First Time Hearing Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (Reaction!!) 

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Porcupine Tree, like Tool, don't make music, they make experiences.

"I can already see the drummer is badass..." Dude, you have no idea. :D

The drummer is also in a band called Pineapple Thief. The singer of this band is the producer of Opeth. You really should listen to this album in its entirety. Thanks Bill for the request

There's no such thing as a bad Porcupine Tree song. They have a huge library of music too. Amazing band

Steven Wilson is one of the greatest artists of the last 30 years. All around creator and never sleeps.......

Porcupine Tree isn't nearly as popular as they ought to be. If you like this, I definitely suggest trying Sleep Together. They're the kind of band that uses a lot of different styles, some others I'd suggest would be Trains, Blackest Eyes, Open Car, Sound of Muzak, they're all quite different from Anesthetize but just as good (imo).

In Absentia, Deadwing and Fear of a blank planet are all fantastic albums. The new one is great too… Fun fact - Alex Lifeson from Rush plays the first solo on the studio version of this song…

I grew up on Primus, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Buckethead and Devin Townsend. You are heading for a full winning streak in my books man.

One of my favorite drummers. So amazing what he can do

This is from Live in Tilburg, the entire show is incredible! They sound better live, in many cases, than the albums!

In the last year, Porcupine Tree has become one of my absolute favorite bands, so diverse!

I paid a ridiculous amount of money for a VIP ticket to see Steven Wilson live for his Raven That Refused to Sing tour and it was worth every damn cent. I got to meet him and get a photo. I also saw Porcupine Tree for their Fear of a Blank Planet tour and they played the entire album from start to finish, including this masterpiece. One of the best concerts of my life.

Yes, some of us know every note of this song. And many others. If you listen to it regularly, you won't want to cut any part of it out. It'll all make sense.

Porcupine Tree. True prog rock OGs.

Their music from the early 2000s is where it’s at. Anything from Deadwing and In Absentia is peak porcupine tree. Before that it is more psychedelic and after is more progressive. Those two albums have the perfect amount of each.

Perfect progressive rock from super talented individuals. Gavin Harrison working his magic on the drums.

gavin harrison is an animal(drummer)what a band,check out let's sleep together and steve wilson's solo stuff "the raven that refused to sing" and "drive home" guthrie's solo at the end of that is a jawdropper

Porcupine Tree is an awesome rabbit hole to go down! I first heard this exact song (first time hearing PT) and was hooked from there! They are in my playlist and listen daily. I'm a drummer and Gavin is an amazing, incredibly amazing drummer. Gavin and Danny from TOOL were head to head in a recent Modern Drummer poll, Danny won by a little bit, it was close for a while there. Pineapple Thief is another great band with him sitting behind the drums. He also plays with King Crimson in a trio of drummers on tour.

Yea the drummer is Gavin Harrison and is an absolute beast. As others said he is in a band called Pineapple Thief, and is phenominal on the songs Threatening War and White Mist (i mean all the songs, but those two specifically)

This song is from the album Fear of a Blank Planet, which is a concept album about the effects of the internet age on kids, all against the backdrop of the concurrent overmedication and overdiagnosis of mental illnesses in children. I don't think Stephen would ever claim that there aren't truly sick kids who need medicating, I think he's just saying that it became a crutch for psychiatrists to fall back on, not to mention a lucrative one, that had very real and negative effects on some kids.

This band, this song in particular, defines what one as a fan of progressive rock or metal understands, loves and perpetuates: it is expressing an idea, a story and everything in the song does it organically at the same time. It doesn't matter if it lasts 30 minutes, there is enough coherence and musical complexity. Nothing is left over, nothing is missing, everything fits.

Well POLO Let's just Say it's a Masterpiece!!!

This song was absolutely next level when it came out. And still is.

I subscribed for Harry Mack reactions but I never expected Porcupine Tree! One of the most underrated bands of all time. If you do them again try a song called “Trains”, it’s easy to digest and such a banger

To see the drummer see some really crazy stuff with Porcupine Tree: same concert Cheating the Polygraph. You won't be disappointed! Great song as well. Probably one of my favorites by them. Much overlooked. Thanks for this reaction!

this song plus 🍄= 🫠🫠

That look on your face….that pulsing movement in your body. I had the same reaction years ago. They are hypnotic.

Thank you for reacting to this. One of my favorite songs of all time. Such a masterpiece.

Love the reaction! Porcupine tree is one of my favourite bands. Thanks for reacting to this🤗

"Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" is another awesome PT song.

Every instrument is so well played, but the drumming is freaking monstrous.

So quick to get from Opeth to Porcupine Tree … Porcupine Tree in concert was a real highlight of ‘22 for me and the new album just plays so well in my car … hope you enjoy them in your 4Runner … because it is definitely traveling tunes!

I had the pleasure of seeing them live in 2022 on their reunion tour. So glad you dove into the longer reaction to cover them.

Oh what I'd give to hear this for the first time again!

Porcupine Tree and TOOL! My favourite bands of all time. PT is such an amazing band. Stupendous talent in both bands! I always melt listening to any song from these! Also happy for their long awaited comeback!❤️❤️

That drummer is the amazing Gavin Harrison!

that was my buddy John Wesley's solo. and Richard Barbierri on synth

I don't know how many times I've watched this video, but each time, it's like I am drawn into another space. This is excellence on every level, performance, songwriting, musicianship, concept. Just an amazing, stunning experience. Gavin Harrison is an incredible drummer. I love seeing people hear it for the first time, because I will never forget hearing it the first time myself, it just blew my mind.

As a fan for many many years, I actually got to see them as PT for the very first time at the Ziggo Dome in The Netherlands last year! Never ever have I ever heard something so tight and incredibly good live, what an experience!

Steven Wilson is a musical genius, and all these guys are virtuosos on their instruments. In my opinion Gavin Harrison is the best drummer playing today (Neil Peart of Rush was a big fan of Gavin's). My favorite Porcupine Tree album is "Dead Wing," it's a masterpiece, you should react to the live version of the song "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here."

Love your reaction! Steven Wilson has crafted some of the most beautiful rock music I've ever heard over the past twenty years that I've been listening to his music.

A guilty pleasure of mine is watching people listen to my favorite bands, when they’ve never heard of them and I know it’s about to completely blow their face off.

when i put on porcupine tree as "background music" i end up sitting down and activly listening to every single song 🤷 cant help it

good reaction thanks my man

I get goosebumps everytime I listen to anesthetize. I've been listening to it since 8 years almost everyday. It's my favourite song no doubt, so beautiful ♥️. Glad they're back together miss Edwin for sure. This song and porcupine tree/Steven makes this experience in human form for a short period of time in eternity worthwhile...

Driving with the top down in the desert southwest cranking

I love listening to this with you. I'm a huge PT fan.

Lmao at the office max comment. Super ordinary looking dudes but they are insane musicians! I saw them play this song live in Switzerland this summer and it was an incredible experience!!

What gets me is that this is live...totally amazing!!

Hahaha i love the " i didnt say i wouldnt rewind 🤷‍♂"... great reaction

The Drummer, Gavin Harrison is one of the best Drummers in the world!

What’s great about your videos is that while I can tell that you’ve never listened to anything like this, you’re so open to embracing the experience. To understanding, enjoying, and feeling the universal threads in the message, with the music being executed to perfection live. You’ve opened the door to like 10 albums of their material where many, many more great surprises await you. You get to enjoy this experience that connects you with many of us.

OfficeMax requires their employees to wear shoes.

Porcupine Tree is another level bro.

Seeing this song live is an experience all in its own. I saw Porcupine Tree play in Washington DC and it is the best concert I've been to in my life. Every single song they played was on point. They're the band that probably inspired me the most to start making music of my own and start playing guitar.

This not a song, this an album. PERFECT!! I've seen Steven and Ptree once both live.... Amazing!!

I had the honour watching them live in Amsterdam last year. 3 hours. I still cannot comprehend what happened. What I witnessed. These guys are from another planet and they take you to their planet. Their tracks are amazing. Lyrics as well. Protest band. No happy songs.

Good day all. I've seen this video a few time and I love Porcupine Tree, but your comment about them all working for OfficeMax just killed me!! Well done!

It's a track for all moods. Simple really. Keeping on Rocking.

Thanks for joining my gazzillions time listening to this masterpiece

My buddy Chris introduced me to porcupine tree in 2017 and as a drummer I was introduced to Gavin Harrison. That man is time itself, always keeping the song alive with all these subtle embellishments. As drummers we love to fill musical gaps in songs, he’s one of the best to ever do it

This video made me late for work 😂👌👌👌

Yes, I have every note memorized

Thx for this review! PT is so far unknown and under played in MSM. So much talent and no recognition!

You should check out the video of Gavin Harrison just doing the drumming to this song. He is a beast and really puts hits talents on display in that video. I think you'd love it.

Welcome my friend the Porcupine Tree. This band started out as a joke in the late 80s, and slowly progressed to this. The lead singer of this band is also the producer of Opeth, but he has done numerous other projects, including office of strategic influence., his own solar work, and has digitally remastered several albums into Dolby Atmos. Most of their songs are not as long as this, but this is for sure their greatest masterpiece.. I went to see them live in 2008, and although it was a very small venue, it was probably one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. but there are several more things to explore now that you have explored Porcupine Tree.. your fun is just beginning.

Man this shit hits hard

I can understand what you mean that you listen to certain songs or bands when in certain moods. For me, I have to be in the right mood to enjoy things like Motley Crue. There are several artists, however, who actually create the mood. Buckethead, Haken, Porcupine Tree, Pineapple Thief, Karnivool, Tool and others are examples where if the song comes up on my playlist or iTunes, it creates the mood.

Oh Yeah Into the Steven Wilson rabbit hole ENJOY The Genius of Steven Wilson

One of my favorite bands!! Office max lol!!! These guys are geniuses!!

Office Max or a 2006 tech start-up...I love Steve Wilson!

I would suggest your watch the entire live recording they did in san Francisco, one of the best live performances ever.

I got into Porcupine Tree via Opeth and they along with the extended Steven Wilson material(including the very overlooked No-Man) became my favorite thing is music. They focus more on immersive textures over overly complicated guitar riffs and solos. I even like the very early material. Like On the Sunday of Life and Tarquins Seaweed farm. Because its psychedelic and unhinged. The kind of atmosphere stuff like Don't Hug me I'm Scared has. He is apparently abit inspired by disturbing british childrens television like that. And in some of the earlier material it shows.

I know this song by heart.

🔊 Here me out: we don’t grew up listening porcupine tree, infact by time porcupine tree slowly grew inside yourself.

If Danny from Tool is my favourite drummer, Gavin is a photo finish second. He always manages to find the time to put some tasty stuff in there. I don’t think he can make mistakes. Also I haven’t heard this song live, only the album version. This was as good as that!

The first guitar solo was composed and performed by Alex Lifeson on the studio version.

Gotta listen to “Time Flies” and “I drive the hearse” by porcupine tree 👌🏻

You are now a PT fan. Don't fight it, enjoy it!!

That is the genius of Steven Wilson. He can write these elaborate songs AND good pop songs equally. The whole album is amazing.

Gavin Harrison and Dave Weckl have the best tuned toms I've ever heard

The multiple sections is what I love about progressive music like this song, or Opeth. It really feels like storytelling. Each section is a different part of the whole journey, with its own message and tone and growth into the next stage of the journey. You can't get that feeling with a typical 3 minute song that goes "verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus".

Another great long song by PT worth reacting to is Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (Live) just extraordinary !!

May have been posted already, but if not - in the original recording, Alex Lifeson of RUSH crafted and played the guitar solo.

The vocal was the sound and audio engineer who recorded and help Opeth on them iconic albums deliverance and damnation

Love Porcupine Tree, another great prog band! They broke up around 2011 and Steven Wilson has some great solo projects, but they've come back together and had a ne4w album out this past year! I think they lost at least one former member though who didn't return due to other obligations. Hope you do Arriving Somewhere but Not Here live next; they always sound great live.

oh man you keep posting all these crazy good bands. every single album from them is so crazy good in its own way

Mad As a Hatter by Larkin Poe. It's Alice's favorite song. Off with her head!!! You won't regret it, POLO REACTS. Get the version at the Covenant House, cos this girl wails like an angel on it. Definitely best version

Try the final thing on my mind, by the pineapple thief. The drummer is the same of Porcupine tree. They're amazing too

17min well spent. 👍 Also, you're pretty amazing , too, Polo. It's a real joy watching you go down these rabbit holes and discover whole new worlds of music. :)

Thank God that they filmed this night!!!!!!

Gavin Harrison is a Drum God.

Porcupine Tree has me listening, buying music for the first time in years. Can definitely recommend The Pineapple Thief; slightly laid back plus awesomeness turned down 1/2 notch - but PT are such an amazingly high standard that any band would be proud to directly compared. In total body and quality of work, PT have matched Pink Floyd - such a rare thing! Early PT (1990s) very PF inspired (still original tho). Anyone who liked Echos would likely enjoy the 4-side "Sky Moves Sideways" by PT. Great reaction! :)

La mejor banda progre con el talento de Steven Wilson 👏👏

Background,omfg, these guys are truly amazing, your reactions are usually spot on. Each to there own I suppose

I´ve been waiting for this reaction!!

You have been getting some top -tier song suggestions. Love to see it.

To describe Porcupine Tree to my friends I tell them to imagine tool and Pink Floyd got together and had some messed up kids

I've just discovered your channel and.... welcome to my world. My favourite bands are : Opeth, Porcupine Tree and Tool. I've been hearing them for 20 years and will never stop, never been bored. Check : Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet and Blackest Eyes, Trains, Arriving Somewhere but not here (Albums : Deadwing, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia and Fear of a Blank Planet), Opeth : Forest of October (live in Royal Albert Hall), Baying of The Hounds, Harlequin Forest, Black Rose Immortal, The Moor, Deliverance, Blackwater Park, Wreath, Sorceress, DEMON OF THE FALL (WOOOOW Best growl ever heard), more progressive rock style : Moon Above, Sun Below, the Devil's Orchard. Solo Steven Wilson album The Raven that refused to sing is a masterpiece too IMO. Highly recommended from a prog metal fan. Enjoy !