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Porcupine Tree

English progressive rock band
Organization musical_group Q213923
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Summary

Porcupine Tree is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: progressive rock[3], psychedelic rock[4], progressive metal[5]
  • Record label: Delerium Records[6], Atlantic Records[7]
  • Discography: Porcupine Tree discography[8]
  • Commons category: Porcupine Tree[9]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[10]
  • Has part(s): Richard Barbieri[11], Colin Edwin[12], Gavin Harrison[13], Chris Maitland[14]
  • Inception: 1987[15]
  • Location of formation: Hemel Hempstead[16]
  • Official website: http://www.porcupinetree.com[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Porcupine Tree[18]
  • Commons gallery: Porcupine Tree[19]
  • Topic has template: Template:Porcupine Tree[20]
  • Native label: Porcupine Tree[21]
  • Start of work period: 1987[22]
  • Name: Porcupine Tree[23]
  • Member category: Category:Porcupine Tree members[24]
  • Social media followers: 51,800[25], 87,379[26], 99,400[27], 97,174[28], 144,000[29], 168,000[30], 189,000[31], 208,000[32]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[33]

  • Country: GB[34]

  • Began / founded: 1987[35]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, ambient, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, space rock[36]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, ambient, british, metal, new prog, progressive metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, space rock, todo, uk, vyrzukhisuc-artiest[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 169c4c28-858e-497b-81a4-8bc15e0026ea[38]

Why It Matters

Porcupine Tree has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Steven Wilson United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin +2
    Location of formation → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    Discography → Porcupine Tree discography
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Porcupine Tree"
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