Despite having released five albums in a 12-year career, Porcupine Tree were only on the music scene’s periphery when Classic Rock introduced them, in issue number four. In what turned out a rare outburst, during a debate about the boundaries of progressive rock the usually media-savvy Steven Wilson bridled at being compared with Yes, declaring their recent output “absolute fucking excrement”.
His attitude, though, has always been that new ground must be broken with each creative project. And that refusal to merely give people “more of they want” has led to a stellar solo career with six albums to date. Having unexpectedly reunited, later this year Porcupine
