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PORCUPINE TREE ON TRACK

REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION

Nick Holmes

ISBN 978-1-78952-346-1

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Publication: 28 NOVEMBER 2024
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ISBN: 9781789523461
Price: £16.99

Binding: Paperback
Format: 210 x 148 mm

Extent: 176 pp
Illustrated: 16 colour pages

Thema: AVLP Popular Music
Comp title 9781789523171 Steven Wilson On Track

Prev ed 9781789521443 (2021)

• A brand new edition of a Sonicbond Publishing
bestseller, including the band’s 2022 reunion
album, Closure/Continuation
• Fronted by Steven Wilson, the best known
name in the UK progressive rock scene
• The comeback album was a number two album
in the UK. The band played arenas in support
of the album

Sonic Bond podcast at http://www.sonicbondbookcast.co.uk/ Porcupine Tree began in 1987 as a solo project for Steven
Wilson but became a four-piece band when Steven was later
Nick Holmes has been passionate about music ever since he joined joined by Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, and Chris Maitland
his local church choir at the age of six. He has an English Degree (who was later replaced by Gavin Harrison). Their first live gig
from Oxford University and before retiring worked for BBC Radio was in a pub in High Wycombe, England, in 1993, but by 2010
making programmes for Radio 3 and 4, mostly about music. He was the band had toured Europe and America extensively, ending
a semi-professional classical baritone for some years and has also up by playing to thousands of fans at a sold-out Royal Albert
played guitar in various rock bands with his brother. His first live Hall in London. The band was nominated for two Grammy
awards, and their last album before their hiatus, The Incident,
concert was Tangerine Dream at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, made the top 30 in both the UK and the US.
and he is lucky enough to have seen Pink Floyd, David Bowie and
Prince live. He blogs at nick-holmes-music.com. He lives in Although often labelled as a progressive rock band,
Stockport, UK. Porcupine Tree constantly changed style. Beginning by
playing psychedelic music, Porcupine Tree experimented with
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harmonies, with strong lyrics and powerful concepts. This
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This book analyses all of Porcupine Tree’s studio albums
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without notice. 13/06/2024 Closer/Continuation, in forensic detail, providing illuminating
insight into the band’s music for existing and new fans alike.