Gavin Harrison is currently one of the most acclaimed drummers in the industry. He has made a name for himself both as a great session musician and as a member of King Crimson and Porcupine Tree – bands that have become staples in the world of prog rock.
At the same time, he has not been neglecting his solo career, releasing albums under his name. In recent years, he has also been successfully recording and touring with The Pineapple Thief. Now, they have something new brewing!
A five-track EP of Gavin Harrison with the Pineapple Thief, titled “Last To Run”, will drop on November 8, 2024.
In 2016, he joined The Pineapple Thief as a session drummer for the band’s 11th studio album Your Wilderness, which received widespread critical acclaim and an overwhelmingly positive fan reception. He joined the band on the tour following the album in January 2017.
In August 2018, just before the release of Dissolution, the band announced that Harrison had officially joined the band as a full member. He has since been actively involved and credited in the band’s songwriting and album production together with the founder Bruce Soord.
Harrison was influenced by his father’s jazz collection and by drummers such as Steve Gadd and Jeff Porcaro. Harrison won the Modern Drummer readers’ poll for “best progressive drummer of the year” consecutively from 2007–2010 and again in 2016 and 2019.
He won “Best Prog Drummer” in DRUM USA magazine in 2011. Prog voted him best drummer in 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He is the featured cover story on Modern Drummer in January 2009, February 2015, and July 2022. Rolling Stone polls rate him as the third-best drummer in the past 25 years. In 2014, Modern Drummer magazine placed Harrison in the “Top 50 Greatest Drummers of All Time”.
Gavin Harrison is endorsed by the following brands: Zildjian, Sonor, Remo, Vic Firth, Gibraltar, Hardcase, and AKG, and is also known to use Tama Speedcobra pedals.
The Pineapple Thief, with Gavin Harrison behind the drums, is also embarking on a North American tour this fall as well as the second leg of their European tour in early spring.