Few fictions bands have known more success than this late eighties band from Hertfordshire, England.
Porcupine Tree is a Psychedelic Progressive Rock four piece, honored
in one of the top ten best live shows in the world during the summer of
2011; trumping Coldplay, the Black Keys, and even Radiohead.
Front man John Wilson is at the helm as a self-taught prodigy in the
ways of audio-engineering, guitar playing, and song writing. Some of his
most notable work shines in his keyboard and backing vocal work with
Sweden’s infamous metal band Opeth.
Up until the release of their album Signify in ’96 the lion share of
the music was created by Wilson and Malcolm Stocks. The two established
an elaborate back story of how the band originally developed during the
70’s at an imaginary rock festival.
Since their first recordings Porcupine Tree has created exclusively
conceptual albums, but Wilson has been in the industry long enough to
understand how media has shortened the attention span of every consumer.
In an interview with Swedish music blog FaceCulture, Wilson talks about
what owning a physical copy of a piece of music means to him.
Tracks heard in this podcast:
Blackest Eyes
Lazarus
Trains
The Leper Affinity – Opeth
The Sound of Muzak
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