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IQ is a British progressive rock and neo-prog band formed in Southampton in 1981. Signed to Vertigo Records, the group released its first album, Seven Stories Into Eight, in 1982.
Next date in London: 19 December at Islington Assembly Hall.
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Profile
- Latest album
- Subterranea: Live at De Boerderij, October 22, 2011 (2023)
- Formed
- 1981 · Southampton
- Active since
- 1980
- Label
- Vertigo Records
About — The artist
IQ are a British neo-prog band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 following the dissolution of their original band The Lens.
Although the band have never enjoyed major commercial success and had several lineup changes, IQ have built up a loyal following over the years and are still active as of 2025, currently with the original recording line-up (with the exception of Orford).
Throughout 2021 and 2022, IQ performed a series of concerts in the UK and Europe celebrating their 40th anniversary.
IQ was named one of "The 11 Best U.K. Prog Rock Groups of All Time" by Loudwire.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “IQ (band)” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Discography
- Seven Stories Into Eight 1982
- Tales From the Lush Attic 1983
- The Wake 1985
- Nine in a Pond Is Here 1985
- Living Proof 1986
- Nomzamo 1987
- Are You Sitting Comfortably? 1989
- J’ai Pollette d’arnu 1991
- Headlong 1992
- Nostalgia 1993
- Ever 1993
- Forever Live 1996
- Subterranea 1997
- Seven Stories Into Ninety Eight 1998
- The Seventh House 2000
- Subterranea: The Concert 2000
- The Archive Collection: Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg Germany, 16th February 2002 2003
- Dark Matter 2004
- Frequency 2009
- The Wake: Live at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland – June 19 2010 2010
- IQ30 The Archive Collection – De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland, 23 October 2011 2012
- The Road of Bones 2014
- Live on the Road of Bones 2015
- Tales From a Dark Christmas 2017
- Resistance 2019
- A Show of Resistance 2020
- Live Like This 2020
- Scrape Across the Sky (Live at The Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland 6 December 2014) 2021
- Forty Years of Prog Nonsense 2022
- Subterranea: Live at De Boerderij, October 22, 2011 2023