Porcupine Tree-lack of fans

moreitsythanyou wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: I remember when I saw them and he forgot the lyrics to Halo, so instead same something to the effect to "I forgot the rest of the f**king lyrics" without missing a beat  Actually it was "I forgot the words, can you fking believe it?"

I just remembered this like 2 minutes ago but thanks for that correction

Shakespeare wrote: I'd like to point out that Porcupine Tree currently have more plays on last.fm than Brittney Spears.

longliveyes wrote: This band have done some amazing albums and live gigs,yet they seem to be undiscovered by many people They are fantastic and are getting better and better for me they deserve more attention

If you refer that they are not as famous as DT, you're right
If you olny saythat they're not well know you're wrogn

but I agree w you, they're amazing

heyitsthatguy wrote: I remember when I saw them and he forgot the lyrics to Halo, so instead same something to the effect to "I forgot the rest of the f**king lyrics" without missing a beat

Actually it was "I forgot the words, can you fking believe it?"

Oh boy.  Sorry, but for all the bands discussed around here suffering from a lack of exposure, I wouldn't exactly put Porcupine Tree in that category.

King Crimson776 wrote: micky wrote: hahahhahhahhaha.. what is this sh*t....    oh a new poster....yo  buddy..look at this travesty of justice... and then let's close this thread http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45336 Yeah, they're more popular than Caravan, still not as popular as they should be though. Both bands should have more fans, but people like bad music, what can you do.

Are you saying we PAers like bad music ?

I saw PT at last at their first ever gig in Australia last week.The band are NOT short of fans here in oz.Everywhere I looked the crowd were ecstatic.The band were outstanding and I think the live set of FOABP came across even better than the cd.Along with the backdrop movies -very dark and moving songs.The band were genuinely surprised at the audience appreciation and love of all the material played.

^ i think he meant popular prog...

i like in absentia and enjoy half of deadwing half the time but am having trouble with FOABP. their older stuff is much better -ie sky moves sideways. dont really understand the extreme hype, they're good but not THAT good, but im glad they're getting people into prog. id lump them in with DT as being a good "gateway" band.

i am a fan. i saw them in asheville, nc october, 2007.
i was impressed. i have "in absentia", and have heard most of deadwing.
steve wilson can come out with an acoustic guitar and sing a good pop song. then the band can play some tripped out time signatures etc. i prefer them to dream theater if i am going to dig on "pop-prog". i like them!

Lack of fans? Are you kidding me? Next to the Mars Volta(or DT if we can count them)they are probably the most popular current prog band. Both PT and TMV showed up around the 500's in a list of the top 885 bands/artists of all time on a poll done by a radio show in 2006. Also, PT's last two albums both cracked the Billboard charts("deadwing" was 132 and "foabp" was 59). Also, when I saw them in 2005 they had filled up about 90-95 percent of a venue that seats about 1,350. Not too shabby. What other newer prog band has 1,000(or more)fans showing up at concerts? Not many that I can think of. If there are any modern prog bands that have lack of fans they would be the Flower Kings and Spock's Beard. Both of those bands were contemporaries of PT back in the 90's and all three were considered the big three of modern prog. THen once Steve Wilson started working with Opeth PT found themselves being mentioned in metal magazines and they just rose ahead all the other newer prog bands as far as popularity goes. Being signed to a major label didn't hurt either.