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
25 June 1990
Ozric Tentacles
Erpland
England
1990 Jun
Iona
Iona
England
20 August 1990
Queensrÿche
Empire
US
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
Pantokraator
Pantokrator I
Estonia
1990
PFS
279
US
1990
Providence
And I'll Recite an Old Myth
Japan
1990
Quaterna Requiem
Velha Gravura
Brazil
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
Disbandments [ ]
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Events [ ]
Rick Wright is made a full member of Pink Floyd again, after being fired by Roger Waters in 1980 but remaining as a paid session musician until the end of the 1987-1989 world tours in support of A Momentary Lapse of Reason .
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
13 August 1991
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle
US
29 August 1991
And
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 Oct
Echolyn
Echolyn
US
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
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
Литургия Безумия (Liturgia Bezumia)
Russia
1991
Shub-Niggurath
C'Étaient De Très Grands Vents
France
Disbandments [ ]
Events [ ]
Yes becomes composed of an eight-man supergroup constituted by members from Yes (Squire , Rabin , White , Kaye & Anderson ) and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe . The band undertakes a world tour lasting into 1992.
Freddie Mercury (Queen ) dies from complications of AIDS .
IQ - Peter Nicholls (vocals) formally re-joins. Bass player John Jowitt replaces Les Marshall.
Kevin "James" Labrie is hired as new vocalist for Dream Theater
1992 [ ]
Newly formed bands [ ]
Reformed 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
12 May 1992
Porcupine Tree
On the Sunday of Life...
England
18 May 1992
Cardiacs
Heaven Born and Ever Bright
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
Italy
1992
Calliope
La Terra dei Grandi Occhi
Italy
1992
Camel
Dust and Dreams
England
1992
Casino
Casino
England
1992
Serpents in Camouflage
Scotland
1992
Echolyn
Suffocating the Bloom
US
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
Steve Hackett
Guitar Noir
England
7 June 1993
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
...and every blossom (EP)
US
1993
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
Dig
Canada
1993
IQ
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
Saga
The Security of Illusion
Canada
1993
Spacious Mind
Cosmic Minds at Play
Sweden
1993
Ulysses
Neronia
Germany
Disbandments [ ]
Events [ ]
Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer.
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
Asia
Aria
England
1994 Apr
No-Man
Flowermouth
England
15 June 1994
Kingston Wall
III – Tri-Logy
Finland
26 July 1994
Fates Warning
Inside Out
US
25 August 1994
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
Föld és ég
Hungary
1994
Änglagård
Epilog
Sweden
1994
A Piedi Nudi
A Piedi Nudi
Italy
1994
Ars Nova
Transi
Japan
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
Earthstone
Seed
England
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
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 [ ]
King Crimson reforms as a sextet.
Pink Floyd goes on single largest tour the band has ever done. The tour is a hit, grossing a record US$300 million. It also marks the first time since 1975 the band plays The Dark Side of the Moon live in its entirety.
The "90125" era Yes releases Talk on Victory Records. Though plans had been worked on to include possibly Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman , Victory president Phil Carson insists on signing only Anderson , Squire , Rabin , White , and Kaye . Talk marks the last album of this version of Yes.
Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore leaves the band to pursue a solo career. His replacement is former Alice Cooper and KISS keyboardist Derek Sherinian .
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
Höyry-Kone
Hyönteisiä voi rakastaa
Finland
3 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
Germany
1995
Glass Hammer
Perelandra
US
1995
Happy Family
Happy Family
Japan
1995
Steve Howe
Seraphim
England
1995
Steve Howe
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
Disbandments [ ]
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
Asia
Arena
England
1996 Feb
Devil Doll
Dies Irae
Italy
14 May 1996
Amorphis
Elegy
Finland
20 May 1996
Enchant
Wounded
US
21 May 1996
King Crimson
Thrakattak
England
25 May 1996
The Flower Kings
Retropolis
Sweden
1996 May
Quidam
Quidam
Poland
10 June 1996
Cardiacs
Sing to God
England
24 June 1996
Opeth
Morningrise
Sweden
10 September 1996
Rush
Test For Echo
Canada
17 September 1996
Tool
Ænima
US
24 September 1996
Frank Zappa
Läther
US
30 September 1996
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
Cast
Beyond Reality
Mexico
1996
D.F.A.
Lavori In Corso
Italy
1996
Deus Ex Machina
Diacronie Metronomiche
Italy
1996
All About Yourself
Czech Republic
1996
Discipline
Unfolded Like Staircase
US
1996
Divae
Determinazione
Italy
1996
Echolyn
When the Sweet Turns Sour
US
1996
Edge of Existence
Australia
1996
Finisterre
In Limine
Italy
1996
* Finisterre Project
Höstsonaten
Italy
1996
Steve Hackett
Genesis Revisited
England
1996
Steve Howe
Homebrew
England
1996
IQ
Forever Live
England
1996
Koenji Hyakkei
II
Japan
1996
Landberk
Indian Summer
Sweden
1996
Mastermind
Until Eternity
US
1996
Miriodor
Elastic Juggling
Canada
1996
Le Orme
Il fiume
Italy
1996
Supertramp
Some Things Never Change
England
1996
Pendragon
Masquerade Overture
England
1996
Philharmonie
Rage
France
1996
Sinkadus
Aurum Nostrum
Sweden
1996
Somnambulist
US
1996
Symphony X
Divine Wings of Tragedy
US
1996
Tipographica
God Says I Can't Dance
Japan
Disbandments [ ]
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
US
1 April 1997
Höyry-Kone
Huono parturi
Finland
8 April 1997
Frank Zappa
Have I Offended Someone?
US
22 April 1997
Fates Warning
A Pleasant Shade of Gray
US
April 1997
The Flower Kings
Stardust We Are
Sweden
6 May 1997
Magellan
Test of Wills
US
19 May 1997
Fish
Sunsets on Empire
England
21 May 1997
Radiohead
OK Computer
England
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
After Crying
6
Hungary
1997
A Piedi Nudi
Eclissi
Italy
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
Citizen Cain
Raising the Stones
UK
1997
Crucible
Tall Tales
US
1997
Djam Karet
The Devouring
US
1997
Germany
1997
Kasandrin Glas
Neko kao ja
Serbia
1997
Mastermind
Live in Tokyo
US
1997
Flash
Psychosync
England
1997
Gatto Marte
Danae
Italy
1997
Roger Hodgson
Rites of Passage
US
1997
IQ
Subterranea
England
1997
Isildurs Bane
MIND Volume 1
Sweden
1997
Lizard
W Galerii Czasu
Poland
1997
Le Orme
Elementi
Italy
1997
Los Jaivas
Trilogia: El Reencuentro
Chile
1997
Neverne Bebe
Neverne Bebe II
Serbia
1997
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Ulisse
Italy
1997
Pär Lindh Project
Mundus Incompertus
Sweden
1997
Radio Massacre International
Organ Harvest
England
1997
Sigur Rós
Von
Iceland
1997
Ten Jinn
Wildman
US
1997
Townscream
Nagyvarosi Ikonok
Hungary
1997
Volare
The Uncertainty Principle
US
Disbandments [ ]
Events [ ]
Citing difficulties in agreements over management, Rick Wakeman again departs Yes . Longtime band affiliate Billy Sherwood joins as a full member. Keyboardist Igor Khoroshev also joins.
X Japan - They officially disbanded on December 31 after their live performance held on the same day.
Chris DeGarmo leaves Queensrÿche.
Mario Mutis Rejoined Los Jaivas .
1998 [ ]
Newly formed bands [ ]
Albums [ ]
Disbandments [ ]
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 [ ]
1999 [ ]
Newly formed bands [ ]
Albums [ ]
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.
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