Oct 25 Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 US
      1988 Nov Peter Hammill In a Foreign Town England
      1988 Nov 22 Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder England
      1988 3 To the Power of Three England
      1988 5uu's with Motor Totemist Guild Elements US
      1988 Cardiacs A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window England
      1988 Cassiber A Face We All Know Germany
      1988 Crimson Glory Transcendence US
      1988 Edhels Still Dream Monaco
      1988 Fates Warning No Exit US
      1988 Galadriel Muttered Promises From An Ageless Pond Spain
      1988 Godley and Creme Goodbye Blue Sky England
      1988 Halloween Part One France
      1988 Last Exit Iron Path International
      1988 Phil Miller Split Seconds England
      1988 Minimum Vital Les Saison Marines France
      1988 Miriodor Miriodor Canada
      1988 Nuova Era L'Ultimo Viaggio Italy
      1988 Ozric Tentacles Sliding Gliding Worlds England
      1988 Pendragon Kowtow England
      1988 Sieges Even Life Cycle Germany

      Disbandments

      Events

      1989

      Newly formed bands

      Albums
      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1989 Feb Ozric Tentacles Pungent Effulgent England
      1989 Mar 6 Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite US
      1989 May 8 Phish Junta US
      1989 May 22 Queen The Miracle England
      1989 Jun 5 Peter Gabriel Passion England
      1989 Jun Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe England
      1989 Jun 27 King's X Gretchen Goes to Nebraska US
      1989 Aug 21 Jethro Tull Rock Island England
      1989 Sep 25 Marillion Seasons End England
      1989 Sep 25 Tears for Fears The Seeds of Love England
      1989 Nov 13 Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 US
      1989 Nov 21 Rush Presto Canada
      1989 After Crying Opus 1 Hungary
      1989 After Dinner Paradise of Replica Japan
      1989 Art Zoyd Nosferatu / F.W. Murnau France
      1989 Biota Tumble US
      1989 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Faultline US
      1989 Cardiacs Cardiacs Live England
      1989 Djam Karet Reflections From the Firepool US
      1989 Fates Warning Perfect Symmetry US
      1989 Fulano En El Bunker Chile
      1989 Horizont The Portrait of a Boy Russia
      1989 IQ Are You Sitting Comfortably? England
      1989 Isildurs Bane Cheval - Volonte de Rocher Sweden
      1989 Kenso Sparta Japan
      1989 Los Jaivas Si Tú No Estás Chile
      1989 Phil Miller Cutting Both Ways England
      1989 Not Drowning, Waving Claim Australia
      1989 Nuova Era Dopo l'Infinito Italy
      1989 Outer Limits Outer Mania Japan
      1989 Quasar The Loreli England
      1989 Saga The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes Canada
      1989 Tangle Edge In Search of A New Dawn Norway
      1989 Thinking Plague In This Life US

      Disbandments
      • Charlie Dominici leaves Dream Theater

      Events
      • IQ - vocalist Paul Menel and bass player Tim Essau depart.

      See also

      Further reading
      • Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback). Gives an overview of progressive rock's history as well as histories of the major and underground bands in the genre.
      • Macan, Edward. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997), 290 pages, ISBN 0-19-509887-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-19-509888-9 (paperback). Analyzes progressive rock using classical musicology and also sociology.
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