[link|http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-karnick100102.asp|You just have to know where to look for it.]

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Progressive rock fell by the wayside. In the 1990s, however, two trends brought the form back (although most music fans are not yet aware of that, thanks to the critics' and industry people's preference for simple music with angry, openly left-wing lyrics). The personal computer radically reduced the cost of recording music of this complexity, and the aforementioned abandonment of melody by the rest of the industry left prog rock as one of the few options open to listeners who actually like music.

As a result, groups such as Dream Theater, the Flower Kings, Echolyn, Glass Hammer, Pendragon, Transatlantic, and Salem Hill have led a new wave of progressive rock that has found increasing audience support in recent years. Except for Dream Theater, which has benefited from popularity among progressive-metal fans, most of these groups are still operating on a shoestring, but they and countless others are making what is quite simply the most interesting and creative \ufffd and arguably the most enjoyable \ufffd music of our time.