Editing Porcupine Tree (section)

====''The Sky Moves Sideways''====
The profile of Porcupine Tree had now grown to the extent that Wilson wanted to expand into live performances. Thus, in December 1993, Porcupine Tree became a live unit featuring Wilson on lead vocals/guitar, Colin Edwin on bass, Chris Maitland on drums, and Richard Barbieri on keyboards.<ref name="MusicPlayers">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicplayers.com/features/guitars/2007/0707_Steven_Wilson.php |title=Steven Wilson: Fear of a Blank Interview |website=MusicPlayers.com |first=Scott |last=Kahn |access-date=8 April 2008}}</ref>

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All three new members of the group had worked with Wilson on various projects over the preceding years, especially Barbieri and Maitland, who had been part of No-Man's touring band. The new line-up's first live album, ''[[Spiral Circus]]'', contained recordings from their first three performances, including a [[BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio One]] session for [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]], an early champion of the group.

Porcupine Tree's next album did not emerge until early 1995, but was preceded by the ''[[Moonloop]]'' EP, the last two tracks of which were recorded during the album sessions and were the first to feature the new band. Released in 1995, the band's third studio album, ''[[The Sky Moves Sideways]]'' became a success among [[progressive rock]] fans and Porcupine Tree were hailed as the Pink Floyd of the 1990s. Wilson later lamented this, stating, "I can't help that. It's true that during the period of ''The Sky Moves Sideways'', I had done a little too much of it in the sense of satisfying, in a way, the fans of Pink Floyd who were listening to us because that group doesn't make albums any more. Moreover, I regret it".

''The Sky Moves Sideways'' was an "expansive soundscape of melody and ambient rock experimentation", but proved to be a transitional work, with half recorded before the formation of the band and half recorded after. Most of the album was taken up with the 35-minute title track, which at one point Wilson had intended to be long enough to occupy the whole album. An alternate version of the track, containing some of the excised music, was included on the 2004 remastered version of the album. It also entered the ''NME'', ''Melody Maker'', and ''[[Music Week]]'' charts.<ref name="Porcupine Tree Biography" /> Together with the ''Moonloop'' EP, this album was the first Porcupine Tree music issued in America in the autumn of 1995, and attracted favourable press on both sides of the Atlantic. The band supported the album with numerous concerts throughout the year at major music venues in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, and Greece.