Prog Archives

Prog Archives
Logo of Prog Archives
Type of site
Online music database
Available inEnglish
AdvertisingYes
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional and free
Users62,949
LaunchedSeptember 1, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-09-01)
Current statusLive

Prog Archives is an online fan-based website with information on progressive rock bands and musicians.[1] Teams evaluate whether the band or musician should be added to the website or not.[1] As of the summer of 2014, the website had web pages on 8,671 bands and musicians,[1] which has grown 2023 to articles of about 70,725 albums from 12,157 bands and artists, as well as more than 1,9 million ratings and reviews from 67.363 members.[2] The website has regular and consistent reviews, biographies and discographies of all bands and albums it considers to be from the progressive rock genre.[3] It has also categorised 22 subgenres of progressive rock.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Andy Bennett; Susanne Janssen (2019-07-09). Popular Music, Cultural Memory, and Heritage. Taylor & Francis. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-351-79001-7.
  2. ^ "[Introduction]". ProgArchives. Retrieved 2023-02-07.