1968 saw the first major German rock festival in Essen, and the foundation of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Conrad Schnitzler, which helped bands like Tangerine Dream and Amon Düül achieve cult status.

As they moved away from their psychedelic roots and placed increasing emphasis on electronic experimentation German bands like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can and Faust developed a distinctive brand of electronic rock, known as kosmische musik, or in the British press as " Kraut rock ".

After their 1980 East Berlin gig, when they became one of the first major Western bands to perform in a Communist country, Tangerine Dream became very popular behind the Iron Curtain.

Instrumental prog rock was particularly significant in continental Europe, allowing bands like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can and Faust to circumvent the language barrier.

He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.

The band Kraftwerk was one of the first bands in the world to make music entirely on electronic equipment, and the band Tangerine Dream is often credited as being among the originators and primary influences of the " Berlin School " of electronic music, which would later influence trance music.

Typical bands dubbed " krautrock " in the 1970s included Tangerine Dream, Faust, Can, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel and others associated with the celebrated Cologne-based producers and engineers Dieter Dierks and Conny Plank, such as Neu !, Kraftwerk and Cluster.

By 1971, the bands Tangerine Dream and Faust began to use electronic synthesizers and advanced production.

In 1971, the bands Tangerine Dream and Faust used electronic synthesizers and advanced production techniques to make what they called Kosmische Musik.

As the editor of the underground magazine LOVE in the late sixties, Hoenig was part of the burgeoning progressive rock scene in Berlin, which fostered bands like Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel and Agitation Free.

His early career was as a trumpet player for bands such as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and others, eventually becoming the lead trumpet and arranger for Jimmy Dorsey ( arranging such hits as Tangerine, Green Eyes and Yours ).

Led Zeppelin have influenced hard rock and heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Rush, Queen, and Megadeth as well as progressive metal bands like Tool and Dream Theater.

In the US in the early 1980s these bands were joined by the Paisley Underground movement, based in Los Angeles, with acts like Dream Syndicate, The Bangles and Rain Parade.

They have been cited as an influence by various musical artists, including Metallica, Primus, and The Smashing Pumpkins, as well as progressive metal bands such as Dream Theater and Symphony X.

In the mid-1980s, Hughes recorded several different albums with bands and artists including Phenomena ( Phenomena, Phenomena II: Dream Runner ), Gary Moore ( Run For Cover ), and Black Sabbath ( Seventh Star, though this was to have been a solo album by Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, and only came out as a Sabbath album due to record label pressure ).

Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Tool, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who achieved commercial success ; additionally, heavy metal bands such as Metallica incorporated elements of progressive music in their work.

Bands such as Psychotic Waltz, Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, and Dream Theater took elements of progressive rock groups ( primarily the instrumentation and compositional structure of songs ) and merged them with heavy metal styles associated with bands like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath ( both of these bands had some progressive influences on their early albums ).

These three early flagship bands for progressive metal ( Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, and Dream Theater ) each had somewhat different sounds.

Similarly, bands such as Dream Theater, Planet X, Liquid Tension Experiment, Bad Salad and Animals as Leaders have a jazz influence, with extended solo sections that often feature " trading solos ".

This has led to a resurgence of popularity for more traditional progressive metal bands like Dream Theater and Symphony X, and also has led to the inclusion within the progressive metal scene of bands that do not necessarily play in its traditional style such as thrash / power metallers Nevermore, technical death metal acts Necrophagist and Nile.

Since at least 2002, there has been speculation of a Suicidal Tendencies album featuring all-new original material, with extensive reports that many tracks had been recorded with longtime producer Paul Northfield, known for his work with progressive rock bands like Dream Theater, Queensrÿche and Rush.

Nevertheless, they found instant appeal with teenagers and young adults who were engrossed in the swing and jazz idioms, especially when they performed with nearly all of the major big bands, including those led by Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Joe Venuti, Freddie Slack, Eddie Heywood, Bob Crosby ( Bing's brother ), Desi Arnaz, Guy Lombardo, Les Brown, Bunny Berigan, Xavier Cugat, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Nelson Riddle and mood-master Gordon Jenkins, whose orchestra and chorus accompanied them on such successful soft and melancholy renditions as " I Can Dream, Can't I?

From the 1980s to early 1990s, bands such as Pale Saints, Spoonfed Hybrid, Spirea X, early-period Seefeel, early-period The Verve, Kitchens of Distinction, The Church, The Sundays, Belly, The Ocean Blue, Bel Canto, Hum, Cranes, Frazier Chorus, Strange Boutique, Curve, The Dream Academy and No-Man were representatives of the genre.

HammerFall made some expressive concerts before the release of Legacy of Kings, playing in festivals together with bands such as Alice Cooper, Rammstein, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, Saxon and Stratovarius.

Though the band's initial run was short-lived, Yazoo continues to influence and inspire many of today's bands, including LCD Soundsystem, Shiny Toy Guns, Blaqk Audio, Hercules and Love Affair, La Roux and Gil Mantera's Party Dream.

Mascis ' college friend Gerard Cosloy introduced him to bands like Dream Syndicate, which Mascis in turn showed to Barlow.

It is held during the week leading up to Ash Wednesday, and typically includes masked balls, fancy dress and grotesque mask competitions, lavish late-night parties, a colourful, ticker-tape parade of allegorical floats presided over by King Carnival ( Maltese: ir-Re tal-Karnival ), marching bands and costumed revellers.

Funchal, the island's capital, wakes up on the Friday morning before Ash Wednesday to the sound of brass bands and Carnival parades throughout the downtown area.

Daniel Ash, his friend David J. Haskins, and Haskins ' younger brother Kevin had played together in various bands since childhood.

Ash made a point of not inviting David J, the driving force in their previous bands, because he wanted a band he could control.

The band was labeled a supergroup as it included former members of several veteran progressive rock bands, namely bassist / vocalist John Wetton ( formerly in Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, U. K. and Wishbone Ash ), guitarist Steve Howe ( formerly, and subsequently in Yes ), keyboardist Geoff Downes ( of Yes and The Buggles ) and drummer Carl Palmer ( formerly in The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster and Emerson, Lake & Palmer ).

* The rock bands Ash, Relish and Rosetta Stone are from Downpatrick.

On July 4, 2010 the bands Yes and Peter Frampton drew a record estimated 150, 000 people to that year's Red, White, and Blue Ash event.

Dragon Ash is a member of Mob Squad, which is an affiliation with the bands Source and Endive.

Though others had earlier used similar techniques, Thin Lizzy are widely recognised as one of the first hard rock bands to employ double lead guitar harmony sound – a technique pioneered by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Wishbone Ash in the UK, whilst independently in the USA by Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band.

During the late 1960s and the 1970s Dunelm House was a popular music venue, hosting bands including Pink Floyd, Wishbone Ash and Procol Harum.

Recently, bands such as Cast, Ash, Stiff Little Fingers, Fun Lovin ' Criminals, Skindred, Hed PE and OPM have all played there.

Models were formed in 1978, in Melbourne they developed from an environment of numerous punk, New Wave bands, two of these were Teenage Radio Stars which included singer and guitarist Sean Kelly and bass guitarist Peter Sutcliffe ( aka Pierre Voltaire ); and JAB which included Ash Wednesday on keyboards, Sutcliffe and Janis Friedenfelds ( aka Johnny Crash ) on drums and percussion.

A number of leading bands have played at the club including Deathstars, Fightstar, Witchfynde, Hayseed Dixie, Hardcore Superstar, Wishbone Ash, The Hamsters, John Parr, Ade Edmondson, Tygers of Pan Tang and Vampires Rock.

There are several nightclubs in the area including Milan Nightclub which often hosts international tours and DJs and The Pulse who offer live bands regularly. The Grill Music Venue is a popular nightclub on Sundays, which regularly plays host to acts such as Shane MacGowan, Ash, Hot Chip, Dirty Sanchez, Fun Lovin ' Criminals.

The stage hosted many bands including Hawkwind, Gong, Doctor and the Medics, Flux of Pink Indians, Buster Blood Vessel, Omega Tribe, Crass, Selector, Dexys Midnight Runners, Thompson Twins, Bronz, The Raincoats, Brent Black Music Co-op, Amazulu, Wishbone Ash, Man, Benjamin Zephaniah, Inner City Unit, Here and Now, Cardiacs, The Enid, Roy Harper, Jimmy Page, Ted Chippington, Zorch and Ozric Tentacles all played for free.

Miles was also the manager of Wishbone Ash, The Police ( which counted Miles ' brother Stewart as one of its members ), and later, Sting, as well as other bands.

He initially rose to fame in progressive rock with bands such as Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, UK, Jack-Knife, and Wishbone Ash.

Numerous bands and artists have recorded music using it, including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, Horslips, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Status Quo, Iron Maiden, Wishbone Ash, Mola Mola and the Rolling Stones themselves.

Successful Birmingham singer / songwriters and musicians include: Joan Armatrading, Steve Gibbons, Mike Kellie ( of Spooky Tooth ), Blaze Bayley ( former vocalist of Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden ), Keith Law ( of Velvett Fogg & Jardine ) Jeff Lynne, Phil Lynott, Carl Palmer ( of Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), Roy Wood, Jamelia, Kelli Dayton of The Sneaker Pimps, Juice Aleem ( from Big Dada Records ), Martin Barre ( guitarist with Jethro Tull ), Nick Mason ( of Pink Floyd ), Bev Bevan, Ali Campbell, Steve Cradock ( guitarist for Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller ), Stephen " Tin Tin " Duffy, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Denny Laine, Fritz Mcintyre ( keyboardist of Simply Red ), Christine Perfect ( of Fleetwood Mac ), Robert Plant ( born in West Brom and played in Brumbeat bands ), Nick Rhodes, Ranking Roger, John Henry Rostill ( bass guitarist / composer for The Shadows ), Matt Skinner, Dave Swarbrick ( of Fairport Convention ), John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Ruby Turner, Ted Turner ( guitar / vocals, Wishbone Ash ), Peter Overend Watts, Steve Winwood and Dave Mason.

With the help of Tim Carr, an American writer and former A & R executive living in Thailand who had worked with such bands as the Beastie Boys, Megadeth, Ash and Cornershop, a demo tape of the band was sent to some producers.

They achieved their biggest chart success at the end of the 1990s, along with other Britrock bands such as Ash and Feeder.