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Tony R 
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 18:03 |
A little birdy informs me that Porcupine Tree's Gavin Harrison has won the "Best Prog Rock Drummer" award in the prestigious Modern Drummer awards:
Anyone who has heard Gavin's contribution to Porcupine Tree's last albums will know what a colossal talent Gavin is. One of my favourite Gavin moments is on the DVD "Arriving Somwhere" his performance on Hatesong is stunning.. 
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 18:20 |
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I was impressed with his performance last year when I saw him for the first time in D.C.
I get to see him perform again in 2 days! He's a great drummer and deserving of the award.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 18:32 |
yay Gavin! 
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 18:45 |
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I preferred Maitland, but that's only beause he was more my style.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 18:48 |
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Thats great for him, but I don't think Modern Drummer could really be called prestigious.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 18:49 |
Nice! Gavin was awesome on Fear of a Blank Planet!
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 19:17 |
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Well deserved. An awesome drummer.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 19:36 |
Dude, his drumming on the new Porcupine Tree album is killer. Congratulations to Gavin!
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 19:42 |
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Who else was nominated though, that's what I want to know!
I prefer the late Pip Pyle, as well as Tatsuya Yoshida and John Marshall.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 19:47 |
 Geck0 wrote:
Who else was nominated though, that's what I want to know!
I prefer the late Pip Pyle, as well as Tatsuya Yoshida and John Marshall.
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all you need to know is that WHOEVER else was nominated Gavin won.
Remember that PT are hardly a major band in the US (#63 in US chart best position) so for Gavin to win anything is major recognition.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 19:49 |
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Oh I know that, I'm not doubting his skills at all, I was just curious as to who else was nominated? Does it show the top 10?
I'm curious, that's all.
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Tony R
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 19:54 |
Geck0 wrote:
I'm curious, that's all.
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yes, we know...... 
Seriously I was told that he won,that's all, but in reality I cant verify it apart from trusting the source 100%..
I would imagine he beat the usual suspects; Portnoy, whoever plays for TMV, the guy from Tool,maybe even Peart, Bruford, Moerlein,Vander.....who knows?
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BTW, Modern Drummer is the oldest Drum Magazine in existence, so therefore its awards are prestigious...
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 20:01 |
Ah, no worries. I thought you had a copy of the magazine yourself. 
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 20:42 |
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No doubt also contributed to by his work on Jakko Jakszyk's 'The Bruised Romantic Glee Club', a 2CD release from late last year/ early this year, the contributors to which reads like a current 'Who's Who' in prog. If you like GH's playing, look into this one folks.
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Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 20:47 |
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That's a great album, mrgd. I have a signed copy by Jakko himself! I must give it some more listens actually.
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 21:35 |
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I agree GeckO, like most good prog albums , it's a grower and not just the first disc of mainly Jakko's originals. The second disc of those reworked Prog obscurities also really grows imo.
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Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd
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Posted: May 20 2007 at 21:41 |
rushaholic wrote:
I was impressed with his performance last year when I saw him for the first time in D.C.
I get to see him perform again in 2 days! He's a great drummer and deserving of the award.
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October 8 at the State Theatre???
That was my first time seeing them, and he absolutely blew me away. Glad to see him getting some more recognition.
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When the world is sick
Can't no one be well
But I dreamt we were all
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 03:36 |
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Harrison is a disappointment.. he doesn't excite me at all.. bring back Maitland... i've seen them both live, Chris is far better..
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 18:09 |
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Well deserved and overdue, I say. He is AWESOME.
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 18:12 |
toolis wrote:
Harrison is a disappointment.. he doesn't excite me at all.. bring back Maitland... i've seen them both live, Chris is far better.. |
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