This is a list of progressive rock supergroups, with each band's founding line-up and members who joined within a year of founding. This list contains only groups which have performed more than a single song or live show together.
List of progressive rock supergroups by decade 1970s Founded Band/project name Members Notes 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Keith Emerson (The Nice) Greg Lake (King Crimson) Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster) Albums: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, and more 1971 Captain Beyond Rod Evans (Deep Purple) Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter) Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly) Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) Albums: Captain Beyond, Sufficiently Breathless, Dawn Explosion 1971 Matching Mole Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) David Sinclair (Caravan) Phil Miller (Delivery, later of Hatfield and the North, National Health) Bill MacCormick (Quiet Sun) Albums: Matching Mole, Matching Mole's Little Red Record 1973 Badger Tony Kaye (Yes) David Foster (The Warriors, worked with Yes) Roy Dyke (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) Albums: One Live Badger, White Lady 1974 Refugee Patrick Moraz (later of Yes) Lee Jackson (The Nice, Jackson Heights) Brian Davison (The Nice, Jackson Heights) Albums: Refugee 1974 Armageddon Keith Relf (The Yardbirds, Renaissance) Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter, Captain Beyond) Martin Pugh (Steamhammer) Louis Cennamo (Renaissance, Colosseum, Steamhammer) Albums: Armageddon 1975 National Health Dave Stewart (Egg, Hatfield and the North) Alan Gowen (Gilgamesh) Mont Campbell (Egg) Phil Miller (Hatfield and the North) Phil Lee (Gilgamesh) Bill Bruford (Yes) Amanda Parsons (Hatfield and the North) Steve Hillage (Gong) Neil Murray (Gilgamesh) Albums: National Health, Of Queues and Cures, D.S. Al Coda, Playtime 1976 801 Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) Brian Eno (Roxy Music) Bill MacCormick (Quiet Sun, Matching Mole) Francis Monkman (Curved Air) Simon Phillips Lloyd Watson Albums: 801 Live, Listen Now, Manchester University 1977 U.K. Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music) John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep) Allan Holdsworth (Gong, Soft Machine) Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) Albums: U.K., Danger Money, Night After Night and more. 1977 Strontium 90 Mike Howlett (Gong) Sting (The Police) Stewart Copeland (The Police, Curved Air) Andy Summers (Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, later of The Police) Albums: Strontium 90: Police Academy (released 1997) 1978 Soft Heap/Soft Head Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) Elton Dean (Soft Machine) Alan Gowen (Gilgamesh, National Health) Pip Pyle (Hatfield and the North, National Health) Albums: Rogue Element, Soft Heap, A Veritable Centaur 1980s Founded Band/project name MembersNotes 1981 Asia Geoff Downes (Yes, Buggles) John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep, U.K.) Steve Howe (Yes) Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Atomic Rooster) Albums: Asia, Alpha, Astra, and more 1982 In Cahoots Phil Miller (National Health, Hatfield and the North) Pip Pyle (National Health, Hatfield and the North, Soft Heap) Elton Dean (Soft Machine, Soft Heap) Peter Lemer (Gilgamesh) Richard Sinclair (The Wilde Flowers, Caravan, Camel, Hatfield and the North) Albums: In Cahoots Live 86-89, Digging In, Live in Japan, Recent Discoveries, Parallel, Out of the Blue, All That 1983 Moraz - Bruford Patrick Moraz (Yes, Refugee) Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, U.K.) Albums: Music for Piano and Drums, Flags 1983 News from Babel Lindsay Cooper (Henry Cow) Chris Cutler (Henry Cow, Art Bears) Dagmar Krause (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Slapp Happy) Zeena Parkins Albums: Work Resumed on the Tower, Letters Home 1986 GTR Steve Hackett (Genesis) Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) Max Bacon (Bronz) Phil Spalding (Bernie Torme, Toyah, Mike Oldfield) Jonathan Mover (Steve Vai) Album: GTR 1990s Founded Band/project name Members Notes 1991 Short WaveDidier Malherbe (Gong) Phil Miller (Hatfield and the North, National Health, In Cahoots) Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine, Soft Heap, In Cahoots) Pip Pyle (Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong, In Cahoots) Album: Short Wave Live 1992 The Chris Squire Experiment Chris Squire (Yes) Billy Sherwood (World Trade, Lodgic, later of Yes, Circa) Alan White (Yes) Jimmy Haun (Lodgic, worked with Yes, later of Circa) Steve Porcaro (Toto) Toured, but released no albums. Later re-emerged as Conspiracy 1997 Bozzio Levin Stevens Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, U.K., Missing Persons, Steve Vai) Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel etc.) Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) Albums: Black Light Syndrome, Situation Dangerous 1997 Explorers Club Trent Gardner (Magellan) Wayne Gardner (Magellan) James LaBrie (Dream Theater) John Petrucci (Dream Theater) John Myung (Dream Theater) Derek Sherinian (Alice Cooper, Dream Theater, later Planet X) Billy Sheehan (Talas, Steve Vai, Niacin etc.) Steve Howe (Yes, Asia etc.) Albums: Age of Impact, Raising the Mammoth 1997 Rudess/Morgenstein Project Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs) Albums: Rudess/Morgenstein Project, The Official Bootleg 1998 Gordian Knot Sean Malone (Cynic) Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Yes) Steve Hackett (Genesis) Trey Gunn (King Crimson) Jason Gobel (Cynic) Sean Reinert (Cynic) Paul Masvidal (Cynic) Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower) Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) John Myung (Dream Theater) Albums: Gordian Knot, Emergent 1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) John Petrucci (Dream Theater) Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel etc.) Albums: Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 2 1999 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Yes) Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel etc.) David Torn (David Bowie, David Sylvian etc.) Chris Botti (Sting, Frank Sinatra etc.) Albums: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, B.L.U.E. Nights 1999 Qango John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia, U.K., Uriah Heep) Carl Palmer (ELP, Asia) John Young (Asia) Dave Kilminster (John Wetton, later Keith Emerson, Roger Waters) Album: Live in the Hood 1999 Planet X Derek Sherinian (Alice Cooper, Dream Theater) Virgil Donati (Steve Vai) Rufus Philpot Tony MacAlpine, left in 2004 (CAB, Vinnie Moore) T.J. Helmerich, left in 2001 Albums: Universe, Live From Oz, MoonBabies, Quantum 1999 Transatlantic Neal Morse (Spock's Beard) Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment) Pete Trewavas (Marillion) Roine Stolt (Kaipa, The Flower Kings) Albums: SMPT:e, Live in America, Bridge Across Forever, Live in Europe, The Whirlwind, Kaleidoscope 2000s Founded Band/project name Members Notes 2000 Conspiracy Chris Squire (Yes) Billy Sherwood (World Trade, Lodgic, later of Yes, Circa)
Guest musicians: Alan White (Yes) Jimmy Haun (Lodgic, worked with Yes, later of Circa) Jay Schellen (World Trade, later of Asia) Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Bozzio Levin Stevens) Michael Bland (Prince) Albums: Conspiracy, The Unknown Band began in 1992 as the Chris Squire Experiment 2000 John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess John Petrucci (Dream Theater) Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) Album: An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess 2002 The Tangent Andy Tillison (Parallel or 90 Degrees) Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings) Zoltan Csörsz (The Flower Kings) David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator) Guy Manning Albums: The Music That Died Alone, The World That We Drive Through, A Place in the Queue 2002 21st Century Schizoid Band Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner, McDonald and Giles) Jakko Jakszyk (Rapid Eye Movement, The Lodge, solo, later The Tangent) Mel Collins (King Crimson, Camel) Peter Giles (Giles, Giles and Fripp, King Crimson) Michael Giles (King Crimson, McDonald and Giles, Giles, Giles and Fripp) Albums: Official Bootleg V.1, Live in Japan, Live in Italy, Pictures Of A City — Live in New York 2002 Jelly Jam John Myung (Dream Theater) Ty Tabor (King's X) Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs) Albums: Jelly Jam, Jelly Jam 2, Shall We Descend 2003 OSI (Office of Strategic Influence) Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, Chroma Key) Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) (full band member in 2003, session musician in 2006)
Guest musicians: Sean Malone (Cynic, Gordian Knot) (2003) Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) (2003) Joey Vera (Fates Warning) (2006) Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) (2009, 2012) Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) (2009) Tim Bowness (No-Man) (2009) Albums: Office of Strategic Influence, Free, Blood, Fire Make Thunder 2004 Altera Enigma Jason De Ron (Paramaecium, Soundscape, inExordium) Kenny Cheong (Soundscape) - joined in 2005 Jayson Sherlock (Horde, Mortification, Paramaecium, Fearscape, Deliverance, InExordium, Soundscape, Revulsed) - joined in 2007 Former member: Jefray Arwadi (Kekal, Doctor D, Armageddon Holocaust, Excision, Inner Warfare) - co-founder with De Ron, left the band in 2009 Albums: Alteration 2004 The Sound of Animals Fighting Rich Balling (Rx Bandits, later Pyramids) Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin) Matthew Kelly (The Autumns, later Pyramids) Matt Embree (Rx Bandits, Dispatch) Craig Owens (Chiodos) Keith Goodwin (Days Away, Good Old War) Chris Tsagakis (Rx Bandits) Steve Choi (Rx Bandits) Joe Troy (Rx Bandits) Chris Sheets (Rx Bandits) Bradley Bell (Chiodos) Albums: Tiger and the Duke, Lover, the Lord Has Left Us..., The Ocean and the Sun 2005 White Alan White (Yes, John Lennon) Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia) Kevin Currie (MerKaBa) Steve Boyce (MerKaBa) Karl Haug (Treason) Ted Stockwell (Treason), left 2005 Albums:Loyal (unreleased) White (2006) 2006 Circa Billy Sherwood (Yes, Conspiracy, Lodgic, Air Supply) Alan White (Yes, Conspiracy, Plastic Ono Band) Tony Kaye (Yes, David Bowie) Jimmy Haun (Lodgic, Air Supply) Album: Circa 2007 2007 Amaran's Plight D. C. Cooper (Royal Hunt, Silent Force) Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery) Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Kevin Gilbert, Tears for Fears, Genesis) Album: Voice in the Light 2007 UKZ Eddie Jobson (U.K., Jethro Tull) Trey Gunn (King Crimson) Alex Machacek (Planet X) Marco Minnemann (Mike Keneally, David Torn) EP: Radiation 2009 Yoso Bobby Kimball (Toto) Billy Sherwood (Yes, CIRCA:, Conspiracy, Lodgic, Air Supply) Tony Kaye (Yes, CIRCA:, David Bowie) Jimmy Haun (CIRCA:, Lodgic, Air Supply) Jay Schellen (CIRCA:) Lou Molino III (Trevor Rabin) Album: Elements 2009 Floating Me Andrew Gillespie (Scary Mother) Antony Brown (Scary Mother) Tobias Messiter (Scary Mother) Lucius Borich (COG) Jon Stockman (Karnivool) Album: Floating Me 2010s Founded Band/project name Members Notes 2012 Flying Colors Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev) Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs) Dave LaRue Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic) Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Adrenaline Mob) Albums: Flying Colors, Second Nature, Third Degree 2014 The Birds of Satan Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) Wiley Hodgden (Chevy Metal) Mick Murphy (Chevy Metal) Album: The Birds of Satan 2014 The Mute Gods Nick Beggs (Iona, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson) Roger King (Steve Hackett) Marco Minnemann (Mike Keneally, David Torn, The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson) Albums: Do Nothing till You Hear from Me, Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth, Atheists and Believers 2017 Sons of Apollo Jeff Scott Soto (Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen) Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (Guns N' Roses, Art of Anarchy) Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Black Country Communion) Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors, Dream Theater, Transatlantic, Adrenaline Mob) Album: Psychotic Symphony 2017 The Sea Within Roine Stolt (Kaipa, The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, The Tangent) Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings, Kaipa, Karmakanic, The Tangent) Marco Minnemann (Mike Keneally, David Torn, The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson, The Mute Gods) Tom Brislin (Yes, Renaissance, later Kansas) Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation, The Flower Kings, Transatlantic)
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