re: PT and "last nails in the coffin."
>>>>Is that pretty much Steven's answer to the question of PT reuniting? The "no, because I look forward, not backward" line? Or has he ever given another reason.
Because as much as I respect that from an artistic point of view, it seems awfully weird to shut down a band that had become big and was getting bigger, just because...no reason.
My guess is, Steven realized that he could probably play the same places as PT on his own (after a few albums, which he has done), and instead of having to be in a band situation, he could just call all the shots and not worry about anyone else. I don't know what PT's business affairs looked like, but I always assumed it was a "band" in name only. I figured Steven was the sole owner of the band and all its stuff, and the other guys were just hired hands.
And if that was indeed the case, then it made little sense to me to fold up that band and go "solo," if PT was his baby anyway. I do know he let the other guys swing the direction of PT creatively, and maybe he hated that. But ya know, I just can't shake the feeling there is something more behind the decision to shut down PT...other than "hey, I look forward, not backward."
While I can understand it to a degree, I can't help but think it really hurt the careers of the other guys in PT.
Anyone who has followed SW and PT intently over the years have any insight? I just got the official PT biography written by Rich Wilson, but I haven't opened it yet (this weekend).