Gavin Harrison

Infobox musical artist
Name = Gavin Harrison

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Img_capt = Gavin Harrison, performing live with Porcupine Tree
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Gavin Harrison
Born = North London, UK
Instrument = drums & percussion
Genre = Progressive rock Jazz Progressive metal
Occupation = musician songwriter
Label = Lava Roadrunner Atlantic
Associated_acts = Porcupine Tree King Crimson
URL = [http://www.drumset.demon.co.uk/ www.drumset.demon.co.uk/]

Gavin Harrison is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, in which he plays drums and percussion, having taken over from former drummer Chris Maitland in 2002. He is also currently playing drums and percussion with the band King Crimson. Harrison has authored two instructional drum books entitled Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives. He also wrote and produced his own instructional DVDs, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons, at his home studio.

In 1983, Gavin played drums with the British progressive rock band Renaissance .

In 2007 Gavin collaborated with singer/extended range bass player 05Ric on a new CD project called "Drop". Gavin released his first solo album Sanity & Gravity in 1998 to some critical acclaim.

In 2008, Gavin joined King Crimson as part of a dual-drummer lineup with Pat Mastelotto, according to [http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?artist=&show=&member=3&entry=8366 Robert Fripp's blog] , and confirmed by Gavin at a drum clinic in Geelong, Australia. Gavin played a number of shows in the United States in August with the band.

He won the "Modern Drummer" magazine readers' poll for "best progressive drummer of the year" consecutively in 2007 and 2008, though the last time he also came second in the best recorded performance category for "Fear of a Blank Planet".

Equipment

Current Tour Kit (2008):

*Sonor SQ2 Maple Drums & Zildjian Cymbals:
*Drums – Tribal finish
**8x7" Rack Tom
**10x8" Rack Tom
**12x10" Rack Tom
**14x12" Floor Tom
**16x14" Floor Tom
**22x17" Bass Drum
**14x5" Sonor SQ2 6 ply Birch Snare

*Cymbals - Zildjian
**16" Oriental China Trash
**5 Custom-Made Chimes
**13" K Hi-Hats
**18" K Crash
**8" EFX
**15" A Custom Crash
**20" K Ride
**18" A Custom Crash
**12" Oriental China Trash
**18" Z Custom China

(Note: All cymbals are listed in the order they appear on Gavin's kit from left to right. The five custom chimes were made by Gavin himself from some used Zildjian crash cymbals.)

*Drum Heads - Remo
**Toms: (8", 10", 12", 14",16") Coated Emperors - batter, Clear Ambassadors - resonant
**Bass Drum: (22") Powerstroke 3 Clear- batter,Standard Sonor Head - resonant
**Snares (14") Coated CS or Coated Pinstripe - batter, Hazy Ambassador - resonant

*Hardware
**Sonor Stands
**Pearl Icon 3 Sided Rack
**S-Hoops fitted to all Toms and Snare drums
**Puresound Snare Wires (8 strands)
**Axis Double Longboards A Bass Pedals

*Sticks - Vic Firth
**Vic Firth Rock Hickory

Home Studio Setup

*Mackie 32-8-2 mixing desk
*Apogee Rosettas 800 AD/DA
*Apple PowerMac G5
*Apple Logic Pro 7

*Mics:
*Bass Drum (SM91)
*Bass Drum (Audix D6)
*Snare Top (Audix i5)
*Snare Bottom (SM57)
*Hi Hat (AKG CK391)
*Tom1 (Sennheiser 421)
*Tom2 (Sennheiser 421)
*Tom3 (Sennheiser 421)
*Tom4 (Sennheiser 421)
*Tom5 (Sennheiser 421)
*Overheads (Pair of Royer 122's)
*Close Ambience (Pair of Neumann TLM 103's)
*Distant Ambience (Pair of Schoeps CMC5's)

Discography

**Alice 1992 "Mezzogiorno Sulle Alpi"
**Angela Baraldi 2001 "Rosasporco"
**B J Cole 1989 "Transparent Music"
**BJ Cole 1995 "Heart Of The Moment"
**Black 1988 "Comedy"
**Blackfield 2004 "Blackfield"
**Blackfield 2007 "Blackfield II"
**Camouflage 1991 "Meanwhile"
**Carlo Fimiani 2007 "Too Early"
**Cavani 1993 "Alza La Testa"
**Chizuko Yoshihiro 1993 "Conscious Mind"
**Claudio Baglioni 1992 "AncorAssieme"
**Claudio Baglioni 1992 "Assieme"
**Claudio Baglioni 1995 "Io Sono Qui"
**Claudio Baglioni 1996 "Attori e Spettatori"
**Claudio Baglioni 1997 "Anime In Gioco"
**Claudio Baglioni 1998 "A-Live"
**Claudio Baglioni 1999 "Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo"
**Claudio Baglioni 2000 "Acustico"
**Claudio Baglioni 2003 "Sono Io"
**Claudio Baglioni 2005 "Cresendo e Cercando"
**Claudio Baglioni 2006 "Quelli Degli Altri Tutti Qui"
**Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin 1990 "The Big Idea"
**Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin 1991 "Spin"
**David Devant & His Spirit Wife 1996 "Ginger"
**Devogue 1997 "Devogue"
**Dizrhythmia 1987 " Dizrhythmia"
**Donna Gardier 1990 "I'll Be There"
**Ed Poole 2008 "ED 4"
**Eddie and The Tide 1986
**Eros Ramazzotti 1995 "Più bella cosa" Live
**Eugenio Finardi 1990 "La Forza Dell'amore"
**Eugenio Finardi 1991 "Millennio"
**Fiorella Mannoia 1992 "I Treni A Vapore"
**Franco Battiato 1993 " Caffe' de la Paix"
**Franco Battiato 1996 "L'Imboscata"
**Franco Battiato 1996 "L'ombra della Luce"
**Franco Battiato 1998 "Gommalacca"
**Froon 1987 " Froon"
**Gail Ann Dorsey 1988 "The Corporate World"
**Gavin Harrison 1997 "Sanity & Gravity"
**Gavin Harrison & 05Ric 2007 "Drop"
**Heraldo Zuniga 2001 "Triangulo De Musgo"
**Iggy Pop 1986 "Ritz N.Y.C Live "Real Wild Child Live"
**Incognito 1991 "Inside Life"
**Jakko Jakszyk 2006 "The Bruised Romantic Glee Club"
**Jakko Jakszyk 1994 "Kingdom Of Dust"
**Jakko Jakszyk 1994 "Mustard Gas And Roses"
**Jakko Jakszyk 1996 "Are My Ears On Wrong?"
**Jakko Jakszyk 1997 "Road To Ballina"
**Kevin Ayers 1992 "Still Life With Guitar"
**King Crimson 2008 "Park West, Chicago, Illinois - August 7, 2008"
**Lene Lovich 1990 "March"
**Lewis Taylor 2000 "Lewis 2"
**Lisa Stansfield 1997 "Never gonna give you up" Live
**Lisa Stansfield 1999 "Swing"
**Lisa Stansfield 2001 "831 - Change"
**Manfred Mann 1996 "Soft Vengeance"
**Manolo Garcia 2002 "Nunca El Tiempo Es Perdido"
**Mick Karn 1995 "The Tooth Mother"
**Mieko Shimizu 1990 "A Road Of Shells"
**Miss Thi 1991 "Lover"
**No-Man 2008 "Schoolyard Ghosts"
**Patty Pravo 2002 "Radio Station"
**Paul Young 1995 "Grazing In The Grass" Live
**Peter Cox 2001 "Flame Still Burns"
**Porcupine Tree 2002 "In Absentia"
**Porcupine Tree 2003 "XM"
**Porcupine Tree 2004 "The Sky Moves Sideways" reissue
**Porcupine Tree 2005 "Deadwing"
**Porcupine Tree 2005 "Up The Downstair" reissue
**Porcupine Tree 2005 "XM2"
**Porcupine Tree 2006 "Rockpalast"
**Porcupine Tree 2006 "Arriving Somewhere"
**Porcupine Tree 2007 "Fear of a Blank Planet"
**Porcupine Tree 2007 "Nil Recurring"
**Raf 1993 "Cannibali"
**Richard Barbieri/Tim Bowness 1994 "Flame"
**Richard Barbieri 2008 "Stranger Inside"
**Rob Cowen/Beverly Craven 2004 "Lady Advertiser"
**Sam Brown 1987 "Stop!"
**Sarah Jane Morris 1988 "Can't Get To Sleep"
**Saro Cosentino 1997 "Ones & Zeros"
**Shari Belafonte 1989 "Shari"
**Sharon Rose 1994 “Never Be The Same”
**Sheila Nicholls 2002 "Wake"
**Shooter 1999 "..And Your Point?"
**Shooter 1999 "Life's A Bitch"
**Stefano Panunzi 2005 “Timelines”
**Steve Thorne 2007 "Emotional Creatures part 2"
**Steven Wilson 2008 "Insurgentes"
**Three Blind Mice 2007 "Good Grief"
**The Kings Of Oblivion 1987 "Big Fish Popcorn
**Tom Robinson & Jakko Jakszyk 1988 "We've Never Had It So Good"
**Yasuaki Shimizu 1989 "Aduna"
**Zerra One 1986 "The Domino Effect"

External links

* [http://www.drumset.demon.co.uk/ Gavin's Official Website]
* [http://www.porcupinetree.com/ Porcupine Tree Official Website]
* [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Gavin_Harrison.html Gavin's Drummerworld.com Page]

ee also

*List of drummers
*List of jazz drummers
*List of musicians