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* FriendlyFandoms: Fans of his music also tend to be fans of other post-progressive artists on the Kscope label, such as Music/{{Anathema}}, North Atlantic Oscillation, and The Pineapple Thief (who are often described as the SpiritualSuccessor to Porcupine Tree, especially since adding Gavin Harrison as a member).

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* FriendlyFandoms: Fans of his music also tend to be fans of other post-progressive artists on the Kscope label, such as Music/{{Anathema}}, Music/{{Anathema|Band}}, North Atlantic Oscillation, and The Pineapple Thief (who are often described as the SpiritualSuccessor to Porcupine Tree, especially since adding Gavin Harrison as a member).
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* FollowTheLeader: Detractors will say this with either Wilson or [[{{Music/Opeth}} Mikael Åkerfeldt]] regarding their music style. Some will say Opeth takes way too much influence from Wilson, despite the fact it's ''the other way around'': Wilson took influence from Åkerfeldt into going to the more progressive route. Although some will still say Wilson influenced Åkerfeldt, take your pick on which one is which.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The track he recorded for an ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Observer]]'' advert in 1998 sounds a lot like Music/MassiveAttack's "Inertia Creeps", which came out the same year. As it happens, this was the point: early versions of adverts would be set to an existing piece of music, and Wilson’s job was to create a composition that was similar to the original, but not so similar that it outright plagiarised it.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The track he recorded for an ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Observer]]'' advert in 1998 sounds a lot like Music/MassiveAttack's "Inertia Creeps", which came out the same year. As it happens, this was the point: early versions of adverts would be set to an existing piece of music, and Wilson’s job was to create a composition that was similar to the original, but not so similar that it outright plagiarised it.constituted plagiarism.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The track he recorded for an ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Observer]]'' advert in 1998 sounds a lot like Music/MassiveAttack's "Inertia Creeps", which came out the same year.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The track he recorded for an ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Observer]]'' advert in 1998 sounds a lot like Music/MassiveAttack's "Inertia Creeps", which came out the same year. As it happens, this was the point: early versions of adverts would be set to an existing piece of music, and Wilson’s job was to create a composition that was similar to the original, but not so similar that it outright plagiarised it.
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** Wilson’s autobiography reveals that the first song he invited Tim Bowness to sing on was “a gauche piece of social commentary” with the {{Narm}}-tastic title of “Give Me the Needle”. It was apparently so terrible that it had been discarded by the time Bowness arrived to record it.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: ''A lot'' of people weren't happy with ''Raven'' sounding like a 70s prog rock album, feeling as if Wilson is taking his love for the classic era of music too far.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Steven's solo output doesn't sound much like Music/PorcupineTree, resulting in these reactions:
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''A lot'' of people weren't happy with ''Raven'' sounding like a 70s prog rock album, feeling as if Wilson is taking his love for the classic era of music too far.
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* CreatorWorship: Ho-yes. Wilson is ''heavily'' respected within the prog ''and'' metal community and by many people due to his collaborations and GenreRoulette experimentation. Being a NiceGuy helps too. This also hits a '''huge''' UnacceptableTarget when it comes to music criticism, although not as strong.

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* CreatorWorship: Ho-yes. Wilson is ''heavily'' respected within the prog ''and'' metal community and by many people due to his collaborations and GenreRoulette experimentation. Being a NiceGuy helps too. This is also hits a '''huge''' UnacceptableTarget unacceptable target when it comes to music criticism, although not as strong.
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* ArchivePanic: Just look at all those releases on the main page. And then add all the [=EP=]s, non-album singles, {{Live Album}}s, and so on that got left off. Wilson's discography comprises perhaps one of the most extreme musical examples of this trope over the past twenty-five years.

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* ArchivePanic: Just look at all those releases He only has six official solo albums and eleven Music/PorcupineTree albums but lots of albums with other projects as well, as shown on the main page. And then add all the [=EP=]s, non-album singles, {{Live Album}}s, and so on that got left off. Wilson's discography comprises perhaps one of the most extreme musical examples of this trope over the past twenty-five years.

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Dork Age was renamed


* AudienceAlienatingEra: Blackfield is thought to have had one around the time of their third and fourth albums, which Wilson had less involvement in.



* DorkAge: Blackfield is thought to have had one around the time of their third and fourth albums, which Wilson had less involvement in.

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