Porcupine Tree vs The Mars Volta
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Topic: Porcupine Tree vs The Mars Volta
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Porcupine Tree vs The Mars Volta
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 14:49
| Since both bands are no longer around(although it took PT a lot longer to make an official announcement)I thought I would do a poll with both of them. I was going to add Muse but I think since they are still around it wouldn't be fair. Please vote for the band you like more. |
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 15:10
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Definitley PT. Even with The Incident they have a great string of records vs two or three for TMV. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 15:36
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Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:06
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PT. Muse are still around...and have a new release eminent. ------------- 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:23
I know which is why I didn't list them. However, I just saw online earlier that TMV do plan on reuniting at some point possibly later in the year. That will probably happen after a break from ATDI.
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rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 18:14
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Porcpine. Tried hard to get into Deloused after all the great reviews here, but it never clicked... ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 19:29
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I can only enjoy TMV in small doses. Still a great band, however. ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 19:33
ditto. My wife loves the group.. and through repeated listens.. I've tried.. I mean I should enjoy it.. it is more up my stylistic alley that SWilson was... but like you.. it never clicked. At there is at least one SWilson..err..PT album I really really do enjoy.. so an easy vote. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 21:46
| ^ And which PT album is it that you do enjoy? |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 21:59
| Porcupine Tree for sure. Never been a fan of The Mars Volta, but PT is one of my favorite modern day prog bands. |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: March 21 2018 at 04:59
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Definitely P-Tree but I do like Volta ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 23 2018 at 10:23
| Even though I started the poll I won't vote. I know most of PT's material but very little TMV. Still, I think I prefer PT by a pretty wide margin. |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: March 24 2018 at 08:14
Dream Theater  ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 24 2018 at 08:40
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Thinking out loud here and gratuitously reminiscing. I'm not a fan of either, but I have heard music by both that I appreciate (I have bought albums by both in my early trying to modernize my tastes phase not that long before joining this site, and neither did I like but later on I found some music that I do quite enjoy). It was discovering Miriodor that initially changed my mind that "modern" Prog can be as good as classic era music, then U Totem.... I started with In Absentia by Porcupine Tree and I disliked it. I started with De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta and disliked it. In both cases I preferred the subsequent album, which was in each case the next album I heard. I think I'd choose Frances The Mute over Deadwing. I prefer earlier PT material (early to mid 90s) to later stuff. No vote, though, as neither did I become big on and I feel like I haven't heard enough of either's discography or heard it recently enough to vote fairly. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 24 2018 at 12:16
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TMV for De-loused and Frances. (After that, I jump off.) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 24 2018 at 12:42
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Porcupine Tree ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 24 2018 at 14:38
| Neither |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 14:58
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PT by a mile or two |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 15:08
| Neither |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 15:11
Yes...I'd like to know which one also... ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 15:13
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PT easily for me......as someone else said above one of the best modern prog bands and those who disparage Wilson have rocks in their head and wax clogging their ears. ;) But then I don't get the love for some other artists so there ya go. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 15:45
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Voyage 34 Doc... some I liked for a bit before falling off... but that one stays fresh today... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 17:22
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Just back from seeing Mr Wilson live and I'm pleased to report that news of his ''prog" death are "greatly exaggerated" A good sprinkling of PT tracks too - with "Arriving Somewhere...", "Lazarus", "Even Less", "The Sound of Muzak", "Sleep Together", "Heart Attack in a Lay-By" and "The Creator Has a Mastertape" complementing a good choice of solo stuff too. The guy seems to be getting a sense of humour these days too....all is well with the World!  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 17:58
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I'm might see him in Chicago in May....if tickets are still available...we'll see. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 19:49
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The Tree...not even close. -------------   
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 25 2018 at 19:52
This is good to know. Seeing him in May, I suspected with his latest pop laden effort he would need to throw in quite a few PT and SW "prog" songs to keep fans in their seats  . He played Sleep Together the last tour and I really enjoyed the more metal version.Arriving Somewhere will be a treat for sure! -------------
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 26 2018 at 13:46
| ^ Oh man, I had not been considering seeing him again in a while, since I saw him on his Raven tour, and was really excellent... but the music he had been playing was excellent, he played the whole Raven and the best from this previous two albums, and since the albums he did after were not so good, I did not expect his new shows to live up to what I already saw, so I prefered to choose some other bands to see. Now it seems it might be worth seeing him again (not that I ever though it wasn't worth seeing him again, anyway). |