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XYZ
Card-carrying Van Halen Freak
Number of posts: 2602
Age: 22
Registration date: 2008-01-28
 |  Subject: Porcupine Tree Mon May 05, 2008 8:44 pm | |
| My friend let me borrow the album "Deadwing" by Porcupine Tree. Can anyone tell me more about this band? What are they like? Good albums by them? |
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| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Mon May 05, 2008 9:06 pm | |
| | xyz wrote: | | My friend let me borrow the album "Deadwing" by Porcupine Tree. Can anyone tell me more about this band? What are they like? Good albums by them? |
I can tell you that they've somehow gotten popular enough that their recent EP costs $16.99! And it's a domestic release, not an import. People love this band...for some reason.
I also own Deadwing. It's a good album, but I was under the impression that this band was some amazing prog-metal/rock band. They really sound more like an alternative rock band to me. Maybe the rest of their stuff is different, I don't know. I do know that their albums are way too expensive for me to bother finding out. Their used albums are $12.99 here. Pffft! |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Mon May 05, 2008 9:14 pm | |
| | Eyesore wrote: | | xyz wrote: | | My friend let me borrow the album "Deadwing" by Porcupine Tree. Can anyone tell me more about this band? What are they like? Good albums by them? |
I can tell you that they've somehow gotten popular enough that their recent EP costs $16.99! And it's a domestic release, not an import. People love this band...for some reason.
I also own Deadwing. It's a good album, but I was under the impression that this band was some amazing prog-metal/rock band. They really sound more like an alternative rock band to me. Maybe the rest of their stuff is different, I don't know. I do know that their albums are way too expensive for me to bother finding out. Their used albums are $12.99 here. Pffft! |
My brother-in-law and his sons are big fans and they promised me some cdr copies to check out, but never delivered. And yes, they seem to have a very hardcore following and their cd's are hard to come by and somewhat expensive. I too was under the impression that they were prog-rock. Have they changed to a more alt-rock sound? |
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| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Mon May 05, 2008 9:22 pm | |
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MetalRob331
U.M.S.F.M.Q.
Number of posts: 3612
Age: 30
Registration date: 2007-07-22
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Tue May 06, 2008 8:17 am | |
| There are hints of prog but it seems more like layered music then prog. i seem to call it experimental rock more than anything else. There are a few gems with this band like the song Blackest Eyes thats one killer tune.
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EvyMetal
Baron Von 40oz.
Number of posts: 4174
Age: 21
Registration date: 2007-09-19
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Tue May 06, 2008 8:47 am | |
| I think that Fear Of A Blank Planet is their best release. I just started listening to them not too long ago, not too shabby. |
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QuothTheRaven
Metal master
Number of posts: 599
Age: 47
Registration date: 2008-06-10
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:25 pm | |
| PT is huge in prog circles. I personally really like their stuff. Each album has its own characteristics. "In Absentia" is probably the heaviest, followed by "Deadwing." Their earlier stuff sounds like a continuation of Pink Floyd, especially "The Sky Moves Sideways." Steven Wilson, their guitarist/songwriter/mastermind, produced "Blackwater Park" through "Damnation" for Opeth. |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:14 pm | |
| I recently picked up my first Porcupine Tree disc, Fear of a Blank Planet, and I'm digging it. I found a gold-stamp promo copy for $4. I'm sort of surprised because this isn't typical of the music I usually listen to. Sure, I like some prog-metal when I'm in the mood, but generally I stay away from the prog-rock stuff. Just doesn't do anything for me. But I'm really enjoying this one and I just may get some more.
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S.D.
Administrator
Number of posts: 10695
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:49 pm | |
| Porcupine Tree will be heading out on a fall tour...with King's X!!!!  Dates announced so far (more to come as they are confirmed): Mon 21 Sept: CLEVELAND, OH - HOUSE OF BLUES Tue 22 Sept: CHICAGO, IL - VIC THEATER Thu 24 Sept: NY, NY - TERMINAL 5 Sat 26 Sept: PHILLY - ELECTRIC FACTORY Sun 27 Sept: BOSTON, MA - HOUSE OF BLUES Tue 29 Sept: MONTREAL - METROPOLIS Wed 30 Sept: TORONTO - QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE |
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EvyMetal
Baron Von 40oz.
Number of posts: 4174
Age: 21
Registration date: 2007-09-19
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:12 pm | |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:15 pm | |
| | detuned wrote: | Porcupine Tree will be heading out on a fall tour...with King's X!!!!
Dates announced so far (more to come as they are confirmed):
Mon 21 Sept: CLEVELAND, OH - HOUSE OF BLUES
Tue 22 Sept: CHICAGO, IL - VIC THEATER
Thu 24 Sept: NY, NY - TERMINAL 5
Sat 26 Sept: PHILLY - ELECTRIC FACTORY
Sun 27 Sept: BOSTON, MA - HOUSE OF BLUES
Tue 29 Sept: MONTREAL - METROPOLIS
Wed 30 Sept: TORONTO - QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE |
Hmmmm, I might have to check this out. Were did you get this info from? I went to the Electric Factory's website and it's not listed. Not yet anyway.
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S.D.
Administrator
Number of posts: 10695
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:15 pm | |
| | EvyMetal wrote: | | Not really a good tour. |
the lineup, or the dates? |
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S.D.
Administrator
Number of posts: 10695
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:16 pm | |
| | MetalGuy71 wrote: |
Hmmmm, I might have to check this out. Were did you get this info from? I went to the Electric Factory's website and it's not listed. Not yet anyway. |
I have a friend that's a rabid Porcupine Tree nut, I believe he got it from their newsletter. |
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manny
mini boss
Number of posts: 13162
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-08-05
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:18 pm | |
| Holy Crap King's X and Porcupine Tree that sounds killer! No Florida dates!  |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:26 pm | |
| | detuned wrote: | | MetalGuy71 wrote: |
Hmmmm, I might have to check this out. Were did you get this info from? I went to the Electric Factory's website and it's not listed. Not yet anyway. |
I have a friend that's a rabid Porcupine Tree nut, I believe he got it from their newsletter. |
It's listed on the website now. I just got an e-mail from my brother-in-law. Hopefully we'll have our tickets before the end of the week. Yippee-skippee!
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325ad
Metal master
Number of posts: 526
Age: 111
Registration date: 2009-06-11
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:37 pm | |
| Bump! Fans Let me hear from you. I just got the new sound files for the new album "The Incident" from Road Runner, wow this is some good stuff! |
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S.D.
Administrator
Number of posts: 10695
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:08 am | |
| Very cool, I'm REALLY looking forward to this album. I am a recent Porcupine Tree convert...in fact, they are easily now one of my favorite current bands. Absolutely incredible stuff! |
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DeathCult
Master Of The Crotch Grab
Number of posts: 6383
Age: 37
Registration date: 2007-12-18
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:55 am | |
| Just recently started checking them out more thanks to detuned, and I dig them, alot  |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:27 pm | |
| Amazing band...my faves from them are Signify, Lightbulb Sun and Deadwing...but I've yet to hear a bad album from them... |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:09 pm | |
| I still only own one cd by them (Fear of a Blank Planet), but my brother-in-law has promised me a cdr comp before we go to see them live in September so I can get more familiar with them.
Is Porcupine Tree an actual "band" or is it more of a one-man project with studio musicians?
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DeathCult
Master Of The Crotch Grab
Number of posts: 6383
Age: 37
Registration date: 2007-12-18
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:42 pm | |
| | MetalGuy71 wrote: | I still only own one cd by them (Fear of a Blank Planet), but my brother-in-law has promised me a cdr comp before we go to see them live in September so I can get more familiar with them.
Is Porcupine Tree an actual "band" or is it more of a one-man project with studio musicians? |
It's like Nine Inch Nails, but good. |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:52 pm | |
| | DeathCult wrote: | | MetalGuy71 wrote: | I still only own one cd by them (Fear of a Blank Planet), but my brother-in-law has promised me a cdr comp before we go to see them live in September so I can get more familiar with them.
Is Porcupine Tree an actual "band" or is it more of a one-man project with studio musicians? |
It's like Nine Inch Nails, but good. |
So it's kinda like one master-mind behind the whole project with other musicians following his lead.
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:56 pm | |
| PORCUPINE TREE is a band...same members for quite a while now, I believe...but Steven Wilson is principle songwriter... |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14668
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:08 pm | |
| | Shawn Of Fire wrote: | | PORCUPINE TREE is a band...same members for quite a while now, I believe...but Steven Wilson is principle songwriter... |
Yea, that's kinda the vibe I'm getting. From what I'm reading, it seems like Steven Wilson is the driving force behind the band. Even with the same members for the last few recordings, he could replace them and it wouldn't make much of a difference in sound. Or maybe it would. I dunno. I'm just looking forward to seeing them live next month.
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S.D.
Administrator
Number of posts: 10695
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: Porcupine Tree Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:03 pm | |
| Porcupine Tree WAS a one man band until the Signify album, it was all Steven Wilson prior to that (with occasional guest musicians).
They still commonly bring in guest musicians (Alex Lifeson & Robert Fripp on Blank Planet, Adrian Belew on Deadwing, etc.) |
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