List of progressive rock supergroups

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
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1970s
! width="5%" | Founded ! width="20%" | Band/project name ! width="50%" | Members ! width="25%" | Notes


 * valign="top" | 1970
 * valign="top" | Emerson, Lake & Palmer
 * valign="top" |
 * Keith Emerson (The Nice)
 * Greg Lake (King Crimson)
 * Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, and more
 * valign="top" | 1971
 * valign="top" | Captain Beyond
 * valign="top" |
 * Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
 * Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter)
 * Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly)
 * Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Captain Beyond, Sufficiently Breathless, Dawn Explosion
 * valign="top" | 1971
 * valign="top" | Matching Mole
 * valign="top" |
 * Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)
 * David Sinclair (Caravan)
 * Phil Miller (Delivery, later of Hatfield and the North, National Health)
 * Bill MacCormick (Quiet Sun)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Matching Mole, Matching Mole's Little Red Record
 * valign="top" | 1973
 * valign="top" | Badger
 * valign="top" |
 * Tony Kaye (Yes)
 * David Foster (The Warriors, worked with Yes)
 * Roy Dyke (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
 * valign="top" | Albums: One Live Badger, White Lady
 * valign="top" | 1974
 * valign="top" | Refugee
 * valign="top" |
 * Patrick Moraz (later of Yes)
 * Lee Jackson (The Nice, Jackson Heights)
 * Brian Davison (The Nice, Jackson Heights)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Refugee
 * valign="top" | 1974
 * valign="top" | Armageddon
 * valign="top" |
 * Keith Relf (The Yardbirds, Renaissance)
 * Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter, Captain Beyond)
 * Martin Pugh (Steamhammer)
 * Louis Cennamo (Renaissance, Colosseum, Steamhammer)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Armageddon
 * valign="top" | 1975
 * valign="top" | National Health
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Albums: National Health, Of Queues and Cures, D.S. Al Coda, Playtime
 * Phil Miller (Hatfield and the North)
 * Phil Lee (Gilgamesh)
 * Bill Bruford (Yes)
 * Amanda Parsons (Hatfield and the North)
 * Steve Hillage (Gong)
 * Neil Murray (Gilgamesh)
 * valign="top" | Albums: National Health, Of Queues and Cures, D.S. Al Coda, Playtime


 * valign="top" | 1976
 * valign="top" | 801
 * valign="top" |
 * Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music)
 * Brian Eno (Roxy Music)
 * Bill MacCormick (Quiet Sun, Matching Mole)
 * Francis Monkman (Curved Air)
 * Simon Phillips
 * Lloyd Watson
 * valign="top" | Albums: 801 Live, Listen Now, Manchester University
 * valign="top" | Albums: 801 Live, Listen Now, Manchester University


 * valign="top" | 1977
 * valign="top" | U.K.
 * valign="top" |
 * Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music)
 * John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep)
 * Allan Holdsworth (Gong, Soft Machine)
 * Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)
 * valign="top" | Albums: U.K., Danger Money, Night After Night and more.
 * valign="top" | Albums: U.K., Danger Money, Night After Night and more.


 * valign="top" | 1977
 * valign="top" | Strontium 90
 * valign="top" |
 * Mike Howlett (Gong)
 * Sting (The Police)
 * Stewart Copeland (The Police, Curved Air)
 * Andy Summers (Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, later of The Police)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Strontium 90: Police Academy (released 1997)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Strontium 90: Police Academy (released 1997)


 * valign="top" | 1978
 * valign="top" | Soft Heap/Soft Head
 * valign="top" |
 * Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine)
 * Elton Dean (Soft Machine)
 * Alan Gowen (Gilgamesh, National Health)
 * Pip Pyle (Hatfield and the North, National Health)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Rogue Element, Soft Heap, A Veritable Centaur
 * valign="top" | Albums: Rogue Element, Soft Heap, A Veritable Centaur

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1980s
! Founded !! Band/project name !! Members !Notes
 * -Traveling Wilbury's


 * valign="top" | 1981
 * valign="top" | Asia
 * valign="top" |
 * Geoff Downes (Yes, Buggles)
 * John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep, U.K.)
 * Steve Howe (Yes)
 * Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Atomic Rooster)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Asia, Alpha, Astra, and more
 * valign="top" | Albums: Asia, Alpha, Astra, and more


 * valign="top" | 1982
 * valign="top" | In Cahoots
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Albums: In Cahoots Live 86-89, Digging In, Live in Japan, Recent Discoveries, Parallel, Out of the Blue, All That 
 * valign="top" | Albums: In Cahoots Live 86-89, Digging In, Live in Japan, Recent Discoveries, Parallel, Out of the Blue, All That 


 * valign="top" | 1983
 * valign="top" | Moraz - Bruford
 * valign="top" |
 * Patrick Moraz (Yes, Refugee)
 * Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, U.K.)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Music for Piano and Drums, Flags
 * valign="top" | Albums: Music for Piano and Drums, Flags


 * valign="top" | 1983
 * valign="top" | News from Babel
 * valign="top" |
 * Lindsay Cooper (Henry Cow)
 * Chris Cutler (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
 * Dagmar Krause (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Slapp Happy)
 * Zeena Parkins
 * valign="top" | Albums: Work Resumed on the Tower, Letters Home
 * valign="top" | Albums: Work Resumed on the Tower, Letters Home


 * valign="top" | 1986
 * valign="top" | GTR
 * valign="top" |
 * Steve Hackett (Genesis)
 * Steve Howe (Yes, Asia)
 * Max Bacon (Bronz)
 * Phil Spalding (Bernie Torme, Toyah, Mike Oldfield)
 * Jonathan Mover (Steve Vai)
 * valign="top" | Album: GTR
 * valign="top" | Album: GTR

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1990s
! Founded !! Band/project name !! Members !! Notes


 * valign="top" | 1991
 * valign="top" | Short Wave
 * valign="top" |
 * Didier 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)
 * valign="top" | Album: Short Wave Live
 * valign="top" | Album: Short Wave Live


 * valign="top" | 1992
 * valign="top" | The Chris Squire Experiment
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Toured, but released no albums. Later re-emerged as Conspiracy
 * valign="top" | Toured, but released no albums. Later re-emerged as Conspiracy


 * valign="top" | 1997
 * valign="top" | Bozzio Levin Stevens
 * valign="top" |
 * Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, U.K., Missing Persons, Steve Vai)
 * Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel etc.)
 * Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Black Light Syndrome, Situation Dangerous
 * valign="top" | Albums: Black Light Syndrome, Situation Dangerous


 * valign="top" | 1997
 * valign="top" | Explorers Club
 * valign="top" |
 * 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.)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Age of Impact, Raising the Mammoth
 * valign="top" | Albums: Age of Impact, Raising the Mammoth


 * valign="top" | 1997
 * valign="top" | Rudess/Morgenstein Project
 * valign="top" |
 * Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
 * Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Rudess/Morgenstein Project, The Official Bootleg
 * valign="top" | Albums: Rudess/Morgenstein Project, The Official Bootleg


 * valign="top" | 1998
 * valign="top" | Gordian Knot
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * John Myung (Dream Theater)


 * valign="top" | Albums: Gordian Knot, Emergent


 * valign="top" | 1998
 * valign="top" | Liquid Tension Experiment
 * valign="top" |
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
 * John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
 * Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
 * Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel etc.)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 2
 * valign="top" | Albums: Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 2


 * valign="top" | 1999
 * valign="top" | Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
 * valign="top" |
 * 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.)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, B.L.U.E. Nights
 * valign="top" | Albums: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, B.L.U.E. Nights


 * valign="top" | 1999
 * valign="top" | Qango
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Album: Live in the Hood
 * valign="top" | Album: Live in the Hood


 * valign="top" | 1999
 * valign="top" | Planet X
 * valign="top" |
 * 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
 * valign="top" | Albums: Universe, Live From Oz, MoonBabies, Quantum
 * valign="top" | Albums: Universe, Live From Oz, MoonBabies, Quantum


 * valign="top" | 1999
 * valign="top" | Transatlantic
 * valign="top" |
 * Neal Morse (Spock's Beard)
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment)
 * Pete Trewavas (Marillion)
 * Roine Stolt (Kaipa, The Flower Kings)
 * valign="top" | Albums: SMPT:e, Live in America, Bridge Across Forever, Live in Europe, The Whirlwind, Kaleidoscope
 * valign="top" | Albums: SMPT:e, Live in America, Bridge Across Forever, Live in Europe, The Whirlwind, Kaleidoscope

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2000s
! Founded !! Band/project name !! Members !! Notes


 * valign="top" | 2000
 * valign="top" | Conspiracy
 * valign="top" |
 * Chris Squire (Yes)
 * Billy Sherwood (World Trade, Lodgic, later of Yes, Circa)
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Conspiracy, The Unknown
 * Band began in 1992 as the Chris Squire Experiment


 * valign="top" | 2000
 * valign="top" | John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
 * valign="top" |
 * John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
 * Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
 * valign="top" | Album: An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
 * valign="top" | Album: An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess


 * valign="top" | 2002
 * valign="top" | The Tangent
 * valign="top" |
 * 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
 * valign="top" | Albums: The Music That Died Alone, The World That We Drive Through, A Place in the Queue
 * valign="top" | Albums: The Music That Died Alone, The World That We Drive Through, A Place in the Queue


 * valign="top" | 2002
 * valign="top" | 21st Century Schizoid Band
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * Michael Giles (King Crimson, McDonald and Giles, Giles, Giles and Fripp)


 * valign="top" | Albums: Official Bootleg V.1, Live in Japan, Live in Italy, Pictures Of A City — Live in New York


 * valign="top" | 2002
 * valign="top" | Jelly Jam
 * valign="top" |
 * John Myung (Dream Theater)
 * Ty Tabor (King's X)
 * Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Jelly Jam, Jelly Jam 2, Shall We Descend
 * valign="top" | Albums: Jelly Jam, Jelly Jam 2, Shall We Descend


 * valign="top" | 2003
 * valign="top" | OSI (Office of Strategic Influence)
 * valign="top" |
 * Jim Matheos (Fates Warning)
 * Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, Chroma Key)
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) (full band member in 2003, session musician in 2006)
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Office of Strategic Influence, Free, Blood, Fire Make Thunder

Former member: White (2006)
 * valign="top" | 2004
 * valign="top" | Altera Enigma
 * valign="top" |
 * 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
 * Jayson Sherlock (Horde, Mortification, Paramaecium, Fearscape, Deliverance, InExordium, Soundscape, Revulsed) - joined in 2007
 * Jefray Arwadi (Kekal, Doctor D, Armageddon Holocaust, Excision, Inner Warfare) - co-founder with De Ron, left the band in 2009
 * valign="top" | Albums: Alteration
 * valign="top" | 2004
 * valign="top" | The Sound of Animals Fighting
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Tiger and the Duke, Lover, the Lord Has Left Us..., The Ocean and the Sun
 * valign="top" | 2005
 * valign="top" | White
 * valign="top" |
 * Alan White (Yes, John Lennon)
 * Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia)
 * Kevin Currie (MerKaBa)
 * Steve Boyce (MerKaBa)
 * Karl Haug (Treason)
 * Ted Stockwell (Treason), left 2005
 * valign="top" | Albums: Loyal (unreleased)
 * Ted Stockwell (Treason), left 2005
 * valign="top" | Albums: Loyal (unreleased)


 * valign="top" | 2006
 * valign="top" | Circa
 * valign="top" |
 * Billy Sherwood (Yes, Conspiracy, Lodgic, Air Supply)
 * Alan White (Yes, Conspiracy, Plastic Ono Band)
 * Tony Kaye (Yes, David Bowie)
 * Jimmy Haun (Lodgic, Air Supply)
 * valign="top" | Album: Circa 2007
 * valign="top" | Album: Circa 2007


 * valign="top" | 2007
 * valign="top" | Amaran's Plight
 * valign="top" |
 * D. C. Cooper (Royal Hunt, Silent Force)
 * Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery)
 * Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Kevin Gilbert, Tears for Fears, Genesis)
 * valign="top" | Album: Voice in the Light
 * valign="top" | Album: Voice in the Light


 * valign="top" | 2007
 * valign="top" | UKZ
 * valign="top" |
 * Eddie Jobson (U.K., Jethro Tull)
 * Trey Gunn (King Crimson)
 * Alex Machacek (Planet X)
 * Marco Minnemann (Mike Keneally, David Torn)
 * valign="top" | EP: Radiation
 * valign="top" | EP: Radiation


 * valign="top" | 2009
 * valign="top" | Yoso
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Album: Elements
 * valign="top" | Album: Elements


 * valign="top" | 2009
 * valign="top" | Floating Me
 * valign="top" |
 * valign="top" |


 * Andrew Gillespie (Scary Mother)
 * Antony Brown (Scary Mother)
 * Tobias Messiter (Scary Mother)
 * Lucius Borich (COG)
 * Jon Stockman (Karnivool)
 * valign="top" | Album: Floating Me

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2010s
! Founded !! Band/project name !! Members !! Notes


 * valign="top" | 2012
 * valign="top" | Flying Colors
 * valign="top" |
 * Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev)
 * Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs)
 * Dave LaRue
 * Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic)
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Adrenaline Mob)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Flying Colors, Second Nature, Third Degree
 * valign="top" | Albums: Flying Colors, Second Nature, Third Degree


 * valign="top" | 2014
 * valign="top" | The Birds of Satan
 * valign="top" |
 * Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)
 * Wiley Hodgden (Chevy Metal)
 * Mick Murphy (Chevy Metal)
 * valign="top" | Album: The Birds of Satan
 * valign="top" | 2014
 * valign="top" | The Mute Gods
 * valign="top" |
 * Nick Beggs (Iona, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson)
 * Roger King (Steve Hackett)
 * Marco Minnemann (Mike Keneally, David Torn, The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson)
 * valign="top" | Albums: Do Nothing till You Hear from Me, Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth, Atheists and Believers
 * valign="top" | 2017
 * valign="top" | Sons of Apollo
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * valign="top" | Album: Psychotic Symphony
 * valign="top" | 2017
 * valign="top" | The Sea Within
 * valign="top" |
 * 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)
 * 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)

Guest and touring member:
 * Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev, Flying Colors)
 * valign="top" | Album: The Sea Within

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2020s
! colspan="5" style="background-color: LightCyan; text-align: left;" |
 * valign="top" | 2021
 * valign="top" | Arc of Life
 * valign="top" |
 * Billy Sherwood (Lodgic, World Trade, Circa, Yes, Asia)
 * Jon Davison (Glass Hammer, Yes)
 * Jay Schellen (Hurricane, Unruly Child, Asia, World Trade, Circa)
 * Jimmy Haun (Circa)
 * Dave Kerzner (Sound of Contact, Sonic Elements)
 * valign="top" | Album: Arc of Life
 * valign="top" | Album: Arc of Life

Star coverbands
! Founded !! Band/project name !! Members !! Notes


 * valign="top" | 1993
 * valign="top" | Spin 1ne 2wo
 * valign="top" |
 * Phil Palmer (Pet Shop Boys, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits)
 * Paul Carrack (Mike + The Mechanics)
 * Steve Ferrone (The Bee Gees, Brian May)
 * Rupert Hine (Tina Turner, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Rush)
 * Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel)
 * valign="top" | The band covered classic rock songs by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, Steely Dan and Bob Dylan.
 * valign="top" | The band covered classic rock songs by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, Steely Dan and Bob Dylan.


 * valign="top" | 2003
 * valign="top" | Yellow Matter Custard
 * valign="top" |
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, OSI)
 * Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic)
 * Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big)
 * Matt Bissonette (Jughead, Joe Satriani, ELO)
 * valign="top" | The Beatles cover band.
 * valign="top" | The Beatles cover band.


 * valign="top" | 2006
 * valign="top" | Hammer of the Gods
 * valign="top" |
 * Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big)
 * Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation)
 * Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse)
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, OSI)
 * valign="top" | Led Zeppelin cover band.
 * valign="top" | Led Zeppelin cover band.


 * valign="top" | 2006
 * valign="top" | Cygnus and the Sea Monsters
 * valign="top" |
 * Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big)
 * Sean Malone (Cynic, Gordian Knot)
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, OSI)
 * valign="top" | Rush cover band.
 * valign="top" | Rush cover band.


 * valign="top" | 2007
 * valign="top" | Amazing Journey
 * valign="top" |
 * Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big)
 * Gary Cherone (Extreme)
 * Billy Sheehan (Talas, Steve Vai, Niacin etc.)
 * Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, OSI)
 * valign="top" | The Who cover band.
 * valign="top" | The Who cover band.

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Abortive projects
! Founded !! Band/project name !! Members !! Notes


 * valign="top" | c. 1976
 * valign="top" | British Bulldog
 * valign="top" |
 * Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, later of U.K.)
 * John Wetton (King Crimson, later of UK)
 * Rick Wakeman (Yes, Strawbs)
 * valign="top" | Rehearsed, but project fell apart. Some material later re-used on U.K.'s first album and on Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record.
 * valign="top" | Rehearsed, but project fell apart. Some material later re-used on U.K.'s first album and on Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record.


 * valign="top" | 1980
 * valign="top" | unnamed band
 * valign="top" |
 * Rick Wakeman (Yes, Strawbs)
 * John Wetton (King Crimson, U.K., later of Asia)
 * Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, later of Asia)
 * Trevor Rabin (later of Yes)
 * valign="top" | Group proposed by Geffen Records, but Wakeman walked out before the band had ever played together; described in Wakeman's autobiography "Say Yes!".
 * valign="top" | Group proposed by Geffen Records, but Wakeman walked out before the band had ever played together; described in Wakeman's autobiography "Say Yes!".


 * valign="top" | 1981
 * valign="top" | XYZ
 * valign="top" |
 * Chris Squire (Yes)
 * Alan White (Yes)
 * Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin)
 * valign="top" | Recorded demos; some material later re-used in other bands.
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