Prog rock

[god-bluff]

Because it's slowly turning in to the Steve Wilson appreciation thread?!?!

 

[spook76]

Because it's slowly turning in to the Steve Wilson appreciation thread?!?!

Hehe. But to be fair he is involved with a lot of the best modern progressive music and has remixed almost all but Genesis of the classic giants in the genre.

Look at the number of modern bands influenced by Porcupine Tree. Quoting Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree

 

[DWbirdseye]

All things Steven Wilson.

 

[George Taylor]

Hehe. But to be fair he is involved with a lot of the best modern progressive music and has remixed almost all but Genesis of the classic giants in the genre.

Look at the number of modern bands influenced by Porcupine Tree. Quoting Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree

Reading that, I'd love to hear what he could do with something like Selling England by the Pound.

 

[spook76]

Reading that, I'd love to hear what he could do with something like Selling England by the Pound.

Stop teasing. It is my fondest dream and I have posted before the Facebook page solely dedicated to Wilson remixing Genesis. I would pay $1,000 this moment for a remix of the seven classic albums.

 

[spook76]

Random musings:

Listening to Porcupine Tree's 'In Absentia' and wishing Gavin Harrison was the percussionist on 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun'. He is a magnitude better than Chris Maitland. Not that Maitland was so bad but Harrison is that good. Maitland is a drummer, Gavin Harrison is a percussionist.

I put Gavin Harrison is the same league with the greatest progressive percussionist, Bill Buford.

 

[roadcykler]

Random musings:

Listening to Porcupine Tree's 'In Absentia' and wishing Gavin Harrison was the percussionist on 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun'. He is a magnitude better than Chris Maitland. Not that Maitland was so bad but Harrison is that good. Maitland is a drummer, Gavin Harrison is a percussionist.

I put Gavin Harrison is the same league with the greatest progressive percussionist, Bill Buford.

Interesting. I know a guy who would tell you Maitland was the better drummer because Harrison is too busy, but the guy also likes the earlier PT and isn't a fan of the "metal" era like In Absentia and Deadwing. 

 

[waynes world]

Random musings:

Listening to Porcupine Tree's 'In Absentia' and wishing Gavin Harrison was the percussionist on 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun'. He is a magnitude better than Chris Maitland. Not that Maitland was so bad but Harrison is that good. Maitland is a drummer, Gavin Harrison is a percussionist.

I put Gavin Harrison is the same league with the greatest progressive percussionist, Bill Buford.

 
Interesting. I was just listening to Even Less and enjoying everything about it (including Maitland's drumming). But yeah, Gavin Harrison is awesome. I had a chance to see him with King Crimson a few years ago, and basically, my mind was blown.

 

[spook76]

Interesting. I was just listening to Even Less and enjoying everything about it (including Maitland's drumming). But yeah, Gavin Harrison is awesome. I had a chance to see him with King Crimson a few years ago, and basically, my mind was blown.

Wow that I did not know that Harrison played with King Crimson when I made the comparison with King Crimson's greatest drummer Bruford. That must have been a hell of a show.

 

[waynes world]

Wow that I did not know that Harrison played with King Crimson when I made the comparison with King Crimson's greatest drummer Bruford. That must have been a hell of a show.

 
Yeah, that show is right up there as far as favorite concerts are concerned. Three awesome drummers. 
 
Here's a review of the show:
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/king-crimson-shows-victoria-why-it-still-rules-prog-rock-1.2122778
 
Regarding Harrison and the other drummers:

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

The genius of King Crimson at this point in its wildly varied 45-year career is how its seemingly incongruent parts fit together. Where the drumming is concerned, the mix of Gavin Harrison (of new-school prog kings Porcupine Tree), Bill Rieflin (a core piece of rock acts Ministry and R.E.M.) and Pat Mastelotto (the former Mr. Mister drummer whose work can also be heard on the theme song to the sitcom Friends) shouldn’t have worked. Yet it did so, magnificently.

 

In fact, the three-headed drumming machine — placed front of stage, with the remaining members on risers behind them — stole the concert away from the group’s leader, guitar virtuoso Robert Fripp. Which is a tough task, indeed. But they did it and then some on epic songs like Pictures of a City, which came just two songs into the performance.

 

Rieflin was positioned at centre stage, manning keyboards and synthesizer on some songs, and adding percussion accents on others. On his right was Mastelotto, who had no shortage of energy and flair; to his left, Harrison, who quite easily won the crowd over with his precise and powerful fills and rolls. Harrison was a clinician on this night, and the lead drummer on most songs.

 

[DWbirdseye]

Random musings:

Listening to Porcupine Tree's 'In Absentia' and wishing Gavin Harrison was the percussionist on 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun'. He is a magnitude better than Chris Maitland. Not that Maitland was so bad but Harrison is that good. Maitland is a drummer, Gavin Harrison is a percussionist.

I put Gavin Harrison is the same league with the greatest progressive percussionist, Bill Buford.

I agree with you on Maitland vs. Harrison. Gavin's quite a bit better both technically and creatively. Both Bruford and Harrison are creative, but I would rank Gavin above Bill in terms of chops. He has more to draw from, and he's a more complete drummer. Check out his drumming on the late show with David letterman. He was invited along with many of the top tier drummers to perform with the house band. Gavin is playing big band music, and his drumming is soooo tasteful and soooooo good. Gavin is more versatile than Bill.

 

[spook76]

I agree with you on Maitland vs. Harrison. Gavin's quite a bit better both technically and creatively. Both Bruford and Harrison are creative, but I would rank Gavin above Bill in terms of chops. He has more to draw from, and he's a more complete drummer. Check out his drumming on the late show with David letterman. He was invited along with many of the top tier drummers to perform with the house band. Gavin is playing big band music, and his drumming is soooo tasteful and soooooo good. Gavin is more versatile than Bill.

I will not debate Harrison versus Bruford but I completely agree with your opinion of his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. He smoked Neal Peart and all the others. It was a magnificent performance.

 

[DWbirdseye]

And let's not forget Mike Giles, Crimson's original drummer who played on their 1st two albums! He set the bar pretty high for all the other drummers.

 

[spook76]

Continuing the Harrison appreciation thread:

Finished 'In Absentia' now listening to OSI's 'Blood'

Featuring Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Kevin Moore (original keyboardist of Dream Theater) and Gavin Harrison. Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) and Tim Bowness (No Man) each on a single track.

 

[swspiers]

And let's not forget Mike Giles, Crimson's original drummer who played on their 1st two albums! He set the bar pretty high for all the other drummers.

His work on "In the Court" is nothing short of amazing. I absolutely agree!