1983: YES - 90125 -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nW0C1j_RpvQypX6RHJzN_zSxeDZ7ilOQA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nW0C1j_RpvQypX6RHJzN_zSxeDZ7ilOQA

 1998: Jon Anderson - The More You Know -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSd2LOLxMCmtXg5Mn3y8EZq623tAdqad4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSd2LOLxMCmtXg5Mn3y8EZq623tAdqad4

 1998: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIVtH7JPIpVGO05csJO7f5p" rel="nofollow -  1998: Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coyLZOMCQ4k" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coyLZOMCQ4k

90125 was the first YES album I ever bought and it still remains one of my favourites. The classic 1970's YES era completely passed me by during my teenage years. 

Jon Anderson - The More You Know

Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar

Rick Wakeman - Rock 'N' Roll Prophet

2. Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar

3. Jon Anderson - The More You Know

It may not be the greatest alternative take, but it made me smile anyway. That's the main thing. 

I knew about Yes before 90125 because my dad had TYA but it was really the release of 90125 that made me a fan. 

90125, of course

I doubt it. 

Legal reasons? Are you trying to pick up younger prog chicks and don't want them to think you are too old or something? 

I will say though that there are probably more prog fans who discovered the genre in the 80s than in the 90s. There wasn't really much to discover in that decade. Dream Theater? PF's The Division Bell? Counterparts? ;)

I actually don't know who runs the site. However, there's probably more gen z gen y people on here than you realize. As for the geriatrics for a long time it was mostly older people showing up at the prog shows. If you go see Yes or go to Cruise to the Edge or some other old band shows it's mostly those who got into prog in the 70s. At least that has been my observation. Also, I remember going to see Ozric Tentacles and most everyone was either ten years older or ten years younger than me. 

Yep. I got into prog partly though an older cousin ( four years older than me). His favorite band was (and I'm guessing still might be) Genesis. In the 80s I knew about Asia and Marillion and that's about it for current stuff (not counting current albums by Yes, Genesis, PF, Rush, JT, MB, etc). I was aready big into what was played on rock radio (arena rock and classic rock) so that sort of primed me a little bit for prog. I kind of felt like an outsider at the time because no one at my school was into any prog bands except for Pink Floyd and maybe a little bit of Rush. Now I like 80s stuff and 90s stuff. In the 80s I was mostly into Led Zeppelin, Yes, PF, Rush, KC etc (the big name 70s bands). In the 90s I took about a five or six year break from prog while I was in college and was mostly into  alternative which I still like. 

As for the ID thing I was also carded until I was in my mid to late 30s. I remember being pissed off for being carded at age 35. Then after that, like you, I was pissed off I wasn't. Lol. At least I had the prog shows and festivals to go to to make me feel young. For the longest time I felt like one of the youngest people at these shows. Lol. So maybe prog isn't an "old fart" genre now but for a long time it sure felt that way (at least judging by the age group at most concerts and festivals). 

In the late 80s I listened to a radio show called "the progressive music show" or something like that. I first heard of CTS because of that show. Soon after that I went to a local record store took the vinyl album to the counter and asked if they could order it for me on cd. I still have never heard much else by the band but at least it made me aware that current bands could still make good music like that (oh and one of the reviews for that particular album is by yours truly ;)). Them and a very obscure band from California called Episode who I found out about while attending a Yes convention in New Jersey in the summer of 1987 (everyone was greatly anticipating the release of BG including me).

I've never thought of 90125 as being bland AOR before, but maybe that's because I happen to like AOR. 

I know them. I have Triskeion and a later one and used to have a couple of cassette tapes. I'm not a fan of the lead singer though.

You don't know them? Much better than North Star. Unfortunately the only way you can listen to their music is to buy the cassette (or maybe vinyl) on ebay (how I got my current copy on cassette). I think Greg Walker still carries the vinyl album too. Into the Epicenter might be the text book definition of a buried treasure. They had a second one too and while it's still good the first one is a bit better and a total unsung classic imo.

I remember North Star at Nearfest. I even talked to Kevin Leonard after their performance. I don't remember the pants thing though. I think I have an autographed copy of Kevin's automatrix album on cd but not sure (I'll have to check at some point). I remember liking it better than North Star though. Yeah, they were an ok band with some good tracks but not a "world class" band which is what Nearfest were aiming for. All my opinion of course. We all hear different things. 

I find it virtually unlistenable and only like the instrumental track Cinema. If they had followed that idea through the album it would have been okay but they don't really. Leave It is also okay but it feels to me they are just throwing a dog a bone or two and that's it. Pity Eddie Jobson didn't hang around as he might have made it better.