Gavin Harrison
Biography: Gavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2011, he also plays with the band King Crimson. Harrison has authored two instructional drum books entitled Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives. He also wrote and produced his own instructional DVDs, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons, at his home studio. 2010 saw the release of Rhythmic Designs, a book of transcriptions by Terry Branam, and a 3 hour DVD of Gavin's explanations and demonstrations. It won 'Best In Show' at the summer NAMM show in the USA. In 2007 Gavin began a long term collaboration with singer/extended range bass player 05Ric which led to the release of two CDs Drop and then in 2009 Circles. In 2008, Gavin joined King Crimson as part of a dual-drummer lineup with Pat Mastelotto. Gavin played a number of shows in the United States in August with the band. He won the Modern Drummer magazine readers' poll for "best progressive drummer of the year" consecutively from 2007-2010. He is the featured cover story on Modern Drummer January 2009. Rolling Stone Magazine polls rate him as the third best drummer in the past 25 years. His influences come from his father's jazz collection and from drummers such as Steve Gadd and Jeff Porcaro. Kit Studies with Joe Hodson, Paul Brodie and Dave Cutler (Berklee '78 graduate - teacher relating to the evolving Gary Chaffee school of rhythmic concepts).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 28, 1963
Deathday: N/A
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Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere...
2006-08-21
Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere...
Overview: Arriving Somewhere... is the first live performance DVD by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. A full show from the Deadwing tour filmed by "Studio M" with nine HD cameras at Park West, Chicago on 11 & 12 October 2005, edited by Lasse Hoile, with the soundtrack mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound by Steven Wilson, and mastered by Darcy Proper.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-21
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Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize
2010-05-20
Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize
Overview: In 2009 Porcupine Tree released their latest album The Incident. The album marked another step forward in the incredible journey of the band from a solo studio project created by Steven Wilson in the late eighties to a Grammy nominated act and one of the world's most revered live bands, currently selling out arenas across the globe and wowing fans with their incredible performances. "Anesthetize" is a DVD which captures the power of the band's live show. Recorded on multi-cameras over two nights at 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland in October 2008, the concerts featured tracks from throughout the band's career. "Anesthetize" collects the highlights from the two shows. It is only the band's second ever DVD release.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-20
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Porcupine Tree: Never Stop the Car on a Drive in the Dark
2023-03-10
Porcupine Tree: Never Stop the Car on a Drive in the Dark
Overview: Documentary film on the production of Porcupine Tree's album "Deadwing"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-10
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Gavin Harrison Rhythmic Horizons
2007-02-13
Gavin Harrison Rhythmic Horizons
Overview: Gavin Harrison's Rhythmic Horizions is a highly acclaimed, cutting edge book, and has earned him ten-star reviews and was voted in the top five of the best Drum Publication category by Modern Drummer and Drum! Readers polls. As a solo artist, session drummer and column writer for Modern Drummer, Drummer, Rhythm UK, magazines and member of Porcupine Tree, Gavin has also worked for Incognito, lisa Standsfield, Iggy Pop, Level 42, Lewis Taylor, Artful Dodger, Paul Young, Dave Stewart, Barbra Gaskin, Claudio Balioniand many other.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-13
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Porcupine Tree - Hellfest 2023
2023-06-17
Porcupine Tree - Hellfest 2023
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-17
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The Pineapple Thief: Where We Stood
2017-10-13
The Pineapple Thief: Where We Stood
Overview: The Pineapple Thief's spectacular final performance of their 'Your Wilderness' tour featuring Gavin Harrison (King Crimson) on drums. Bringing to close an unforgettable 14-date European Winter tour of their 2016 summer hit album 'Your Wilderness', The Pineapple Thief, led by post-progressive mastermind Bruce Soord and reinforced by Gavin Harrison (King Crimson) on drums with Darran Charles (Godsticks) on guitar, gave the sold-out Islington Assembly Hall in London a truly awe-inspiring gig on 11th February 2017. 'Where We Stood' showcases a tight performance from both band regulars and guests on new tracks from 'Your Wilderness', including "In Exile", "No Man's Land" and "The Final Thing On My Mind", and of the classics from previous albums, "Nothing At Best", "Show A Little Love" and "Simple As That".
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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Porcupine Tree: Closure / Continuation
2022-06-24
Porcupine Tree: Closure / Continuation
Overview: Porcupine Tree - one of the UK’s most forward-thinking, genre-defying rock bands - returns with its first new music in twelve years. Over a decade in the making, CLOSURE/CONTINUATION is a grand statement wholly worthy of the revered PT name.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-24
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Porcupine Tree: The Complete AIR Studio Sessions
2022-06-24
Porcupine Tree: The Complete AIR Studio Sessions
Overview: The AIR Sessions were conducted to prepare for the band’s forthcoming eleventh album, CLOSURE / CONTINUATION - their first since 2009’s The Incident.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-24
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Porcupine Tree: Closure / Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22
2023-12-08
Porcupine Tree: Closure / Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22
Overview: Closure/Continuation. Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22 documents Porcupine Tree’s triumphant return to the stage perfectly. A live recording captured on 7th November 2022 at Amsterdam’s 17,000 capacity Ziggo Dome, it places the listener/viewer right at the heart of the stage for the duration of the show as psychotropic visuals explode behind the band as they play a superlative set of songs that features - to use Steven Wilson’s words - “no hits”, where each one is received like an anthem from an alternate universe. Closure/Continuation Live includes live recordings of much of their 2022 reunion album (including the singles Harridan and Of The New Day) as well as classic tracks like Trains, Fear of a Blank Planet and Anesthetize.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
2022-10-19
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
Overview: The film explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former members of King Crimson, allowing the audience an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable insight into the musicians’ experience as they confront life and death head on in the world’s most demanding rock band.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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Porcupine Tree: Octane Twisted
2012-11-05
Porcupine Tree: Octane Twisted
Overview: A live performance of the band's 2009 album The Incident in its entirety recorded at the Riviera Theater in Chicago on 30 April 2010.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-05
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Porcupine Tree: In Absentia Documentary
2020-02-20
Porcupine Tree: In Absentia Documentary
Overview: Documentary of the making of the Porcupine Tree album In Absentia
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-20
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The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This
2024-02-09
The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This
Overview: Progressive Art Rock luminaries The Pineapple Thief return with new album ‘It Leads To This’. The Pineapple Thief revel in opposing forces. Muscle and fragility. Chaos and precision. Distorted introspection and warm, dreamlike expanse. Conceived in 1999 by Bruce Soord, the progressive quartet underwent a rebirth in 2017 with the arrival of Gavin Harrison on drums. Completed by bassist Jon Sykes and keyboardist Steve Kitch, they’ve honed a lean yet lush, quietly timeless sound that soars on It Leads To This. Comprising eight fat-free epics – mixing rock urgency with delicate atmospherics, pensive keys and captivating melodies – it finds Soord looking back and fearing for the world his children will inherit. His lyrics also drew from literature: accounts of Ancient Rome, John Williams’ classic Stoner and epistolary Augustus. All conveyed through Soord’s fragile yet penetrative tenor, nodding to storytellers like Nick Drake, Thom Yorke and Katatonia’s Jonas Renkse.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-09
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King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
2019-06-07
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
Overview: Heaven & Earth is the seventh box set in a series which will, when complete, cover all periods of King Crimson activity from 1969 to the present era. Blu-Ray video contains Europe 2000 - The Bootleg TV tour, which features around 10 hours of audio/video mostly never seen/heard since the concerts with versions of selected songs and improvs (usually two per night of each) from almost every show. Includes footage and music from 20 performances.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-07
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Porcupine Tree: The Making of Fear of a Blank Planet
2024-06-14
Porcupine Tree: The Making of Fear of a Blank Planet
Overview: A documentary chronicling the production of British prog rock band Porcupine Tree's ninth studio album.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-14
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Porcupine Tree: Rockpalast 2005 - Live Music Hall Köln
2005-11-19
Porcupine Tree: Rockpalast 2005 - Live Music Hall Köln
Overview: With melodic progressive rock and socially critical lyrics, the British band Porcupine Tree also gained a large fan base in Germany at the turn of the millennium. In 2005, Rockpalast filmed them at their gig in Cologne's Live Music Hall. At their concert in Cologne, the band played a varied set of 15 songs, including their hit at the time, Lazarus.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-11-19
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King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
2016-09-16
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Overview: A comprehensive and immersive account of the 2015 live incarnation of the ever evolving entity that is the mighty King Crimson.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-16
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Porcupine Tree: Rockpalast
2005-11-19
Porcupine Tree: Rockpalast
Overview: Porcupine Tree live on Rockpalast 19 November 2005. Disc 1: 1. "Intro" 2. "Open Car" 3. "Blackest Eyes" 4. "Lazarus" 5. "Futile" 6. "Mellotron Scratch" 7. "Mother and Child Divided" 8. ".3" 9. "So Called Friend" Disc 2: 1. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" 2. "The Sound of Muzak" 3. "Start of Something Beautiful" 4. "Halo" 5. "Radioactive Toy" 6. "Trains"
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-19
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Porcupine Tree: In Absentia
2020-02-21
Porcupine Tree: In Absentia
Overview: In Absentia was Porcupine Tree’s seventh studio album, first released in 2002, and was the first in a run of three albums that for many represent the pinnacle of the band's artistic achievements. Not many albums can claim to have created a new genre, but with its fusion of metal, progressive rock, ambient textures, and acoustic singer-songwriter styled material, it became a blueprint for a generation of bands to come. It also represented a commercial breakthrough for the band, eventually going on to sell three times more than the band’s previous releases. In Absentia features many of Porcupine Tree’s most beloved songs, including Trains, The Sound of Muzak and Blackest Eyes. While not a formal concept album, many of the songs have common themes related to serial killers, youthful innocence gone wrong, and observations of the modern world, setting a template for many of songwriter Steven Wilson's future songs.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-21
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Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
2007-04-24
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
Overview: Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling before 2009's The Incident. Steven Wilson has mentioned that the album's title is a direct reference to the 1990 Public Enemy album, Fear of a Black Planet; while the former was about race issues, the latter is about the fear of losing the current generation of youth to various common threats to their mental and social well being, including broken homes, excessive "screen time", and narcotic overuse (prescribed and otherwise) to the point of mental and spiritual "blankness".
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-24
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Porcupine Tree - MHZ
2003-12-01
Porcupine Tree - MHZ
Overview: Porcupine Tree live on MHZ TV, Washington DC in 2003
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-01
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The Pineapple Thief - Nothing but the Truth
2021-04-22
The Pineapple Thief - Nothing but the Truth
Overview: Having released their latest studio album Versions Of The Truth in September 2020, The Pineapple Thief’s worldwide touring plans to support the release of the album had to be put on hold, but the band were eager to be able to still perform for and connect with their fans across the globe and so the idea for a full band performance event was hatched. The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord explains “I’ve always said that The Pineapple Thief is equally about the studio and the stage so it was obviously disappointing that we haven’t been able go out on tour especially as we were excited to be able to perform the new album "Versions Of The Truth” live for everyone. So being able to do this film, especially under the circumstances, was invaluable."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-22
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King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
2018-11-19
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
Overview: Live performance during the King Crimson's five nights residency at Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City in July 2017. Robert Fripp: Guitar & keyboards Mel Collins: Saxes & flute Gavin Harrison: Drums, Jakko Jakszyk: Guitar & voice Tony Levin: Basses & stick Pat Mastelotto: Drums, Bill Rieflin: Keyboards Jeremy Stacey: Drums & keyboards
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-19
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The Pineapple Thief: Your Wilderness
2017-11-03
The Pineapple Thief: Your Wilderness
Overview: The acclaimed 2016 hit album from The Pineapple Thief with bonus tracks. For the first time, TPT brought in several guest performers for Your Wilderness, alongside Gavin Harrison: a four-piece choir, Geoffrey Richardson (Caravan), who arranged and recorded string sections, Darran Charles (Godsticks) contributed additional electric guitar work, and Supertramp’s John Helliwell performed some beautiful clarinet parts that bring the album to a poignant close. In 5.1 surround, from the Where We Stood Blu-Ray.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-03
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Porcupine Tree: Nil Recurring
2024-11-01
Porcupine Tree: Nil Recurring
Overview: 5.1 surround mix of the EP Nil Recurring, by the band Porcupine Tree. Tracks: 01-Nil Recurring 02-Normal 03-Cheating the Polygraph 04-What Happens Now?
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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Gavin Harrison Rhythmic Visions
2002-10-22
Gavin Harrison Rhythmic Visions
Overview: Gavin Harrison’s Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives, both highly acclaimed, cutting-edge drum books, have earned him ten-star reviews and were voted in the top five of the Best Drum Publication category by Modern Drummer and Drum! readers' polls. As a solo artist, session drummer, clinician, and writer for Modern Drummer and Rhythm UK magazines, he has recently worked with Porcupine Tree, Incognito, Lisa Stansfield, Lewis Taylor, Artful Dodger, Paul Young, Iggy Pop, Level 42, Dave Stewart, Barbara Gaskin, Claudio Baglioni and Franco Battiato, among others.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-22
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