John Wesley and PT

Should John Wesley become a Perminent member of PT? He sings backup and plays guitar in In Absentia in places, he has toured with them through the In Absentia and Deadwing tours, he was present in the Porcupine Tree Arriving Somewhere Live DVD, and has worked with Steven Wilson on many solo projects of his own.  

Yes - but it depends on what contractual arrangement he has with SW and the rest of the band. As E-Dub says - if he is willing then he should particularly if he is asked to join permanently !

valravennz wrote: Yes - but it depends on what contractual arrangement he has with SW and the rest of the band. As E-Dub says - if he is willing then he should particularly if he is asked to join permanently !

This guys been around for a long time, too. I have a Marillion FRC release from Copenhagen on the Brave tour and they give him a big thank you as the opening act during the speaking moments between "The Great Escape" and "Made Again".

Hogarth said something about how he had to leave to 'go back to the States'. Does he live in the US? I think Ian Mosley lived in Florida at the time.

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saw him support the marillos on two tours and bought his debut album
“under the red & white sky“, which was produced by mark kelly.
good singer/songwriter-stuff with some proggy traits, maybe
a bit bland at times.

furthermore, he was steve rothery's guitar tech for ages (read the whole
story in jon collins' fine “separated out“ biography) and i remember
seeing him perform “estonia“ on stage with marillion (on acoustic guitar)
on their “this strange engine tour“.

i heard somwhere that PT have already asked him a few times if he would
join permanently. but the geographics would probably prevent this (he:
florida, they: UK) and as a writer i think he is too involved in his solo stuff.
but he is also shown on some promo photos (german magazine ROCK
HARD have already had two consecutive PT-live reviews with a photo of
him instead of steven wilson) and there are photos about where he is
also part of public signing sessions on PT-US-tours.
can anyone verify?

Floydian42 wrote: I think he should be, it would be an interesting touch to the music.

not too sure about this. as i stated before, his writing is very much in the
singer/songwriter mould and thus very different to steven wilson, whom
i doubt will push for a second writer in PORCUPINE TREE.

but – if it happens – it will certainly be an asset and yet another different
slant to their music. PT are known to make u-turns and change &
progress over rel. short periods of time and if this suits their chosen
track it would certainly be a good idea. after all, steven wilson sort of
reserves most of his singer/songwriter-ambitions for BLACKFIELD these days.
great new album, btw.

is it really nessecary? i don't think so..

I think they've got it together themselves. He has his own stuff to do, and he helps them out on tour. I tihnk they have a nice thing worked out. adn it would just be weird if they messed that up.

eh well I think Steve is doing a great job at it so far and although John is great with them live, I'm not 100% sure that would be the best.  It definitely wouldn't be bad for the band at all, I just kinda like how they are now.  Can't wait for the new album/show I'm going to!