I don't believe this thread is a Ween-only appreciation thread, although they are a great band. I highly recommend the Live in Chicago DVD/CD set. I believe the thread starter is looking for good bands that have been around for a while that you recently discovered.
On that note, I'd have to say that Modest Mouse was one of these bands for me. I first heard them back in 2000/2001 shortly before the release of
the Moon and Antarctica. I kind wrote them off as being obnoxious. My supervisor at work a few months later had been into the band for years so he started having me listen to some of their older albums such as
the Lonesome Crowded West and
This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About. I gave them a second chance, but still wasn't paticularly interested although they had been elevated out of the "suck" category.
Fast forward a couple of years and some recently aquired friends of mine were pretty into them, but I still wasn't feeling it. This past summer, with the release of
Good News for People Who Love Bad News finally got through to me. I was obsessed with the album for a good month. After that I began going back and relistening to their older albums with a new appreciation for the band. I'd say that I'm now a fan.
Kind of strange it took me four years to start enjoying a band.