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Porcupine Tree
Progressive / Ambient / Experimental

"Arriving Somewhere but not here...."

London,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  6/26/2008
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   Porcupine Tree: General Info
Member Since3/10/2006
Band Websiteporcupinetree.com
Band MembersSteven Wilson (vocals, guitars)
Richard Barbieri (keyboards)
Colin Edwin (bass)
Gavin Harrison (drums)

Sounds LikePorcupine Tree music
For Fans of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Tool, Opeth, Muse, Sigur Ros, Nine Inch Nails, ABBA, King Crimson, Marillion, The Beatles, Katatonia, Rush, Anathema, Dream Theater, Oceansize, The Mars Volta


Record LabelAtlantic (USA) / Roadrunner (Europe) / WHD (Japan)
Type of LabelMajor





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 4 2008 8:00P
Ruisrock Turku
Jul 6 2008 8:00P
B1 Club MOSCOW
Oct 7 2008 8:00P
Incrivel Almadense LISBON
Oct 8 2008 8:00P
Teatro Sa Da Bandeira PORTO
Oct 10 2008 8:00P
Sala Heineken MADRID
Oct 11 2008 8:00P
Apolo BARCELONA
Oct 12 2008 8:00P
Rockstar Live BILBAO
Oct 15 2008 8:00P
013 Tilburg
Oct 16 2008 8:00P
013 Tilburg
Oct 17 2008 8:00P
Rockhal Luxembourg
Oct 19 2008 8:00P
Indigo2 (next to O2 Arena) LONDON

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   About Porcupine Tree
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Porcupine Tree is unquestionably one of the most difficult-to-categorize and innovative bands working today. The music is breathtaking, ranging from psychedelic trip-hop to progressive metal, and a compendium of other sounds and genres in between.

The band is fronted by Steven Wilson, who is well-known for his work producing other artists, from Swedish progressive death metal group Opeth, to Norwegian chanteuse Anja Garbarek. He also has several other projects, including No-Man, Bass Communion, and the highly acclaimed collaboration with Israeli musician Aviv Geffen, Blackfield.

Porcupine Tree was founded as a self-indulgent creative outlet for Wilson, and the first major release was ‘On the Sunday of Life...’ in 1992, an album of psychedelia and studio experiments which bears little relation to the band's current sound. From here, Wilson expanded the sound, creating the progressive rock/ambient trance fusion on the 30-minute long single “Voyage 34.” One of the only constants in Porcupine Tree’s music is how it continues to evolve and confront the expectations of the band's fans from album to album.

In late 1993, the solo project became a band, as Colin Edwin (bass), Chris Maitland (drums), and Richard Barbieri (keyboards) were recruited to enable Porcupine Tree to perform live. Richard had previously been a member of one of the most experimental 80's bands, Japan. The first real band album recorded was ‘Signify’ in 1996, which was followed by ‘Stupid Dream’ (1999), a breakthrough album which saw the band move into a more song-orientated direction. ‘Lightbulb Sun’ continued along that song-oriented tack, but, never content to rest on their laurels, Porcupine Tree changed course again for their next release, shuffling their lineup for the first (and to date, only) time. Chris Maitland departed and was replaced by Gavin Harrison in 2002, as the band signed a new international recording deal with Lava/Atlantic Records.

Since then, two major label album releases, ‘In Absentia’ and ‘Deadwing,’ have augmented the band's renown. Heavier than previous releases, the albums have found favor with older fans and introduced Porcupine Tree to a whole new audience. The band also firmly established itself as being on the cutting edge in the audiophile/surround world: In Absentia and Deadwing were both released as 5.1 DVD-Audio editions by DTS Entertainment, and each won the Surround Music Award for Best 5.1 Mix in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

In late 2005, Porcupine Tree re-signed to Atlantic Records for the US, but moved to the highly successful independent rock label Roadrunner for Europe.

In September, 2006, Porcupine Tree released its first DVD, the live “Arriving Somewhere...,” filmed in Chicago during the Deadwing world tour. The DVD was critically acclaimed for both its visual quality, as well as the 5.1 mix: reviewing the DVD, Sound and Vision magazine concluded, “When it comes to surround sound, Porcupine Tree is in a league by itself.”

In December 2006, recording commenced on the band’s ninth studio album. The album, Fear of a Blank Planet, is the band’s most ambitious and cohesive work to date. Much of it was debuted last November to enthusiastic fan response on Porcupine Tree’s sold-out U.S. and European tours in support of the release of “Arriving Somewhere….” The album title is a reference to the lyrical content of the song-cycle on the album: a 21st century cocktail of MTV, sex, prescription drugs, video games, the internet, terminal boredom, and subsequent escape.

In April, 2007, the band will embark on a six-month world tour in support of “Fear of a Blank Planet,” one that will include Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia. The new album will be featured, and the show will feature the films and projections by the band’s long-time visualist Lasse Hoile.

Fear of a Blank Planet was released in April for Europe and the rest of the world on Roadrunner Records and for the US on Atlantic Records. It is already the band's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful album of the band's career, charting high in most countries (even giving the band their first top 40 album in their home country). PT are spending most of 2007 on tour promoting the album, and a new EP "Nil Recurring" containing material left over from the album writing sessions is released on the band's own label Transmission in September.






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Hundred Dollar Cigar





Jul 6 2008 4:00 PM

We love you guys!x
Scott G. LaLonde Pt 2





Jul 6 2008 3:30 PM

All Myspace can you help a disabled brother out! I have Myspace disabled civil rights group link located below
http://groups.myspace.com/pt2disabledcivilrightslifeliberty
My goal is to make everyone in this country aware of med waiver community-based programs so we can have a choice on where we live. To help me spread the word could you put me in your top friends list please to let more people know about this travesty of injustice! Based on the Supreme Court Olmstead Decision 6-3 law. Also George W. Bush presidential Executive Order 13217.
Wood of Light





Jul 6 2008 11:04 AM

Hi Porcupine Tree & friends,
We are WOOD OF LIGHT, Italian Progressive Metal band!

NEW DEMO NOW AVAILABLE!
Who me?





Jul 6 2008 9:15 AM

Hey guys, anyone in the NYC area looking for custom snares can check out my craigslist ad entitled 'Paiste,Ocheltree,Timeless Timber,Canopus,Ayotte,Luka,DW Neil Peart,WFL (Pelham Bay)'
Big City Redneck





Jul 6 2008 7:07 AM

Big Bad Love at 93 Feet East
July 10th
Doors: 7pm
£6.50

This is our first 93 Feat East gig and we’re happy to be gracing this illustrious stage so look out for special door price offers a few days before the gig…
Or you can buy in advance here:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/32336

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DJ: Camden Slags

July 17th at the Buffalo Bar:
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Tom Allalone & The 78s/ The Branded

We’re also starting a brand new Friday night at The Luminaire in September – watch this space…

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Jul 6 2008 6:39 AM

hi everybody!!!..thanks for adding me!.....Rox=)
TUHRITTU





Jul 6 2008 4:07 AM

Thanks for the add!
sandow





Jul 6 2008 4:05 AM

tanx a lot for friendship.
Master’s Servant





Jul 6 2008 1:04 AM

Hi! I just uploaded the final part of my suite /16 min 30 sec total time/ Versa est in Luctum / about 4 min of music/ Drop and listen my friends! all comments are greatly apreciated. Peace be with you.
widukind





Jul 6 2008 12:38 AM

Thx for the add.

Saw you on Nova Rock 08. It was great when Steve Wilson said "Hello we are Porcupine Tree from England and we don't have any song with rock 'n' roll in the name", right after Airborne played.

Please come back to Austria soon.

Greetings from a blank planet...
MUSIC MUSE





Jul 6 2008 12:10 AM

Love your music! Greetings from Boston!
BEHIND THE FACE





Jul 5 2008 9:54 PM

Hey PT,

BEHIND THE FACE Pre-Production studio tracks have been launched for all you rockin' Porcupine Tree fans!

Go to our site to checkout our music at:

www.myspace.com/behindthefaceband

More coming soon... Stay tuned!

Peace,
-BTF
Soilik





Jul 5 2008 4:18 PM

Hello friends! We have made a new videoclip, watch our myspace and I hope you like.

We love your music

See you soon!!
Paultacular





Jul 5 2008 3:16 PM

"Hold me please, stay with me"

Your music is more important to me than you can know.
DJ John-UIC Radio


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Jul 5 2008 11:37 AM

"Lightbulb Sun" Featured Monday On Internet Radio--It was released 8 years ago next week and I'll be featuring it on my show Monday,12-4 PM CDT at www.uicradio.org . I hope you can all join me!
THRONE OF MALEDICTION





Jul 5 2008 10:27 AM

Hailz to the TREE from Montana USA!!!!!!!!!!
Zuizou





Jul 5 2008 8:45 AM

Porcupine Tree is being a legend of Prog Rock :O
Good Job, oh yeah good job
Everyday, i put Arriving Somewhere... on the DVD,
play some tracks at the bass
ride my bike with it in the ears

I've done a little fan club in the region, no one ever told me they don't like it :D

Thanks for reading Porcupine Tree:D
Insane Affection





Jul 5 2008 7:31 AM

Hello! Thanks for the amazing gig last night at Ruisrock!!!
It was really enjoyable and cool that you played anesthetize...
Hope to see you soon again and meanwhile rock on!!!
-Opa
Jule





Jul 5 2008 4:05 AM

hey thanks for the add!
Lisa





Jul 5 2008 4:01 AM

Hey Porcupine Tree,



Thank u for adding me as one of ur friends...

i have not heard of u guys..
hopefully i will love ur music...
take care guys....
from ur friend and fan Lisa
Lucca





Jul 4 2008 9:19 PM

hello u there¡ cheers u,...haha
SPYTORA





Jul 4 2008 7:35 PM

have a good weekend!
Louisa





Jul 4 2008 3:15 PM

Hey. :)
You had a wonderful gig here in Turku, in Ruisrock. It was so wonderful be there! I was that one orange hair small girl in front of the stage, just right from your point of view. I was very eager and jumped and claped my hands all the time. And as you played "way out of here" I almost cried. It was a pitty that you didn't play the last song and you didn't come back. You could have played Trains. :) But maybe you had time problems so you couldn't play anymore. But It was great! Kiitos. (thanks)
Katariina
Number one in the hood G





Jul 4 2008 2:02 PM

hey you guys rock you should do some gigs up north
TT Phoenix





Jul 4 2008 1:04 PM

Thnks for the add!!!
I liked your music)))
Paul Castagnini