The official Prog Archives Porcupine Tree Thread!

See, I'm on the opposite side of the fence, I say make as many DVD's as you want.  I think Genesis put out a DVD or VHS for each of their last four tours, We all know how many Rush has put out. 

The point is that no one has to buy a particular DVD if they don't want to.  In my opinion, the ideal would be that a band puts a DVD out with every tour.  How cool would it be if the people that love Lightbulb Sun could go pick up the DVD?  Or someone that saw "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" as their first concert was able to relive it time and time again as they watched the video.  The current desire to have a DVD copy of The Incident tour shows again that the band isn't going to over saturate the market.  Here's another example, they just made the Atlanta show available for download and how many people purchased it, despite having Anesthetize.

I just refuse to criticize Rush, Dream Theater and the like for producing too much material as people continue to buy the material.  I say have at it and let the market decide what is viable.

All I meant was I prefer them to only release a few super high quality DVD's then lots of average ones.

Also, it's good to hear SW's ridiculous sense of humour from early PT translated over to IEM:

Yes, indeed it would... For me too, if I introduce myself... I am Mr. B Cranswick, of the... Legendary... Um, alternative poetry band... Boris The Cow... And, uh, this cassette is in fact being compiled today, this afternoon, in aid of a certain S Wilson, who apparently appreciates this particular art medium... Without further a-do, some poetry!

(From An Escalator To Christmas)

Imagine SW reading it in a super-sleazy English accent

StyLaZyn wrote: I hate being poor.

It doesn't really matter how much money you have. If you were a PT completest type collector you would eventually be poor wouldn't you? 

harmonium.ro wrote: Hey PT fans, you might be interested in this band I promote and their free albums. They have a slight PT influences but more than that, they are making music for the same kind of fans and tastes that PT have. Give it a try

Any samples available online?

harmonium.ro wrote: ^ Click on "free albums"

I mean anywhere where we can stream them?

harmonium.ro wrote: Sure, on their website: http://www.byronmusic.ro/

Thanks, I'll check them out. If you like PT please check out my sig and give Mirror People a listen. Gavin drums on the songs Vibrissa and Possession. Thanks.

Holy Crap! Three songs into Forbidden Drama. These guys are killer!  Download time! Great songs, and very imaginative use of background vocals and great harmonies.  excellent musicianship and the production is top notch. Great PT type accessibility with a greater sense of prog adventurism. On Digging a Hole now. Wow, seriously, this is some of the most original sounding music I've heard in a long time. I wish I spoke Romanian!  do have an English bio available anywhere? 

warrplayer wrote: Holy Crap! Three songs into Forbidden Drama. These guys are killer!  Download time! Great songs, and very imaginative use of background vocals and great harmonies.  excellent musicianship and the production is top notch. Great PT type accessibility with a greater sense of prog adventurism. On Digging a Hole now. Wow, seriously, this is some of the most original sounding music I've heard in a long time. I wish I spoke Romanian!  do have an English bio available anywhere?

I wrote this bio for their page on ProgArchives: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5080
This is the bio on Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Byron/+wiki

I'm glad you like them! Apparently it wasn't a bad move to suggest this to PT fans

Awesome, I was kind of hoping for that. 

^I just ordered the IEM boxset  I really am a SW fanboy. How much have I spent on PT/SW projects this year? A wee bit too much, I think. What was someone saying about being poor? LOL