Timeline of progressive rock (1990–99)

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1990 - 1999.

Contents

1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999

1990

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
29 January 1990 Fish Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors England
1 May 1990 Devil Doll Eliogabalus Italy
13 June 1990 Jeff Lynne Armchair Theatre England
14 June 1990 Mike Oldfield Amarok UK
1990 Jun Iona Iona England
23 October 1990 King's X Faith Hope Love US
1990 After Crying Overground Music Hungary
1990 Asturias Brilliant Streams Japan
1990 Barclay James Harvest Welcome to the Show England
1990 Collage Basnie Poland
1990 Doctor Nerve Did Sprinting Die? US
1990 Electric Light Orchestra Part Two Electric Light Orchestra Part Two England
1990 Ezra Winston Ancient Afternoons Italy
1990 Halloween Laz France
1990 L'Ensemble Raye Meme en Hiver, Comme un Pinson dans l'Eau Switzerland
1990 Mastermind Volume One US
1990 MCH Band Es Reut Mich F Czechoslovakia
1990 Minimum Vital Sarabandes France
1990 Ne Zhdali Rhinoceros And Other Forms Of Life Estonia
1990 Nimal Voix De Surface Various
1990 Not Drowning, Waving Tabaran Australia/Papua New Guinea
1990 Ozric Tentacles Erpland England
1990 PFS 279 US
1990 Providence And I'll Recite an Old Myth Japan
1990 Quaterna Requiem Velha Gravura Brazil
1990 Queensrÿche Empire US
1990 Sieges Even Steps US
1990 Solaris 1990 Hungary
1990 Tiemko Ocean France
1990 Toy Matinee Toy Matinee US
1990 U Totem U Totem US

Events

1991

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
5 February 1991 Queen Innuendo England
18 February 1991 Mike Oldfield Heaven's Open England
10 March 1991 Motoi Sakuraba Gikyokuonsou Japan
16 April 1991 Frank Zappa The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life US
30 April 1991 Yes Union Various
3 June 1991 Hawkwind Palace Springs England
4 June 1991 Frank Zappa Make a Jazz Noise Here US
14 June 1991 Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 US
24 June 1991 Marillion Holidays in Eden England
1991 Jul Porcupine Tree On the Sunday of Life England
13 August 1991 Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle US
29 August 1991 Marc Catley And Geoff Mann The Off The End Of The Pier Show England
3 September 1991 Rush Roll the Bones Canada
24 September 1991 Magellan Hour of Restoration US
10 September 1991 Jethro Tull Catfish Rising England
26 October 1991 Fish Internal Exile England
28 October 1991 Genesis We Can't Dance England
1991 Ain Soph Marine Menagerie Japan
1991 Apocalypse Apocalypse Brazil
1991 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Da qui messere si domina la valle Italy
1991 Daniel Denis Sirius and The Ghosts Belgium
1991 Deus Ex Machina Gladium Caeli Italy
1991 Djam Karet Burning the Hard City US
1991 Djam Karet Suspension & Displacement US
1991 Doctor Nerve Beta 14 OK US
1991 Echolyn Echolyn US
1991 Galahad Nothing is Written England
1991 Steve Howe Turbulence England
1991 IQ J'ai Pollette D'arnu England
1991 Kenso Yume No Oka Japan
1991 Mastermind Brainstorm US
1991 Miriodor 3rd Warning Canada
1991 Not Drowning, Waving Proof Australia
1991 Ozric Tentacles Strangeitude England
1991 Pendragon The World England
1991 Sepsis Литургия Безумия (Liturgia Bezumia) Russia

Disbandments

Events

1992

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date Artist Album Country
1992 Jan Kingston Wall I Finland
10 March 1992 Tool Opiate US
11 May 1992 Hawkwind Electric Tepee England
1992 May Devil Doll Sacrilegium Italy
27 June 1992 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Black Moon England
7 July 1992 Dream Theater Images and Words US
10 July 1992 Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 US
10 July 1992 Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 US
31 August 1992 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells II England
7 September 1992 Roger Waters Amused to Death England
27 October 1992 Frank Zappa Playground Psychotics US
30 October 1992 King Crimson The Great Deceiver England
9 November 1992 Genesis The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts England
24 November 1992 Pink Floyd Shine On (9-CD box set) England
1992 Nov Porcupine Tree Voyage 34 England
1992 After Crying Megalazottak Es Megszomoritottak Hungary
1992 Ange Les larmes du Dalaï Lama France
1992 Änglagård Hybris Sweden
1992 Ars Nova Fear & Anxiety Japan
1992 Asia Aqua England
1992 Atavism of Twilight Atavism of Twilight US
1992 Biglietto per l'Inferno Il tempo della semina Italy
1992 Calliope La Terra dei Grandi Occhi Italy
1992 Camel Dust and Dreams England
1992 Casino Casino England
1992 Citizen Cain Serpents in Camouflage Scotland
1992 Galadriel Chasing The Dragonfly Spain
1992 Il Berlione Il Berlione Japan
1992 Il Castello di Atlante Sono io il signore delle terre a Nord Italy
1992 Iona The Book of Kells England
1992 Isildurs Bane The Voyage - A Trip to Elsewhere Sweden
1992 Jadis More than Meets the Eye England
1992 Landberk Riktigt Äkta Sweden
1992 Nuova Era Io e Il Tempo Italy
1992 Pentwater Out of the Abyss US
1992 Eris Pluvia Rings of Earthly Light Italy
1992 Sithonia Spettacolo Annullato Italy
1992 Xaal On the Way France

Disbandments

    Events

    • The Yes Union tour ends. Yes reverts to the 1980s lineup (Anderson, Squire, Kaye, Rabin & White).

    1993

    Newly formed bands

    Albums

    Release Date Artist Album Country
    11 January 1993 Genesis The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs England
    1993 Feb Kingston Wall II Finland
    23 March 1993 Frank Zappa Ahead of Their Time US
    6 April 1993 Tool Undertow US
    1993 Apr Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set England
    1993 May Porcupine Tree Up the Downstair England
    30 July 1993 Camel Never Let Go England
    24 August 1993 Steve Howe The Grand Scheme of Things England
    1993 Sep Anekdoten Vemod Sweden
    30 September 1993 Dream Theater Live at the Marquee US
    19 October 1993 Rush Counterparts Canada
    1993 Nov Porcupine Tree Voyage 34: Remixes England
    1993 Barclay James Harvest Caught in the Light England
    1993 Ain Soph Five Evolved From Nine Japan
    1993 Daniel Denis Les Eaux Troubles Belgium
    1993 Deus Ex Machina Deus Ex Machina Italy
    1993 Devil Doll The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms Italy
    1993 Discipline Push and Profit US
    1993 Echolyn Suffocating the Bloom US
    1993 Echolyn ...and every blossom (EP) US
    1993 Everon Paradoxes Germany
    1993 Iona Beyond These Shores England
    1993 Glass Hammer Journey of the Dunadan US
    1993 Lars Hollmer & The Looping Home Orchestra Door Floor Something Window Sweden
    1993 Iluvatar Iluvatar US
    1993 IQ Ever England
    1993 Kenso Live 92 Japan
    1993 L'Ensemble Raye Quelques Pièces Détachées Switzerland
    1993 LiR Magico Magico! Ireland
    1993 Magellan Impending Ascension US
    1993 Montefeltro Il Tempo di Far la Fantasia Italy
    1993 Nimal Dis Tanz Various
    1993 Not Drowning, Waving Circus Australia
    1993 Ozric Tentacles Jurassic Shift England
    1993 Pendragon The Window of Life England
    1993 Philharmonie Les Elephants Carrillonneurs France
    1993 Spacious Mind Cosmic Minds at Play Sweden

    Disbandments

      Events

      1994

      Newly formed bands

      Albums

      Release Date Artist Album Country
      7 February 1994 Marillion Brave England
      21 March 1994 Yes Talk England
      28 March 1994 Pink Floyd The Division Bell England
      1994 Apr No-Man Flowermouth England
      26 July 1994 Fates Warning Inside Out US
      25 August 1994 Paley's Watch November England
      27 September 1994 Emerson, Lake & Palmer In the Hot Seat England
      4 October 1994 Dream Theater Awake US
      18 October 1994 Queensrÿche Promised Land US
      21 November 1994 Mike Oldfield The Songs of Distant Earth England
      1994 Nov Mastermind Mastermind III: Tragic Symphony US
      1994 Dec Porcupine Tree Staircase Infinities England
      1994 5uu's Hunger's Teeth US
      1994 After Crying Fold Es Eg Hungary
      1994 Änglagård Epilog Sweden
      1994 A Piedi Nudi A Piedi Nudi Italy
      1994 Ars Nova Transi Japan
      1994 Asia Aria England
      1994 Big Big Train Goodbye to the Age of Steam England
      1994 Citizen Cain Somewhere But Yesterday Scotland
      1994 Collage Moonshine Poland
      1994 Deus Ex Machina De Republica Italy
      1994 Djam Karet Collaborator US
      1994 Electric Light Orchestra Part II Moment Of Truth England
      1994 Enchant A Blueprint of the World US
      1994 Finisterre Finisterre Italy
      1994 Halloween Merlin France
      1994 Il Trono dei Ricordi Il Trono dei Ricordi Italy
      1994 Jadis Across the Water England
      1994 Mike Keneally Boil That Dust Speck US
      1994 Kingston Wall III – Tri-Logy Finland
      1994 Koenji Hyakkei Hundred Sights of Koenji Japan
      1994 Landberk One Man Tell's Another Sweden
      1994 Neverne Bebe Neverne Bebe I Serbia
      1994 Not Drowning, Waving Hammers Australia
      1994 Ozric Tentacles Arborescence England
      1994 Pär Lindh Project Gothic Impressions Sweden
      1994 Philharmonie Nord France
      1994 Roine Stolt The Flower King Sweden
      1994 Strangelove Time For The Rest of Your Life England
      1994 The EC Nudes Vanishing Point Various
      1994 Tipographica Tipographica Japan
      1994 U Totem Strange Attractors US
      1994 Versailles Le Tresor de Valliesres France

      Disbandments

      Events

      1995

      Newly formed bands

      Albums

      Release Date Artist Album Country
      1995 Jan Spock's Beard The Light US
      1995 Feb Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways England
      7 March 1995 Echolyn As The World US
      1 April 1995 Hoyry-Kone Hyonteisia voi Rakastaa Finland
      25 April 1995 King Crimson Thrak England
      2 May 1995 Ian Anderson Divinities: Twelve Dances with God England
      15 May 1995 Opeth Orchid Sweden
      29 May 1995 Pink Floyd Pulse England
      24 June 1995 Marillion Afraid of Sunlight England
      11 July 1995 Shadow Gallery Carved In Stone US
      25 July 1995 Arena Songs from the Lion's Cage England
      4 September 1995 Jethro Tull Roots to Branches England
      19 September 1995 Dream Theater A Change of Seasons US
      1995 Sep The Flower Kings Back in the World of Adventures Sweden
      10 October 1995 Mr. Bungle Disco Volante US
      27 October 1995 Ayreon The Final Experiment Netherlands
      30 October 1995 Hawkwind Alien 4 England
      1995 Nov Ozric Tentacles Become the Other England
      1995 Dec Anekdoten Nucleus Sweden
      1995 Apocalypse Perto do Amanhecer Brazil
      1995 Aufklarung De La Tempesta.. l'Oscuro Piacere Italy
      1995 Biota Object Holder US
      1995 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Dancing On A'A US
      1995 Collage Changes Poland
      1995 Deus Ex Machina Non Est Ars Quae Ad Effectum Casus Venit Italy
      1995 Doctor Nerve Skin US
      1995 Everon Flood Germany
      1995 Glass Hammer Perelandra US
      1995 Happy Family Happy Family Japan
      1995 Steve Howe Seraphim England
      1995 Steve Howe Voyagers England
      1995 Iluvatar Children US
      1995 Iona Journey Into the Morn England
      1995 Kasandrin Glas Kasandrin Glas Serbia
      1995 Landberk Unaffected Sweden
      1995 LiR Nest Ireland
      1995 Pangée Hymnemonde Canada
      1995 Saga Generation 13 Canada
      1995 The Ancient Veil The Ancient Veil Italy
      1995 Tipographica The Man Who Does Not Nod Japan
      1995 White Willow Ignis Fatuus Norway
      1995 Los Jaivas Hijos de la Tierra Chile

      Events

      1996

      Newly formed bands

      Albums

      Release Date Artist Album Country
      9 January 1996 Alex Lifeson Victor Canada
      15 January 1996 Camel Harbour of Tears England
      1996 Jan Spock's Beard Beware of Darkness US
      27 February 1996 Frank Zappa The Lost Episodes US
      1996 Feb Devil Doll Dies Irae Italy
      14 May 1996 Amorphis Elegy Finland
      20 May 1996 Enchant Wounded US
      1996 May Quidam Quidam Poland
      10 September 1996 Rush Test For Echo Canada
      17 September 1996 Tool Ænima US
      24 September 1996 Frank Zappa Läther US
      1996 Sep Porcupine Tree Signify England
      23 October 1996 Ayreon Actual Fantasy Netherlands
      28 October 1996 Yes Keys to Ascension England
      1996 Oct Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute US
      26 November 1996 Rick Wright Broken China England
      20 December 1996 Motoi Sakuraba Shining the Holy Ark Japan
      1996 After Crying De Profundis Hungary
      1996 Ageness Imageness Finland
      1996 Änglagård Buried Alive Sweden
      1996 Apocalypse Aurora dos Sonhos Brazil
      1996 Arena Pride England
      1996 Asia Arena England
      1996 Cast Beyond Reality Mexico
      1996 D.F.A. Lavori In Corso Italy
      1996 Mastermind Until Eternity US
      1996 Deus Ex Machina Diacronie Metronomiche Italy
      1996 Discipline Unfolded Like Staircase US
      1996 Divae Determinazione Italy
      1996 Eyefear Edge of Existence Australia
      1996 Finisterre In Limine Italy
      1996 * Finisterre Project Höstsonaten Italy
      1996 Steve Howe Homebrew England
      1996 IQ Forever Live England
      1996 King Crimson Thrakattak England
      1996 Koenji Hyakkei II Japan
      1996 Landberk Indian Summer Sweden
      1996 Miriodor Elastic Juggling Canada
      1996 Opeth Morningrise Sweden
      1996 Le Orme Il fiume Italy
      1996 Pendragon Masquerade Overture England
      1996 Philharmonie Rage France
      1996 Sinkadus Aurum Nostrum Sweden
      1996 Somnambulist Somnambulist US
      1996 Symphony X Divine Wings of Tragedy US
      1996 The Flower Kings Retropolis Sweden
      1996 Tipographica God Says I Can't Dance Japan

      Disbandments

      • Paley's Watch

      Events

      1997

      Newly formed bands

      Albums

      Release Date Artist Album Country
      January 1997 Iona Heaven's Bright Sun England
      25 March 1997 Queensrÿche Hear in the Now Frontier
      8 April 1997 Frank Zappa Have I Offended Someone? US
      22 April 1997 Fates Warning A Pleasant Shade of Gray US
      6 May 1997 Magellan Test of Wills US
      May 1997 Spock's Beard Kindness of Strangers US
      22 July 1997 Marillion This Strange Engine England
      25 July 1997 Dir en grey Missa Japan
      14 August 1997 Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯A♯∞ Canada
      August 1997 Pain of Salvation Entropia Sweden
      1 September 1997 Genesis Calling All Stations England
      7 September 1997 Enchant Time Lost US
      14 September 1997 Frank Zappa Mystery Disc US
      23 September 1997 Dream Theater Falling into Infinity US
      October 1997 Porcupine Tree Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome England
      3 November 1997 Yes Keys to Ascension 2 England
      22 November 1997 Yes Open Your Eyes England
      1997 5uu's Crisis In Clay US
      1997 Apocalypse Lendas Encantadas Brazil
      1997 Aviolinee Utopia Aviolinee Utopia Italy
      1997 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Nudo Italy
      1997 Barclay James Harvest River of Dreams (England-but released in Germany & Switzerland only) (Imported into UK)
      1997 Big Big Train English Boy Wonders England
      1997 Boud Deun Astronomy Made Easy US
      1997 Cast Angels and Demons Mexico
      1997 Crucible Tall Tales US
      1997 Djam Karet The Devouring US
      1997 Everon Venus Germany
      1997 Kasandrin Glas Neko kao ja Serbia
      1997 Mastermind Live in Tokyo US
      1997 Flash Psychosync England
      1997 The Flower Kings Stardust We Are Sweden
      1997 Gatto Marte Danae Italy
      1997 IQ Subterannea England
      1997 Isildurs Bane MIND Volume 1 Sweden
      1997 Lizard 'W Galerii Czasu Poland
      1997 Le Orme Elementi Italy
      1997 Neverne Bebe Neverne Bebe II Serbia
      1997 Pär Lindh Project Mundus Incompertus Sweden
      1997 A Piedi Nudi Eclissi Italy
      1997 Radio Massacre International Organ Harvest England
      1997 Roger Hodgson Rites of Passage US
      1997 Sigur Rós Von Iceland
      1997 Ten Jinn Wildman US
      1997 Townscream Nagyvarosi Ikonok Hungary
      1997 Volare The Uncertainty Principle US
      1997 Los Jaivas Trilogia: El Reencuentro Chile
      1997 Citizen Cain Raising the Stones UK

      Disbandments

      Events

      1998

      Newly formed bands

      Albums

      Release Date Artist Album Country
      10 March 1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment US
      10 March 1998 Tortoise TNT US
      1998 Mar Symphony X Twilight in Olympus US
      27 April 1998 Steve Hackett The Tokyo Tapes England
      14 July 1998 Explorers Club Age of Impact US
      1998 Jul Pain of Salvation One Hour by the Concrete Lake Sweden
      18 August 1998 Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse Sweden
      30 August 1998 Ayreon Into the Electric Castle Netherlands
      22 September 1998 Shadow Gallery Tyranny US
      27 October 1998 Marillion Radiation England
      1998 Oct Morte Macabre Symphonic Holocaust Sweden
      1998 Ad Infinitum Ad Infinitum US
      1998 Apocalypse The Best of Apocalypse Brazil
      1998 Arena The Visitor England
      1998 Ars Nova The Book of the Dead Japan
      1998 A Triggering Myth The Sins of Our Saviours US
      1998 Consorzio Acqua Potabile Robin Delle Stelle Italy
      1998 Deus Ex Machina Equilibrismo da Insofferenza Italy
      1998 Eldritch El Niño Italy
      1998 Enchant Break US
      1998 Forgas Band Phenomena Roue Libre France
      1998 Glass Hammer On To Evermore US
      1998 Grovjobb Landet Leverpastej Sweden
      1998 Steve Howe Quantum Guitar England
      1998 Steve Howe Mothballs England
      1998 Höstsonaten Mirrorgames Italy
      1998 Interférence Sardines Mare Crisium Canada
      1998 IQ Seven Stories into Ninety-Eight England
      1998 IZZ Sliver of a Sun US
      1998 Mastermind Excelsior! US
      1998 Mostly Autumn For All We Shared... England
      1998 Nathan Mahl The Clever Use of Shadows Canada
      1998 Pallas Beat The Drum Scotland
      1998 Present Certitudes Belgium
      1998 Priam 3 Distances / Irregular Signs France
      1998 Quidam Sny aniołów (Angels' Dreams) Poland
      1998 Salem Hill The Robbery of Murder US
      1998 Roine Stolt Hydrophonia Sweden
      1998 Témpano Atabal Yemal Venezuela
      1998 Thinking Plague In Extremis US
      1998 White Willow Ex Tenebris Norway

      Disbandments

      • Boud Deun
      • Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      • Genesis
      • Conception
      • Rush (temporarily) - After the death of his daughter and wife within a year of each other, drummer Neil Peart was quoted in an interview as being "certain that I would never play drums or write lyrics or a book again." He would eventually rediscover his love for drums and reform Rush in 2001.[1]

      Events

      • Barclay James Harvest announces an extended sabbatical in which the band members would pursue separate projects, which marked the end of the original group.

      1999

      Newly formed bands

      Albums

      Release Date Artist Album Country
      5 March 1999 Gordian Knot Gordian Knot US
      23 March 1999 Spock's Beard Day for Night US
      29 March 1999 Amorphis Tuonela Finland
      1999 Mar Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream England
      12 June 1999 Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun Iceland
      15 June 1999 Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment 2 US
      13 July 1999 Mr. Bungle California US
      28 July 1999 Dir en grey Gauze Japan
      23 August 1999 Jethro Tull J-Tull Dot Com England
      20 September 1999 Yes The Ladder England
      5 October 1999 Neal Morse Neal Morse US
      18 October 1999 Opeth Still Life Sweden
      21 October 1999 Camel Rajaz England
      26 October 1999 Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory US
      1999 Oct Iona Woven Cord England
      9 November 1999 Marillion Marillion.com England
      16 November 1999 The Flower Kings Flower Power Sweden
      1999 Anekdoten From Within Sweden
      1999 Ange La Voiture à eau France
      1999 Ark Ark Norway
      1999 Charming Hostess Eat US
      1999 Deadwood Forest Mellodramatic US
      1999 D.F.A. Duty Free Area Italy
      1999 Finisterre In Ogni Luogo Italy
      1999 Steve Howe Pulling Strings England
      1999 Steve Howe Portraits of Bob Dylan England
      1999 Iluvatar A Story Two Days Wide US
      1999 IQ The Lost Attic England
      1999 Mizraab Panchi Pakistan
      1999 Mostly Autumn The Spirit of Autumn Past England
      1999 Mushroom Analog Hi-Fi Surprise US
      1999 NeBeLNeST NeBeLNeST France
      1999 Ozric Tentacles Waterfall Cities England
      1999 Present No 6 Belgium
      1999 Quidam Baja Prog - Live in Mexico '99 Poland
      1999 Samla Mammas Manna Kaka Sweden
      1999 Sinkadus Cirkus Sweden
      1999 Sotos Sotos France
      1999 Solaris Nostradamus: Book of Prophecies Hungary
      1999 Ten Jinn As On A Darkling Plain US
      1999 The Science Group A Mere Coincidence Various
      1999 Universal Totem Orchestra Rituale Alieno Italy
      1999 Los Jaivas Mamalluca Chile

      Disbandments

        Events

        See also

        Further reading

        • Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback). Gives an overview of progressive rock's history as well as histories of the major and underground bands in the genre.
        • Macan, Edward. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997), 290 pages, ISBN 0-19-509887-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-19-509888-9 (paperback). Analyzes progressive rock using classical musicology and also sociology.

        References

        1. ↑ "Neil Peart: The Fire Returns". Cygnus-X1. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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