Prog Related

Progressive rock is not a separate universe in music, it’s a genre among many others, a voice in the chorus and as part of a biggest scenario has points of contact with other musical genres.

Prog Related is the category that groups bands and artists that:

- Without being 100% Prog, received clear MUSICAL influence of this genre

- Are widely accepted as MUSICALLY influential to the development of Progressive Rock by the community

- Blend characteristics of Progressive Rock with mainstream elements creating a final product that despite not being part of the genre is evident that are close to Prog.

We specify the word MUSICAL because simple performance of a determined instrument in a Prog or mainstream band is not justification enough to include an artist, no matter how virtuoso he/she may be, Prog Archives has to evaluate their compositional work because the music is what determines the characteristics of a band or an artist.

Prog Related bands are not considered part of the genre but they have contributed in some form in the development of Progressive Rock, the inclusion of a band is exceptional and only after verifying that it’s a contribution for the better understanding of Prog among the members and visitors instead of a source of confusion for the community.

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Prog Related 20 key studio albums

4.39 WISHBONE ASH Argus (1972)	4.57 PHISH Junta (1989)	4.36 IRON MAIDEN Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988)	4.39 BUSH, KATE Hounds of Love (1985)
4.33 QUEEN Queen II (1974)	4.73 BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Secret Treaties (1974)	4.25 PARSONS PROJECT, ALAN Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (1976)	4.67 PHISH Lawn Boy (1990)
4.24 QUEEN A Night At The Opera (1975)	4.31 IRON MAIDEN Somewhere In Time (1986)	4.28 IRON MAIDEN Brave New World (2000)	4.18 LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
4.21 IRON MAIDEN Powerslave (1984)	4.20 WRIGHT, RICHARD Broken China (1996)	4.41 GEFFEN, AVIV Nowhere (1995)	4.17 BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (1970)
4.43 SYNERGY Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra (1975)	4.43 GEFFEN, AVIV Memento Mori (2002)	4.32 PHISH Rift (1993)	4.12 BUSH, KATE Aerial (2005)