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How Porcupine Tree reinvented progressive rock for the 21st century metal generation
By Dom Lawson published
Porcupine Tree’s 2010 album The Incident capped their rise from cult psychedelicists to prog metal giants

Colin Edwin’s prog world includes Captain Beefheart, Magma, Cardiacs, Gong and more
By Grant Moon published
Former Porcupine Tree and current O.R.k. member on seeing Daevid Allen live, falling under Tim Smith’s spell, messing about with plastic cameras and, well, Lonnie Donegan

The story of Porcupine Tree’s Stupid Dream, the cult classic that prepared prog for the 21st century
By Jerry Ewing published
Steven Wilson looks back on the making of Porcupine Tree’s breakthrough 1999 album, Stupid Dream

How In Absentia marked the beginning of the end for Porcupine Tree
By Dave Everley published
They delivered a defining moment in progressive metal with their 2002 album, but it wasn’t easy to do it – and once they had, Steven Wilson didn’t want to do it again

New six-disc reissue for Porcupine Tree's Fear Of A Blank Planet
By Jerry Ewing published
New deluxe edition of 2007 album Fear Of A Blank Planet will be released in October

Steven Wilson's 20 favourite British rock albums
By Steven Wilson published
Porcupine Tree mainman, solo star and prog remix king Steven Wilson on 20 British albums that blew his mind

Legendary drummers launch limited edition prints for the Teenage Cancer Trust
By Fraser Lewry published
Artist Anthony Burrill has turned the musicians' favourite drumming patterns into typographic artworks - and it's for a good cause

People ask Steven Wilson why he thinks Coldplay are wankers. Now he finally has an answer
By Fraser Lewry published
In 2006 Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson was pictured holding up a 'Coldplay Are Wankers' sign, and the image has haunted him ever since

“It felt like the right time to me. And I think Gavin and Richard acknowledged this too." How Porcupine Tree returned with Closure/Continuation
By Dom Lawson published
Never say never. After years of speculation and rumours, Steven Wilson reunited with his former Porcupine Tree bandmates Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison for one of the most unexpected musical reformations.

Why Porcupine Tree’s Lightbulb Sun matters more than you may think
By Rich Wilson published
After veering too close to becoming a “new Pink Floyd,” their seventh album was a key moment in their development through psychedelia, classic prog, krautrock and pop rock to the truly progressive sound they made their own
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