Better late than never: 90s acts got into post-90s
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Topic: Better late than never: 90s acts got into post-90s
Posted By: Logan
Subject: Better late than never: 90s acts got into post-90s
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 12:50
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I hope this OP is a little clearer than mud. I should be doing other things. The idea for this is to mention acts that you are very into now but were not in the 90s or earlier (you became a fan of the act with 90s release you love post 90s). These would have releases in the 90s which you were mostly unfamiliar with (a track on the radio etc. is okay), and did not really get into and were pretty unfamiliar with until years after the 90s. Most of my list I did not get into until the past decade. I was going to go for acts that were completely unknown in the 9os to you but you came to love later for 90s releases, but that's harder and can be hard to remember. I'm sure I heard some Portishead in the 90s, don't remember what, and was not a fan until maybe the late 2010s. Aside from listing the acts, please mention one specific album from each act, and a track if you have the time and inclination. I want this to focus on stuff we know very well, and are currently into (probably have listened to the album in the last few years). These are 30 plus of my favourites that fit the bill, but of course you are free to mention as many or few acts as you like provided that you were not into the act in the 90s or earlier and did not know the album you list in the 90s. I had been introduced to some 80s Cardiacs by the early 90s, like "Jibber and Twitch", but I was not a Cardiacs fan or a fan of that song at all. From the list, Air is I think the one that I got into closest to the 90s as I got Talkie Walkie at the time of release, January, 2004, and had already loved a track off Talkie Walkie ("Cherry Blossom Girl" turned me onto Air). Air - Moon Safari (1998) Key track: "La femme d'argent" Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996) Key track: "Fingerbib" Fiona Apple - When the Pawn (1999) Key track: "Get Gone) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996) Key track: "The Boy Done Wrong Again" Björk - Post (1995) Key track: "Isobel" Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998) Key track: Aquarius Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit (1991) Key track: "Kakuu No Sakana" Broadcast - The Book Lovers EP (1996) Key track: The Book Lovers Cardiacs - Sing to God (1996) Key track: "Dirty Boy" The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996): Key track "Great Divide" Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (1994) Key track: "I Let Love In" Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990) Key track: "Pitch the Baby" Controlled Bleeding - Golgotha (1991) Key track "Standing in Twilight" Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind (1993) Key track: "Hitler as Kalki (SDM)" Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth (1993) Key Track: "The Carnival Is Over" Fishmans - Long Season (1996) Key Track: "Long Season Part 5" The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (1999) Key Track: "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms (1995) Key track: "Vertical Pig" Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞ (1996): Key track: "The Dead Flag Blues" Komeda - Pop pa Svenska (1993) Key track: "Borgo" Mr. Bungle - California (1999) Key track: "Pink Cigarette" Naked City - Radio (1993) Key track: "Sunset Surfer" The Necks - Hanging Gardens (1999) Key track: "Hanging Gardens" Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Key track: "Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2" Portishead - Dummy (1994) Key track: "Roads" Pram - Helium (1994) Key track: "Blue" Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) Key track: "Exit Music (For a Film)" Spiritualized® - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) Key track: "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997) Key track: "The Flower Called Nowhere" Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) Key track: "Helpless Child" Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991) Key track: "After the Flood" Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (1994) Key track: "Strangers From the Universe" Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) Key track: "The Taut and the Tame" Tuxedomoon - The Ghost Sonata (1991) Key track: "Licorice Stick Ostinato" U Totem - U Totem (1990) Key track: "Vagabond's Home" Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997) Key track: "Moby Octopad" As for some 90s bands I recall liking in the 90s: Depeche Mode's Violator was a great one. Key track: "Waiting for the Night". And I liked music by Mercury Rev, Pulp, Lambchop, eels, Low, The Orb and Enya in the 90s. I enjoy Depeche Mode, Mercury rev, Pulp, Lambchop, eels, Low and The Orb more than ever now as I got into exploring more of the music and returning to some of it in recent years. When it comes to "popular" styles of music (including Progressive Rock / Art Rock), I was mostly stuck in the 60s and 70s until the mid 2000s. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 13:25
| Opeth. As I mentioned elsewhere, I was a teenager in the 1990s and listened to a lot of metal, including prog metal - but nothing with growling vocals. It wasn't until around 2004 that I slowly got into Opeth. I also did not listen to any classic prog rock prior to around 2000. I did listen to classic Hard Rock from the 70s, like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, and also Pink Floyd. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 14:03
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^ Thanks Mike. I have liked plenty of Opeth. It can be so heavy at one time and so melodic at others (and some beautiful instrumentals) I like the folk influence in the music. It has been a while since I listened to the albums, but I do recall enjoying My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) (which I had listened to due to the Comus reference in the title). Here's "The Amen Corner" off it. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 17:48
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No Don Caballero ? ( USA math rock like) Their first and secondcds from the early nineties are ok |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 19:09
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Me, or Mike or both. (j/k, my list is longer). Was Don Caballero one you got into post 90s? I listened to American Don (2000) some years after it came out, and I'm sure I have heard the second from 1995. I'm more of post-rock guy than math rock, but I'm quite sure I have mentioned Don Caballero in topics, especially when I was newer here. Lots of my current favourites from the 90s I only got into over the past five years (EdIt: oops, make that ten years). I have listened to a huge amount of music over the past twenty years. Well, mostly from, maybe 2003 to 2010 and then again in more recent years. I did start listening to Podcasts quite a bit, don't now, and I do still listen to True Crime stuff, sad though it can be. I do hope that more people will try to mention their own acts with albums from the 90s that they discovered and/or got into after the 90s and really like now. Time will tell if this works or not. And that we will comment on each others choices as well. One issue I sometimes have with top ten lists is that we don't comment more on each others lists, and there is very limited discussion. David has has been doing his albums you were into in the 70s and 80s, I wanted to do a few topics about bands (and albums) that released music during a decade that you only got into later and are some particular favourites of yours (ones you would happily play right now). Thought it might present an interesting counterpoint to David's topics. :) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 23:41
| The American prog trio of Spocks Beard, Echolyn and Dream Theater certainly. I could possibly shove IZZ in there as well as they started in that decade. I'm not sure exactly what I was still listening to in the 90's. I have a feeling I was still catching up with seventies prog and once I got to where I needed to be with that then started to find out about 90's prog bands via PA and other online sites. I loved Mansun and still do, probably the single most underrated band of that decade. I was listening to them at the time though so wasn't a later discovery. Although I liked a lot of the mainstream 90's bands a lot more than 80's bands I've never really got into the likes of Portishead and Massive Attack that much. I love the theme music to Luther (Glory Box) and Unfinished Sympathy but that seems as much that I need by those bands (but I respect them). Also never got into the whole grunge scene at any point. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 24 2024 at 23:56
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Threshold Porcupine Tree The Gathering Paradise Lost Nevermore |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 07:22
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Here're my favourite '90s albums, I got into in the post-'90s, and disregarding the genre: Anekdoten (S) - Vemod ( Änglagård (S) - Hybris ( Bondage Fruit (J) - II (1996) Gordian Knot (USA) - Gordian Knot (1998) Nekropsi (TRK) - Mi Kubbesi (1996) Landberk (S) - Rigtigt Äkta (1992) Ozric Tentacles (UK) - Erpland (1990) Porcupine Tree (UK) - Coma Divine... (1997) Psychotic Waltz (USA) - Into the Everflow (1992) Tool (USA) - Undertow (1993), Ænima (1996) Babes in Toyland (USA) - Fontanelle (1992) Kyuss (USA) - Sky Valley (1994) Nirvana (USA) - In Utero (1993) Radiohead (UK) - OK Computer (1997) Soundgarden (USA) - Badmotorfinger (1991) Thought Industry (USA) - Songs for Insects (1992) Brygada Kryzys (PL) - Cosmopolis (1992) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 07:37
Ignore this, I misunderstood the topic.
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 08:03
Sorry for not reading the instructions thoroughly. For Opeth, it was specifically The Moor which pulled me over to the dark side (of growling vocals). |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 09:03
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As I think can be seen from the list I've posted here, I've had much interest for the '90s music in the post-'90s, and I find a lot of good music there from various genres. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 09:14
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Porcupine Tree, who I'd never heard of before 2010.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 09:18
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You know, I've been wracking my brains over this one and can barely think of an example of a band who were predominantly from the 90's, whose music I have only recently cottoned on to and love now? During the 90's, (before the Intrawebz arrived) I was predominantly listening to new albums by bands who had already been around in the 80's (Marillion, IQ). Most 90's bands I listened to, I picked up on at the end of the decade (P Tree, Spock's and a host of smaller Neo bands) and listen to only intermittently these days.. Dream Theater, PoS, Threshold and Vanden Plas could all be included I suppose, but I listened to them then, not so much these days... I have very few 90's albums from 90's groups in my stable, tbh... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 09:35
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Anglagard Anekdoten Tool Radiohead Not much non prog actually. I still have yet to really get around to Phish otherwise they would be on the list.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 10:40
Thanks, and no worries. I had intended for that to be optional. I really love hearing people's stories with how it relates to music (Richard's and Jared's posts, for instance, plus yours were a pleasure to read, and so have been different takes). And nice to see that long a list from David. :) My concern (not that it matters much) for future participants (if there are any) might be that I was not clear enough in the OP about people sharing their own examples as it relates to them, and/or sharing their own experiences. It's a long enough OP to warrant a tl;dr (too long; didn't read) reaction. I often write with too little economy, and too many ideas presented, which can confuse. Character limitations, but I had wanted "Better late than never: 90s acts you got into post-90s" as my title and some people are very title-focused rather than considering the requests in the OP and/or seeing how others responded. People only have so much time and focus. As long as it's cordial, and somewhat thoughtful, it's [mostly] all good to me.  ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 11:52
You were late to the internet. I only discovered it six years earlier due to reading about it online. I bought Porc. Tree's In absentia on CD in 2004 or maybe early 2005, but it did not do it for me. Maybe I heard it at the wrong time in my journey, but Porcupine Tree is a darling of PA that has never really connected with me. And I have heard a fair amount of its music, some of which I quite like, but nothing that deeply or meaningfully resonated with me. It does remind me of bands like Radiohead and Kayo Dot very much at times, which I love. It seems clear to me that Steven Wilson has been very influenced by Thom Yorke and Radiohead, but Yorke/Radiohead is just so much more meaningful to me. And PT had been very inspired by Pink Floyd, and I love Pink Floyd (up to an including The Wall at least) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 12:00
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Oh, yes I can think of one!! Jarre... was quite familiar with his stuff up to mid-80's (say Rendez-Vous?) then more or less stopped listening to him and never checked on any new stuff. I think this was partly because I left college in 86 and he was popular with some of the girls... so, stuff like Chronologie and Oxygene 7-13 I never bothered with at all until much later. Indeed, there are still some 90's albums of his I may or may not know/ have heard which I need to back track on. I'll admit, he's never been a right at 'the top of the tree' fave, but I have enjoyed revisiting his back catalogue over the past year or so.... This might be stretching it a bit, but there are a couple of 90's Mike Oldfield albums I never got round to hearing at the time, which fall into the same category... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 12:06
Of course, we joined PA around the same time, when PT, DT & Opeth were extremely popular on this site and they were hard to avoid!! We had a heavier crowd in here at the time... Well, I discovered PT in 1998 when Stupid Dream came out, having been beguiled by 'Even Less' which appeared on one of the very first Classic Rock Mag's free CD samplers. At that stage, I'd not heard anything quite like them, other than Floyd. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 25 2024 at 20:39
I had an account that I made in 2004 or 2005, but I only posted a few times then later came back with this one. i might have discovered PT through this forum, that was before Deadwing came out (I like Deadwing more). Kayo Dot was another that got talked about a lot, mostly in 2006, and now it hardly gets mentioned (except by me). I do enjoy the 90s PT more than later stuff generally. Stupid Dream I liked more than I expected, and I should play it again. It does have some wonderful music on it as I recall. Be nice if Steven Wilson would post here again. I have come to appreciate his work more in recent years. This ("Stop Swimming") I remember liking off Stupid Dream (it reminds me of Talk Talk's "Laughing Stock" in part). In 2005 and 2004, this forum was so different. Not just busier (really busy in 2006) but it was a lot ruder and raunchier, and more of the forum felt like Just For Fun. There was a lot of playful ribbing of Tony R's early incarnation (with the TIE fighter) and lot of sexual innuendo and jokes and comments that were much less PC than one would expect here now. Micky would call it the wild west. It was less heavily moderated than subsequently. By 2006 it was getting fairly tame, methinks. It's hard to get that right balance between exciting and rude and boring and genteel.  ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 29 2024 at 17:42
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Here's the ones I didn't post in the 80's thread 5UU's Camberwell Now Charming Hostess Koenjihyakkei Mr Bungle Sigur Ros Volapuk Bondage Fruit Hoyry-Kone U Totem Vezhlivy Otkaz ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 29 2024 at 22:42
| I suppose I could add Porcupine Tree to my list. I was aware of them back in 1998 when Stupid Dream came out. Steven Wilson came across in interview as very aloof (so nothing has changed lol) but I didn't understand the music. Was a very slow burner although when Deadwing came out I was fully 'in' at that time and purchased the re-issue for Stupid Dream. Loved it. Then saw them play live a few times (once just before FOABP) and there was a real buzz going round. Seeing them on The Incident tour probably even topped that. Didn't bother with the recent reformation and tour that went with the new album although I quite like it (not as much as Deadwing and In Absentia but those are perfection) |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 30 2024 at 02:03
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In the 1990's I had my first, relatively short period of discovering of the classic UK prog scene. But pre the online reality we've been used to as a natural part of our lives in the last 20+ years or so, I soon met a dead end (+ most of the more or less random prog-bands I tried, simply failed to connect). I'll start with the bands you mention that I was already into in the 90's and still like. Air, Aphex Twin, Belle and Sebastian, Broadcast, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Mr. Bungle, Portishead, Radiohead, Stereolab, Swans, Talk Talk, Tortoise... Along with contemporaries like Ween, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos... at the time they probably defined me more than Prog Rock. But I was getting into everything from 20th century classical music, Minimalism, Baroque era, Early Music, old folk & world music as well. No jazz for me just yet. Here's some favorites discovered much later. Not a whole lot comes to mind really: Non Credo Godspeed You! Black Emperor The Necks Rabih Abou-Khalil Rachel's Morte Macabre Trembling Strain Pram Slowdive +Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages |
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: September 30 2024 at 05:53
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Ten 1990s prog albums—in chronological order Ozric Tentacles – Erpland Pendragon – The World Galaad – Premier Février IQ – Ever Citizen Cain – Somewhere but Yesterday Arena – Songs from the Lions Cage Marillion – This Strange Engine Krel – Ad Astra Thinking Plague – In Extremis Dream Theater – Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 30 2024 at 16:32
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Most 90s acts I know and love, I know (and love) indeed from the 90s. Here's some I found out about later (again assuming that my system has dated them correctly): Slint - Anekdoten - Miranda Sex Garden - Bark Psychosis - Aphex Twin - Cartoon - Gastr del Sol (*) - Karda Estra (*) - Propellerheads - The Fireman - Otomo Yoshihide - The Necks - Fishmans (*) (*) By recommendation of this forum.
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