The official Prog Archives Porcupine Tree Thread!

Slartibartfast wrote: CryoftheCarrots wrote: Still bangin me 'ead at 50. Why this band have never made it big mainstream is beyond me.They appeal to all ages/sexes.My biggest problem with PT is I keep buying more and more! Yeah, I've got the whole studio catalog, a live DVD, EPs, T-shirts, no bumper stickers at the moment. Why PT hasn't made it big mainstream?  I think it's against the rules for prog bands to make it big mainstream these days.

CryoftheCarrots wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: CryoftheCarrots wrote: Still bangin me 'ead at 50. Why this band have never made it big mainstream is beyond me.They appeal to all ages/sexes.My biggest problem with PT is I keep buying more and more! Yeah, I've got the whole studio catalog, a live DVD, EPs, T-shirts, no bumper stickers at the moment. Why PT hasn't made it big mainstream?  I think it's against the rules for prog bands to make it big mainstream these days. Hehe. Its not just PT. I have all the NoMan/Blackfield/Steven Wilson,A few Bass Communion, ExWiseHeads,John Wesley,Theo Travis ! It goes on... I have seen PT live twice,both times we had to travel half way across the country because they didn't come to our city.Took the wife the first time and we loved it -good crowd.Second time I took my son and he loved it too - huge crowd all ages and a LOT more women.My guess is that everyone that saw them the first time brought their partners for the second show a couple of years later.It was actually rather packed and next time they would probably require a bigger venue.  If I wear a PT tshirt and someone asks me who they are, I reply "the best band you've never heard!"

progkidjoel wrote: ^Other than extreme aural pleasure

^Yeah, I do like that the venues are more intimate, and you get a better view of the band at a more reasonable price. I think it may be too late for them to become mega mainstream, anyway. How many bands became household names after 20 years of existence? I certainly wouldn't want the Kings of Leon crowd catching on to PT. The Radiohead and Tool crowd, yes. 

Well from what I have read Kashmir, the IEM stuff is supposed to be a similar sound to PT's more spacey work. The 1st album came out shortly after Signify. There's no vocals, just long jams. Sounds interesting enough to me. I know what you mean about taking a chance on it, but from my experience with Wilson releated punts, there's about an 80% of it being worth the risk. The Sky Moves Sideways was my 1st PT purchase and I'd not listened to any PT songs before that, and I wasn't dissapointed with Blackfield or his solo album, as I went about purchasing them in the same way having not listened to any songs from either effort.

Just received ANESTHETIZE! ... it's so sleek and beautiful, but I can't watch it yet... I hate final exams week...

No idea of Steven's, but Danny Cavanagh's is of Sigur Ros's Takk artwork.

anyone else than me think that '' Flicker '' from The Incident is PT's best song so far. it's just the perfect middle between space/psychadelic and semi-metal/rock prog of their diffrent albums. I hope they'll keep goin that way

^ For me, Flicker is easily the best of the tracks on disc two of The Incident.  It really is gorgeous, those harmonies are melancholic and beautiful. 

I can hear Barbieri all over the Incident. He has his own instrumental track (The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train) for god's sake! I don't get where those criticisms are coming from. And yes, Flicker is a very lovely song. Barbieri wrote Black Dahlia too, IIRC, another beauty of a track.