Mars Volta is my fav band.
There is a reason why the libraries around here all stock Mars Volta cds and precious little other prog - well , maybe YES and King Crimson.
I wish Mars Volta woud come to my hometown! Oh God! That would be good.
A week ago Steven Wilson performed here and it was so good I shit my pants. Really - I had to clean up in the public washroom.
You know wot a SUPER_CONCERT would be? No?
I will tell you:
A super-star concert:
Mars Volta
Steven Wilson
& Porkupine Tree.
Wot do you all think of that!
Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
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That Porcupine Tree is written with a 'C''! I have to have a listen to Mars Volta. Don't know them.
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Don't really know much about Mars Volta, although they were touted as the Next Big Thing some years back.
Listening to albums from Steven Wilson's original 'other' band: No-Man
(Porcupine Tree was started as a joke / side project)
Superb dreamy ambient music.
Listening to albums from Steven Wilson's original 'other' band: No-Man
(Porcupine Tree was started as a joke / side project)
Superb dreamy ambient music.
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All I know is the Porcupine Tree bassist favoured a Wal fretless for many years, and that's good enough for me.
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Oh yeah!!!!
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You three all get the side-eye from Blind Child.
Let us get one thing straight: Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree and Wilson are all common PISS.
(Well, Wilson's "Raven wotsit" cd was not too bad.)
Speaking of: how does Wilson find time to tour, put out cds so quickly and re-engineer all those classic prog lps? I have no idea wot remastering a 70s lp takes in terms of work and time. But I'm thinking it is over-praised. That anyone can do it and program (Soundforge/pro-wotsit - whatever) basically does all the work for you.
Down at Hoffmann forum, they slaveringly make a mini-god out of him. Is it really such a big (technical) deal to better the sound of a disc?
Let us get one thing straight: Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree and Wilson are all common PISS.
(Well, Wilson's "Raven wotsit" cd was not too bad.)
Speaking of: how does Wilson find time to tour, put out cds so quickly and re-engineer all those classic prog lps? I have no idea wot remastering a 70s lp takes in terms of work and time. But I'm thinking it is over-praised. That anyone can do it and program (Soundforge/pro-wotsit - whatever) basically does all the work for you.
Down at Hoffmann forum, they slaveringly make a mini-god out of him. Is it really such a big (technical) deal to better the sound of a disc?
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He didn't just remaster the classic Tull, Yes, KC albums but sat down with the original studio multitracks and made completely new mixes. Not something you can do just to fill in a wet afternoon.
That takes time, effort, good ears and a lot of respect.
That takes time, effort, good ears and a lot of respect.
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