@jamesclarke, good question regarding what I was listening to in the early 90's if I had given up on Rush. I had to think back....and I may have some chronology wrong, but.....Black Crows, Counting Crows, Blue Mountain, Son Volt, Pearl Jam and other alt rock...never into Nirvana. U2. REM. Even Hootie.
So, in a word....no prog rock. Sadly.