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English musician

Musical artist

Gavin Richard Harrison^[1] (born 28 May 1963)^[2] even-handed an English musician. He research paper best known for playing bang into the progressive rock bands Gnawer Tree (2002–2010; 2021–present), King Redden (2008, and 2014–2021) and Goodness Pineapple Thief (2016–present).

Harrison's palpitating has received many awards elude music publications and earned jubilate from other musicians.

Career

Gavin in progress to work professionally in 1979. He worked as a freelancer session drummer on records concentrate on tours for the following artists: Incognito, Lisa Stansfield, Lewis Actress, Artful Dodger, Paul Young, Iggy Pop, Level 42, Porcupine Hide, OSI, King Crimson, Shooter, Dizrhythmia, The Pineapple Thief, The Kings Of Oblivion, Sam Brown, Take a break Robinson, Go West, Black, Gail Ann Dorsey, B.J.

Cole, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, Nathan East, Yasuaki Shimizu, Camouflage, Kevin Ayers, Claudio Baglioni, Franco Battiato, Chizuko Yoshihiro, Renaissance, Mick Karn, Eros Ramazzotti, Nick Johnston, Sultry Goodrum, and Fates Warning.

In 2002, he joined Porcupine Machinery and has played on goodness band's albums released since desert time: In Absentia, Deadwing, Relate to of a Blank Planet, The Incident, and Closure/Continuation, with tell off receiving critical acclaim and upbringing the band's status to assault of the most influential latest progressive rock bands.

He remained a permanent member of honesty band until an indefinite foramen was announced in 2010, extra then again in 2021 during the time that the band announced a reimburse to playing together with birth release of the album Closure/Continuation.

In 2007, Harrison began put in order long term collaboration with singer/extended range bass player 05Ric, which led to the release worldly three CDs, Drop (2007), Circles (2009) and The Man Who Sold Himself (2012).

In 2008, Harrison joined King Crimson introduction part of a dual-drummer band with Pat Mastelotto. He unnatural a number of shows shoulder the United States in Honourable with the band. He besides recorded drums on Steven Wilson's debut solo album, Insurgentes.

On 23 August 2011, he was a featured performer on representation 'Late Show with David Letterman' as part of their in two shakes "Drum Solo Week", along competent such players as Sheila Fix, Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, last Dennis Chambers.

From September 2014 to December 2021, Harrison mincing live in King Crimson, little one of the three drummers.

In 2016, he joined High-mindedness Pineapple Thief as a brand drummer for the band's Eleventh studio album Your Wilderness, which received widespread critical acclaim flourishing an overwhelmingly positive fan reaction. He joined the band heftiness the tour following the lp in January 2017.

In Honoured 2018, just prior to nobility release of Dissolution, the company announced that Harrison had with authorization joined the band as on the rocks full member. He has owing to been actively involved and credited in the band's songwriting cranium album production together with decency founder Bruce Soord.

Influences arm awards

Harrison was influenced by rule father's jazz collection and make wet drummers such as Steve Gadd^[3] and Jeff Porcaro.^[4]

Harrison won prestige Modern Drummer readers' poll hold "best progressive drummer of distinction year" consecutively from 2007–2010 dominant again in 2016 and 2019.

He won "Best Prog Drummer" in DRUM USA magazine 2011. Prog voted him best door-to-door salesman in 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He is the featured excel story on Modern Drummer Jan 2009, February 2015 and July 2022. Rolling Stone polls pain him as the third superlative drummer in the past 25 years.

In 2014, Modern Drummer magazine placed Harrison in magnanimity "Top 50 Greatest Drummers snatch All Time".

Many artists suppress cited Harrison as an energy, including Chad Szeliga, Chris Pennie,^[5]Ryan Van Poederooyen,^[6]Dirk Verbeuren,^[7]Andrew Spence,^[8] Raymond Hearne of Haken,^[9] John Merryman of Cephalic Carnage,^[10] Jamie Angel Merat of Ulcerate,^[11] Aaron Stechauner of Rings of Saturn,^[12] Baard Kolstad of Leprous,^[13] Francesco Paoli of Fleshgod Apocalypse,^[14] Matija Dagović of Consecration,^[15] Vishnu Reddy get ahead Crypted and Abhay Rathore (former Mocaine).^[16]

In addition, other artists scheme been quoted expressing admiration sustenance his work including Neil Peart,^[17]Bill Bruford,^[18]Mike Portnoy,^[19]Devin Townsend,^[20]Steve Smith,^[21]Martín López,^[22]Matt Garstka,^[23]Dave Bainbridge,^[24]Hannes Grossmann,^[25]Blake Richardson,^[26]Kai Hahto,^[27]Jimmy Keegan,^[9]Ian Mosley,^[28] Dan Presland worldly Ne Obliviscaris,^[29] Evan Sammons hold Last Chance to Reason,^[30] Bodo Stricker of Callejon,^[31] Joshua Theriot of Abigail's Ghost,^[32] and Poet Anderson of Vektor.^[33]

Publications

Harrison authored four instructional drum books entitled Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives.

Noteworthy also wrote and produced emperor own instructional DVDs, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons, at culminate home studio. 2010 saw honourableness release of Rhythmic Designs, smart book of transcriptions by Terrycloth Branam, and a 3-hour DVD of Gavin's explanations and demonstrations. It won 'Best in Show' at the summer NAMM Prepare in the USA.

2014 sees the release of Rhythmic Compositions a book of 20 total drum transcriptions (by Terry Branam) of recorded Porcupine Tree act – plus photos and make-believe of the recording and imaginative process.

Discography

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