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- Caféine
- patrickjobard@free.fr
- This French progressive band first formed in 1990, and has a symphonic rock style, has been compared to Ange or Atoll (the latter a late 70's/early 80's French progressive band).
- Cage
- California Guitar Trio
- band@cgtrio.com
- The California Guitar Trio are Hideyo Moriya, Paul Richards, and Bert Lams, all "graduates" of Robert Fripp's School of Guitar Craft.
- Callenish Circle
- Calliope
- Calliope are another Italian symphonic progressive rock band begun 1989, playing music that has ranged in style, currently being compared to that of Eris Pluvia.
- Camel
- Camel are British jazz influenced progressive rock band, the core of which is Andrew Latimer; Pete Bardens was once a member, as was Richard Sinclair (Caravan) and Kit Watkins (Happy The Man). As of 8/99 this site was still in production.
- Campo di Marte
- Italian progressive rock band who released one, self-titled album in 1973. In 2003 original members Enrico Rosa (guitars, vocals) and Mauro Sarti (drums and vocals) reformed the band to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
- Can
- 70's avant-garde rock group, compared to Zappa and Velvet Underground though "their music was more serious and inaccessible than that of either of those artists" [All Music Guide to Rock, 2nd ed. pg 156]. Now touring as Can-Solo-Projects, featuring all the original members except Holger Czukay.
- Candlemass
- Candy Striper Death Orgy
- Cannae
- Cannibal Corpse
- Caravan
- Julien Carayon (In English)
- Julien Carayon (in French)
- Wendy Carlos
- wendy@apocalypse.org
- This electronic music pioneer, best remembered for the Switched on Bach compositions, has an official web page here, with photos, discographies, biographies, and more. Although she won't respond personally to your email, she seems to answers questions in an open letter format...semi-annually.
- Carnal Forge
- Cartoon
- "Cartoon were [... a] classical/progressive rock [...] trio (keyboards, guitar, drums), and expanding to a quintet for their 2nd lp (add reeds and violin), they used classical form and influences along with more avant prog influences like Zamla and Univers Zero." [from Cuniform site]
- George Cartwright
- Cartwright was a member of Curlew. This instrumental solo disk features saxes, organ, accordion, guitar, bass, and drums, and guest artists such as: Sue Garner, Ann Rupel, Samm Bennett, Chris Cochrane, Zeena Parkins, Myra Melford and others.
- Cast
- Classically influenced Mexican neo-progressive rock also with touches of ELP, Genesis, and Yes in their sound.
- Cats In Practice
- Cattle Decapitation
- Centrozoon
- info@centrozoon.de
- An electronic music trio featuring Tim Bowness (vocals), Bernhard Wöstheinrich (synth/perc), and Markus Reuter (Warr touch guitar).
- Chainsaw Jazz
- "Chainsaw Jazz were an instrumental band that featured the drumming of ex-Muffin Paul Sears, with strong contributions on guitar, violin/electric mandolin, sax, and bass. They certainly had their own compositional sound, but for reference points you might describe them as a combination of Brand X and Dr. Nerve, with a bit of Arti E Mestieri and (not surprisingly) The Muffins tossed in" [from the Cuniform site].
- Chandeen
- chandeen@skywalking.com
- Ambient / gothic / dream-pop artists, with several albums out, including tributes to Dead Can Dance.
- Chevelle
- Chimaira
- Children Of Bodom
- Chthonic
- Chrome Shift
- Chroma Key
- "Chroma Key is a solo project by former Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore. Influences include Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, Talk Talk, Tori Amos and Radiohead. Samples and full songs are available on the Chroma Key website..."
- Circle II Circle
- Citizen Cain
- British neo-progressive a la Marillion, IQ, et al. Got their start circa 1982...first release circa 1991 (self-titled tape).
- Clannad
- Unofficial, but informative site on Clannad, a group that blends traditional Irish music with a unique blend of contemporary music.
- Clearlight Infinite Symphony (Cyrille Verdeaux)
- Pat Clemence
- Canadian-based composer of music for multimedia applications, television, radio and the stage; his music "has been heard on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national FM and AM networks, as well as the Radio Canada French-language national service" [from his website].
- Clepsydra
- Cobweb Strange
- cobwebstrange@hotmail.com
- According to the band's bassist Wade Summerlin, Cobweb Strange have been "frequently compared to King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, the Doors and Rush."
- Steve Cochrane
- Steve Cochrane is a Canadian progressive music artist. His debut Heroes Awaken "is a blend of instrumental music using keyboards and guitar but leans heavily on the synths and is a mixture of rock and progressive music which verges on the symphonic [...] a must for any Gandalf , Mike Oldfield, Bjorn Lynne and Stephen Caudel fans" [European Progressive Rock Reviews, which also has a page on this artist].
- Cocteau Twins
- Beautiful, ethereal gothic-styled music. One of the originators of the genre.
- Coil
- john@loci.demon.co.uk
- What started as a side project for John Balance (Psychic TV), became a full time thing with Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle), creating ambient/gothic music.
- Collaboration Element
- "[A] Christian progressive rock instrumental band out of Dayton, Ohio, playing music which combines the progressive rock elements of 70's bands like Yes and Genesis with the more modern prog rock influences of bands like Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment and Rush." [Collaboration Element site]
- Collage
- Polish neo-progressives in the same vein as Marillion, Pendragon, etc. begun in 1985, and with a new disc coming out in Sept of 1999. We've reviewed their 1995 release Safe.
- Comedy Of Errors
- Confusion
- Conscience
- Contagious
- "Contagious are a 6-piece melodic hard rock band based in the Liverpool area of the UK... [Z Records]
- Contraluz
- Argentinian symphonic prog band who got their start in the 1960s playing rock, releasing their first album in 1973.
- Converge
- Convict
- Corum
- Cosmic Banditos
- Cosmosquad
- Barend Courbois
- courbois@hetnet.nl
- Dutch bassist who has worked with folks such as Mike Terrana (Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony McAlpine), Ayreon, Vengeance, Ian Parry (Elegy, Consortium Project), Adrian Vandenberg (Whitesnake), Chris Caffery (Savatage), John West (Royal Hunt, Artension, Lynchmob) and many others...
- John Covach
- Coyotzin
- Cradle Of Filth
- Craft
- Ex-Enid members William Gilmour and Martin Russell make up this symphonic progressive trio, with only one self-titled release. "Fans of ELP, Camel, and Rick Wakeman’s less pompous moments will find plenty to like here." [Kinesis]
- Crematorium
- Crises
- Criminal
- David Cross Band
- David Cross, once with King Crimson during the Fripp/Bruford/Wetton days, is an electric violinist with three solo discs to his name.
- Cross
- Crucible
- Connecticut based band with a sound that has a 70's influence - the usual suspects: Genesis, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Marillion, Rush, Styx and Yes
- Cryptameria
- Progressive, melodic metal based in Independence, Virginia.
- Cryptopsy
- Curious Works
- Curious Works, a band out of New Jersey playing "New World" music, consists of: Marissa Von Bargen on vocals and keyboards, Ted Boyer on guitars and vocals, Bob Von Bargen handling bass, sequencing and vocals and Roy Giordano on drums and percussion.
- Curlew
- "Led by [saxophonist] George Cartwright, Curlew are noted for their sense of fun, great riffing, spirited interplay, and the superb musicianship of Tom Cora (cello), Davey Williams (guitar), Ann Rupel (bass), and Pippin Barnett (drums)" [Cuneiform].
- Curved Air
- curvedair@curvedair.com
- Classic progressive band featuring Frank Monkman, Sonja Kristina, Darryl Way, and Eddie Jobson amongst its members

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