Porcupine Tree - Steven Wilson Interview

[jared14flynn]

haha i love how he calls it "the tree" at the end

[MrDoggerDog]

The music playing in the background is annoying.

[MrsChadam]

I loved the Bass Communion piece in Lips of Ashes so I don´t see why there cant be a drone style to PT just like Lips, as long as it´s not 14 minutes long....

[SuperYaEn]

You forgot the section 'Cocktail-guy' in the credits.

[necroyoli08]

oh Steve, if only you were a woman ...

[Siyates747]

2:30...

"we've been out on the road for a long time, we were all pretty fried!" ha!

[MouthOfTheUnknown]

intelligent talented man

[Joshjfernandez1]

God Bless the person that comes with the drink.......

P.s. (God = Steven Wilson)

[crudip]

Some artists get depressed because their career has peaked, and they've got nowhere to go but down. PT just keeps climbing up and up... Steven Wilson must be on a high 24/7

[pantalaemon]

@crudip Actually, to me he looks like he's on acid most of the time.

[SRNF]

music is distracting me. :S

why?

its too good!

[riff5fki]

Please come to CHicago or Indianapolis.

[mrfishyfishy]

I wish PT came to Austin, Houston, or Dallas. Anywhere within road-tripping distance really. ^_^

[SuperHarva]

Thumbs up for 6:53 !

[persbol]

this guy is a musical genius, well spoken. just a great individual

[CristianTejadaU]

come to chile you bitch......hohoho, sorry i mean come to chile please!

[DeepAbsentia]

Steven, if you ever think about coming to Brazil, not only ill invite you, but just for safety ill buy every seat in the house.

[k1tsch83]

@DeepAbsentia Hear, hear!

[otakiinni22]

6:59 :D:D:D:D:D

[otakiinni22]

6:49 :D:D:D:D:D

[irena7777777]

Nice Runrig t-shirt

[MrDanilow90]

Steven Wilson is actually one of the best minds inside the rock music, and the biggest composer of prog. AMAZING!

[postofficebuddy]

T-shirt: Sunn O))) - Oracle

[txikilin]

Is that a microphone or a match?

[tdream67]

the best gay

[jahmbo]

@cyclysm748 you're a real fucking detective!

[cyclysm748]

@jahmbo haha, no hard feelings I feel your pain.

[rlevanony]

8:00

Wow, how interesting...

Retards!!!!

[jahmbo]

my video was taken down by Porcupine Tree LTD. It was a shitty quality phone quality movie of their concert in LA. (los angeeeleees) Pathetic. I bought your albums, I paid for your concert. I gave you tons of free publicity through my friends and channel, and this is what I get. Signed, a former fan

[cyclysm748]

@jahmbo You posted this on that other video, you whiner.

[BrixSnBs]

@jahmbo Are you sure that the band has anything to do with your video being taken down? With the schedule they have? It's probably the Record Label or the agency, usually bands does'nt have a lot of say in these matters.

[JoeyJordisson90]

@jahmbo bro, that was roadrunner not pt....lol.

[passgodtpaadegselv]

Every sentence he says, feels like a revelation to me. Everything is given so much more meaning when it is said by Steven Wilson.

[metalmorfwsi]

Porcupine we are waiting you at Technopolis in athens in september!!! IT WILL BE FRICKIN AMAZING!

[deego86]

He's gonna jizz his pants when he sees the Chilean crowd!

We're waiting for Porcupine Tree!!

[opethkarma]

dude u got a whole lot of fans in pakistan that u can hold a concert in an arena there.....

[rlevanony]

@opethkarma

You deserve torture.

[opethkarma]

@rlevanony why would you say that? where are u from?

[opethkarma]

@opethkarma

[gerbilisy]

Oh I looove his accent x)

[rlevanony]

@gerbilisy

So shutup.

[andrewbroughton65]

Hey Steve ,You got fans in New Zealand too man !!

[Wonderize]

6:55 "btw, i have a huge ass fanta over here"

[fetor41]

TURN OFF MUSIC DURING INTERVIEWS OMG

[daryljoseph777]

come to the philippines!

[arsenalsuxxx]

bring blackfield and even the solo steven wilson tour would be fckn AMAZING

caught the sydney show the best gig i've ever been to

[elocrimonium]

what is the name of the song in the beginning of the interview???

[ArcanVmXII]

Anesthesia

[t3hpez]

Anesthetize

[freekykidd]

The damn Melbourne show is 18+, so bought tickets to the Sydney show. FEB 6TH HERE I COME!

[cobainx15]

Is anyone else noticing him putting on a very slight aussie accent?

[t3hpez]

I dunno about aussie, but I always think I'm hearing strange accent inflections when he talks and when he sings

[YtseJam16]

@t3hpez No, he's just from Southeast England :)

[t3hpez]

@YtseJam16 Yeah I know, which makes it all the more strange when I hear said inflections... you don't hear it?

[YtseJam16]

@t3hpez I guess so, but you can put that down to a mix of the estuary accent and cockney :P I guess if you're looking for something you'll find it, so I guess what you're interpreting as Australian I'm interpreting as Estuary :P

[t3hpez]

@YtseJam16 yeah man I can understand that, nice response :) cheers

[SophusAnimo]

Woo! He's wearing his Sunn0))) shirt!

[iBaNezRG95]

I was watching Porcupine Tree at Helsinki few days ago.

[bobsicle001]

wait steve came to australia? i cant believe i missed that, seeing as we only get PT and none of his other 9000 bands...

[codebabe]

Wilson is a modern visionary. One of the few left today. I'm greatful for a man/musician like him and that he just lives for the process of making music.

[Dearmirror]

just being in one band is not enough for me 11:26 , maestro!!

[yeleikdaags]

Wow that's a tasty looking drink at 6:58!! I want one!

Seriously though these guys are amazing, I love listening to Steve Wilson talk, he just speaks so well. I saw this melbourne gig and was blown away :)

[gregells]

i know he seems really intelligent, not like some of the dumbass metal bands like metallica who can't even string a sentence together properly. steven wilson is probably one of my favourite interviewees to listen to after children of bodom haha

[codebabe]

metallica are actually pretty intelligent, i just think they swear way too much in interviews. not that i have qualms with swearing but there are times when it makes you sound stupid.

[doppelgaenger1]

totally agree. a well timed swear word can be great but there comes a point where it's overkill and starts getting annoying.

[codebabe]

exactly ;)

[captivehonour16]

hahaa I hate Lars's annoying voice along with him chewing gum ALL THE TIME XD

[Brom24]

whoa a SUNNO))) shirt?!! haha

[MrFireHades]

love the band! love this guy!!PT!!!

[schizoiddruid]

doesnt he realise that no one in the world would willingly be in the same room as him, let alone a country?

[JW93HB07]

May i ask as to why ? :P

[Venomous9]

Is that a Sunn O))) shirt he's wearing?

[VivaRabbitohol]

Yesh

[DeathToNewbie]

What song is playing at 12:38 ??

[CornedBeef2000]

It's the middle section of "Anesthetize".

[hamjamnspamalot]

What an amazing and articulate guy. Love all his recording and production work. PT rules!!!

[tistatos]

thats when you know that a band really thinks it's important that their preformances are good, when they come to a country a week earlier to be at the top when it's concert time

[Snotlingfondler]

haha is it just me or has he developed a little bit of an aussie accent during his stay there in this vid? :P

[JohnKricfalusi666]

This guy is a fucking genius!He did an album with Fish too called "sunsets on empire"

[progkidjoel]

HE DID WORK WITH FISH?!?!?!

They're like

My two favourite frontmen ever!

Sunsets On Empire... I'll have to get a copy sometime soon

Thanks for the tipoff :D

-Joel

[andypandy474]

He did Raingods With Zippos too

[progkidjoel]

Thanks alot - I'll be getting that one soon!

[Marv344425]

Great man, very hard work, unique talent, always blameless result!

[dankidikarus]

what song is playing at the 8:30 mark?

[coopersloat]

"Fear of a Blank Planet."

[adityadh22]

This man is a genius. Pure unadulterated genius.

[cardinalis]

I love this man. Loooove him! :)

[xAidenRose]

Steven Wilson, you are my idol. Porcupine Tree are an incredibly amazing band.

[rlevanony]

@xAidenRose

And you are a little shit with no values whatsoever.

Fag.

The man's a homeless.

[jotunmarty]

thankyou roadrunner Australia!! very good informative interview.. Steven Wilson like so many other Progressive artists have so much talent to give to the music industry and i always look forward to hearing new pp

[Murchadha215]

You've also got a big audience in Chile Mr. Wilson and probably you're not aware of that just like you were not aware of mexican or australian audience. But we have years following your music and it's sort of a dream seeing PT performing live at least once in our lives.

Anyways... it is also a dream that you'll ever read this message... roadrunneraustralia... if you really are the label... could you make this message reach until Steven?

[jazzymojoe]

I SOSOSOOOOOOOO wish They would come to Vancouver Canada, or somewhere in western canada!!!!!

[SuperMegaDeathJesus]

i know!!1

[AmrddH]

agreed!!!!

[bluefuzecom]

I agree as well

[733quiron]

2 years ago a friend of mine introduced me into Steven Wilson's music, and I can say that Porcupine Tree has been addictive and magnetic for me (just like the other projects of SW).

Steven, come to Guadalajara, Jal., México, you will be surprised ..... I missed you concert in Mexico City (and I'm still hating myself for that).... :(

[MRsounddude]

wilson! you are such a fucking god!!!!

[osmosis2259]

haha that orange drink was so random. Steven wilsons awesome

[izahkebec]

hahaha tellement!!

[suchmaiden]

bangalore!!!!!!!

[Metal4LifeTilDeath]

New Zealand. Now.

[thewanderingmessage]

COME BACK TO MIlWAUKEE (again)

You guys Are great

And who do I have to Kill to get a copy of Insurgentes?

[msclvr48]

Come to Kansas City! Please!!!!!

[M4tan]

come to Israel !!!!!!!!!

[SamEEE12]

Come to New Zealand! :D

[43553E9901]

Great microphone holding!

[sunmoonsnow]

Dear Steven Wilson

Come to Lithuania!!!! Please...

[NaotoATG]

Oh crap he has a Sunn 0))) shirt!

[boondockfiction]

What's the name of the song from 4:22 to 5:30?

[kliendileht]

It's 'Way out of here'

[Disposable50]

Way out of Here

It's off of the Fear of a Blank Planet album.

[davrencho]

can someone please tell me if the new remastered versions don´t change to much from the old original ones? i mean the quallity of the sound and the sound of the instruments themselfes specially the drums cause some remastered versions of old material have the drums like extracted from a synthetizer . please

[runaway]

I have been a fan for a while and starting with Lightbulb Sun I think the recordings have been good. I really like Absentia and Deadwing and F.O.A.B.P. is a continuation of the bands good work.

I also enjoy the interviews that SW does. He really seems to enjoy talking about the work.

[Rockstafar]

listen to some of PTs early stuff as well...pre lightbulb sun and stupid dream pt sounded quite different...the really early stuffs really spacey and psychedelic

[Hogweed11]

"Voyage 34" for example.

[jdjc79]

Steven Wilson: absolute genius.

Guy holding microphone: superhuman!

[cehas]

wilson = too dope ;)

[AliceDamnation]

This guy is really something. So focused, simple, intelligent, really looks like a nice person, although all the success he has and his obvious capacities... It's an example :) Oh, and he's pretty too :D

[jonas227]

its so refreshing to listen to him and his thoughts of music. great interview!

[viciouslefsa]

Great job on the intervju, good questions and a nice touch with the music in the background ;)

[k0sha]

what's the name of the song that starts at 3:09?

[Diastro14]

It's "My Ashes" from the Fear of a Blank Planet album.

[k0sha]

sweeat, cheers. I bought the Stupid Dream album the other day, but i bought the rereleased 2005 version of it and didn't know it was actually recorded in 1999, the only other album ive heard in it's entirety is Deadwing, which i definatly prefer over this. They seem to be defining their sound as each album comes. What's Fear of a Blank Planet like?

[Diastro14]

Fear of a Blank Planet is as conceptual as Deadwing, but in a very different way. It's a bit more atmospheric in my opinion, and really pulls you into the music. It's an incredible album!

[Rockstafar]

Incredible indeed...i rly need to get Deadwing..was the concept or theme behind that??

[Lethkhar14]

It was really layered...

On one hand, every song could be interpreted as a love song in some form or another.

On the other, it was a ghost story.

And on the third (It was a mutant album), it was a valuable analysis of religious and ontological authority.

In short: It was genius.

[912220]

amazing pick it up.

[noavaro]

omg...he's genius!

I could listen to his advises for ever^^

[mdrumt]

Or Antarctica or Greenland

[ricardinho101]

gonna watch 'em live in Oporto in October, oh happy day :DDD, can't wait, i'm so lucky :P

[sw0rd0fadvers1ty]

The dude's so freakin' awesome. Porcupine Tree rock worlds.

[FRETPICK]

What a dude!

[vene777]

Wilson has a Sunn O))) shirt. Great band.

[NightTrainAntigua]

that guys hand must be sooo tired at the end lolz steve wilson awesome...pt and tool r the best bands right now

[MrGreenLand]

Whoo hoo, the Tree are coming back to Australia! ... Eventually. :P

[allthatrots]

cool interview. love everything steven wilson has done

[MrsJason]

All good but PT should've come to Perth aswell!!! :( They would've sold out for sure! Lots of fans here.

[BmanBamBran]

Perth in wales or cornwall??

[Lethkhar14]

Great interview!

[etnies12188]

steve wilson rules.

[MuikuliWander]

Great interview, he's a smart and nice guy. Looking forward to whatever he puts out next.

[Semenofthefall]

Nice interview. He seems like a down to earth chap and really knows his stuff. Some of the best music i've EVER heard has come from this band and I'm always suggesting for people to go out and buy Coma Divine.

[iburntoys]

an absolutely amazing live album.

[Sticklah]

I like how even though this guy is my hero I have been able to avoid the whole worshiping and giving god like status thing. Its nice to look up to a person and not a figure.

[kaZ152]

i so love the fact that he appreciated so much his visit to mexico he actually came back to stage thrice its awsome how such a genius is that awsome HE TOTALLY ROCKS I LOVE PORCUPINE TREE ESPECIALLY STEVEN WILSON

[jazzymojoe]

he sounds like such a down to earth, genuine and super cool guy

[simontonx]

The last statement was the best statement!!!!!

[HATECREWrulz123]

22 hours by plane? He really does admire the fans so much.

[seaptown]

why did i not know of these guys earlier. steven is now one of my musical heros. putting the dignity, poetry and talent back in music.

[chucknips]

This guy is awesome, he really retains a great amount of musicianship and aesthetic that has been lost in the music scene these days.

[tjtull]

Steven is a genius. Very creative and driven guy.

[autherjones40]

i love this guy hes so modest and nice hes well cool

[jcobain50]

And I was in the México city show and was so great really.

[edthehead83]

ha i thought he said "connor has just had another kid." i was like "who the hell is connor?" i like colin edwin. he's always smiling and plays spectors.

[yumeN0dengon]

Great interview ! Thanks a lot :)

[rocanlovercommander]

will watch it later

[Shelby12341]

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FU**ING MISSED IT!!!

[edthehead83]

reminds me of Nicko McBrain at the very end of "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate" off of Brave New World.

[purepurple6]

he's the best ...

come to tunisia please!

[Izze42]

Wonderful Steven!

[van3155]

Damn i love him.

[Lifeiis]

Awesome. :D