Better late than never: 90s acts got into post-90s

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

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)

Jared wrote: Logan wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Porcupine Tree, who I'd never heard of before 2010.  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. 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.

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.

Edited by Logan - September 25 2024 at 20:42

Oh, yes I can think of one!!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Logan wrote: ^ 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). 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).

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.   

Edited by Logan - September 25 2024 at 10:59

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?

Cristi wrote: Threshold  Porcupine Tree The Gathering Paradise Lost Nevermore

Threshold 

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. :)

Edited by Logan - September 24 2024 at 19:52