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Latest revision as of 04:00, 31 January 2026
This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1970–1979.
1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979
- Peter Banks leaves Yes, being replaced by former Bodast and Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe.
- Anthony Phillips leaves Genesis, and is replaced by guitarist Steve Hackett. Genesis also changes drummers, losing John Mayhew and bringing in former child actor Phil Collins.
- Jan Akkerman and Pierre van der Linden leave Brainbox for Focus.
- The new King Crimson that Bill Bruford joins has former Family bassist John Wetton.
- Yes fires organist Tony Kaye, and replaces him with former Strawbs keyboard player and session musician Rick Wakeman.
- Rick Wakeman leaves Yes after concluding the band’s Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour. He would enjoy a long solo career following the success of his albums Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He is replaced by former Refugee keyboard player Patrick Moraz.
- Founding member Phil Schulman leaves Gentle Giant.
- Vocalist Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis at the end of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour. The band’s drummer, Phil Collins, steps up to be lead singer and frontman after the band auditions some 450 singers. Gabriel then embarks on a solo career.
- Former Pink Floyd frontman, Syd Barrett, overweight and bald, goes to Abbey Road Studios to ask if he can rejoin the band, they turn him down. The visit caused the band much distress. The band were recording the backing vocals for “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“, a song about Barrett’s demise.
- Bassist Mario Mutis leaves Los Jaivas.
- Yugoslav band Dah moves to Belgium, where they change their name to Land.
- Snider, Charles. The Strawberry Bricks Guide To Progressive Rock. Chicago, Ill.: Lulu Publishing (2008) 364 pages, ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9 (paperback). A veritable record guide to progressive rock, with band histories, musical synopses and critical commentary, all presented in the historical context of a timeline.
- 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.
