Muse is one of the most prolific alternative rock, hard rock and synth rock bands over the past three decades. Matt Bellamy has used a variety of analog and digital synths, plus synth effects on some of Muse's most popular songs from the past couple decades.

Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd is one of the most successful and influencial bands in the classic rock, progressive rock and psychadelic rock genres. They found great success in the 70s and 80s, with David Gilmour and Roger Waters fronting the band. Keyboardist Richard Wright incorporated a variety of classic analog synthesizers into many of their hits, using them for textures, harmonies, melodies and leads in many of their most successful and critically acclaimed songs.

Rush

Rush was one of the most prolific rock bands from the 1970s through 2010s, writing 19 studio albums, and touring arenas for over three decades. The are perhaps the most influencial progressive rock band, and Geddy Lee incorporated a variety of classic analog and digital synths in their albums in the 80s through 2000s.

Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails was formed by Trent Reznor in the late 1980s. They achieved critical and popular success in the 90s with their distinctive industrial rock and electronic sound. Throughout the past three decades, they have released many hit albums, many of which include lots of synth and processed elecronic guitar textures.

Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is one of the most prolific and successful artists over the past four decades. Starting with Genesis in the late 1960s, Gabriel showed his skills as a talented instrumentalist and vocalist in the progressive rock genre. After leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel went on with a solo career, continuing his roots in progressive rock, but also incorporating elements of pop, electronic, world music, orchestration and more. He has used a variety of keyboards and synthesizers over the years.

The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in the late 1970s. They achieved critical and popular success in the 70s and 80s with their unique and innovative new wave, reggae rock and pop rock sounds.

Phil Collins
Phil Collins is an English drummer, vocalist and songwriter who is best known for his tenure with Genesis, and then his following solo career in the 1980s. He has penned many hit pop and progressive rock songs.

Queen
Queen were a rock band formed in the 1970s in England. Their early works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and metal. They acheived critical and popular success in the 70s and 80s, with a string of hit songs that received regular radio play.

Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is an English rock band that has been one of the most critically acclaimed and popular progressive rock bands over the past three decades. Keyboardist Richard Barbieri incorporates many synth melodies, harmonies and textures into their intricate and unique compositions.

Genesis
Genesis are an English rock band formed in the late 1960s, which went through several phases, lineup changes and genres from the 60s through 1980s. They acheived critical and popular success with their progressive rock and art rock tunes in the 70s, with Peter Gabriel, and then Phil Collins took over as the front man and steered Genesis into more of a pop rock and progressive pop genre with huge success in the 1980s.

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Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson is an English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, best known for his work with Porcupine Tree and his solo work, but he has worked with a variety of other artists over the past three decades. He is regarded as one of the best progressive rock songwriters since the 90s. His catalog branches out into a variety of other genres as well, including pop, psychadelic rock, fusion, metal, and synth rock.