Band Members
Steven Wilson
Richard Barbieri
Collin Edwin
Gavin Harrison
Latest Album
Deadwing
Discography
Photos
Logo
Links
Official Site
Submitters
Record Created By: admin
Last Updated By:
Update info on this page
|
 |
Band Info
Genre: Alt Metal
Origin: United States
Label: Lava Records
Status: Active
Biography
began life almost as a joke between two friends: Steven and his friend Malcolm Stocks developed an almost entirely fictional history of a legendary seventies group, complete with non-existent band members and an absurd discography - this was The Porcupine Tree. To back up the story, Steven recorded several hours worth of music supposedly by this imaginary band. This was all done as pure self-indulgence, but by early 1989, Steven rated some of the music highly enough to compile a cassette, entitled "Tarquin's Seaweed Farm," and sent out copies to people that he felt might be interested. One of them went to the underground UK magazine Freakbeat, run by Richard Allen and Ivor Trueman. Unknown t
Full Bio
|
