The return of the Giant Hogweed - Transatlantic live in Tilburg may 20th 2010

The Return of The Giant Hogweed first time ever live in the set of Transatlantic. The gig was a party. After the official show the guys came back to play for the real fans. The return...... great epic song original from Genesis of course. What an enthusiasm! Band and visitors went bananas!!!!! Neal and his guys really showed us how to play with passion and fun. Transatlantic THANKS!!!


Info about Transatlantic
Originally intending to include Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos, Morse and Portnoy tapped The Flower Kings guitarist/vocalist Roine Stolt when Matheos was unable to participate. The band completed their lineup by adding bassist and progressive rock veteran Pete Trewavas from the group Marillion.

The name of the group was originally planned to be "Second Nature", but was changed to Transatlantic on suggestion by the cover artist Per Nordin.
Their first album, 2000's SMPT:e (a play on words, as both a combination of the members' last initials, as well as a common machine time protocol used in high end recording studios) received strong critical reviews, including "some of the best progressive rock music ever written" (Robert Taylor in Allmusic)).

A subsequent tour of the United States led to a double live CD, Transatlantic Live in America, and a video of the same name. The band showed their musical heritage on the live CD, presenting covers of The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever", as well as a medley of Genesis' epic "Watcher of the Skies" and "Firth of Fifth".

Though SMPT:e contained the thirty-one minute opus "All of the Above", the band's second studio album, 2001's Bridge Across Forever, found the band flexing their muscles further in the long form for which progressive rock is known. The CD contained just four tracks, the twenty-six minute "Duel With the Devil", the fourteen minute "Suite Charlotte Pike", and the twenty-six minute "Stranger in Your Soul" making up the bulk of the disc, with the title track coming in at a relatively scant five minutes.

The limited edition also contains a cover of Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond". Morse left his regular band Spock's Beard in October 2002 stating that 'God wants me to do something else', which meant leaving the mainstream prog scene to launch a new career as a Christian musician. This move also included ending his activities for Transatlantic. Portnoy reacted: 'This spells the end of Transatlantic as I wouldn't possibly consider continuing it without him.' A live DVD of the band's last tour was released in late 2003, featuring all aforementioned epics with "Suite Charlotte Pike" mixed with the Abbey Road medley by the Beatles. As an added bonus for progressive metal fans, Daniel Gildenlöw of the band Pain of Salvation sits in throughout the DVD as a "fifth member" of the band, playing keyboards, guitars, percussion, and even doing some vocals, both background and lead.

In the years to follow Morse continued to collaborate with Portnoy both in the studio as on stage. Morse' concerts frequently included one or more Transatlantic songs. A three-quarter reunion took place on August 23, 2008 when Stolt and Portnoy joined Morse at the Three Rivers Prog Fest in Pittsburgh for "We All Need Some Light" and "Stranger In Your Soul".
On April 16, 2009, it was officially announced that the band had reunited and begun work on a third studio album.[1][2] The album was released in October 2009 and consisted of a single 77 minute title-track The Whirlwind.

A special edition of the album was also released, including a second disc with four additional original tracks and four cover tracks. Additionally, a deluxe edition was released, which included a DVD documenting the making of the album.[3] The album reached #21 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart.[4]
The band is currently touring North America and Europe in April-May of 2010 in support of The Whirlwind. Dubbed the Whirld Tour, the band will again be joined by Daniel Gildenlöw on stage.[5] Thanks to Wikipedia.

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[PianoManKD]

This video proves how much better of a drummer Phil Collins is than Mike Portnoy....Phil had the technique....All Portnoy possesses is show, a shame really.

[57anthony]

@PianoManKD - Don't forget this is the last song in a show that took almost 4 hours! At least in that sense, Portnoy impresses me greatly.

[a51stef]

Yep your right!

[a51stef]

I know it is a lot of show. But god damned what a drummer that guy is. I agree that Phil is (was) a great drummer but do not forget that the guys from Genesis wrote the song and played it a lot. These guys had a lot of fun and we had that too. The show was great. I agree with 57anthony 4 hurs were do you see that!!! Hats off for Transatlantic and also Potrnoy.

[DDDekost]

cool. but where is gildenlow?

[a51stef]

He was there 3 parts of the show and did a great job playing synths, guitar, percussion, accoustic guitar. He worked like a mad man. Great!

[MoveOverCasanova]

they play that with much more enthusiasm than their own stuff...

[ALTDOK666]

@PianoManKD ...if he was just all show, nobody would want to play with him, you prefer Phil, and that's great, but why critisize? It's music, not track and field, it's not a competition...

[Dannymusic1999]

I know of all the members of this band except the guitar player... who is he and what other band does he play in besides Transatlantic?

[PianoManKD]

@EyMeng Couldn't have said it any better myself.

[EyMeng]

@PianoManKD indeed. you know the strange thing about most modern drumming is their technique sounds awkward on the drums, as if nothing really works and everything is too "easy". by that i mean if you listen to phil on, say, Watcher of the Skies on the Live album (1973) everything fits so nicely with the rest of the band, yet it is impossible to replicate because half the time you don't know what Phil is doing. Like any good jazz drummer he playe things that take much dedication to comprehend

[guitarDouchebaggery]

Neal is using a headset mic... he's a popstar! ;-)

[PianoManKD]

@jeauxoxo in the 70s he wouldnt

[jeauxoxo]

@PianoManKD I love Phil's drumming too, but honestly, he'd sound pretty off playing a Dream Theater track

[PaulHartXYZ]

Great job on a very difficult song.

HUMAN BODIES SOON WILL KNOW OUR ANGER.

[PianoManKD]

@joefloydwonka yup