The nineties were more of a feeling than a knowing and Gen X felt the kinetic edges of cyberculture most keenly. The millennium was in approach as the planet groaned and the network readied itself for a reboot. We were becoming the 21st century whether we liked it or not.
Did (very) late Modernism get its start in the early 1980s? Commodore 64s, Blade Runner, The Falklands War and Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a rat all point to 'yes'.