2002 - September: Porcupine Tree “In Absentia”

from What the Riff Next Gen · host Rob Marbury, Wayne Rowan, Bruce Fricks, John Lynch

Bruce riffs on the seventh studio album by Porcupine Tree, “In Absentia,” from September 2002 (Wedding Nails / Trains / The Sound of Muzak / Blackest Eyes). STAFF PICKS: “Anger Rising” by Jerry Cantrell — Rob. “Fine Again” by Seether — Lynch. “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne — Bruce. ENTERTAINMENT TRACK: “The Ballad of Serenity” (from the television series Firefly).

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