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“There was a girl who wrote letters to Fish in her own blood, and there was an American you could imagine having a John Lennon moment with. You have to be careful”: Steve Rothery’s life and times with Marillion

It’s always been about music for the veteran guitarist, although distractions have included catching fire at the band’s first gig, realising he should be much richer than he actually was, and an alternative career he came close to pursuing

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Steve Rothery reveals details of new Bioscope album with Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning

Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning will release new collaborative album Gentō’ in July

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“We’d all seen The Wall; we knew there were good rock movies out there”: Inspired by Pink Floyd, Marillion made a film out of their 1994 concept album Brave. It didn’t go well

Marillion’s attempt to make a full-length move to accompany 1994 concept album Brave went so badly that the director disassociated himself from it

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Marillion keyboard player Mark Kelly and daughter Tallulah launch new podcast Prog & Progeny

Prog & Progeny features Marillion's Mark Kelly and daughter Tallulah discussing Marillion, music and life in general

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Fish review – euphoric opening to a prog hero’s farewell tour

The former Marillion singer was on rousing form as he delivered power ballads and intricate rock anthems spanning a career of more than four decades

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“I hate that I had to write the previous album. It became dangerous to play the music and stab myself in the heart”: Swallow The Sun had to escape from Juha Raivio’s personal hell. The solution was new album Shining

Finnish prog-doomers’ ninth record contains elements of Queen, Marillion, Metallica’s Black Album and pop production – but most of their mesmerising melancholy remains

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“I thought I’d have to sell my house. The manager suggested we got part-time jobs”: Marillion were facing oblivion. Then they made This Strange Engine and found a way forward

They still don’t agree over the contents of their make-or-break 1997 album – except on one thing they did wrong

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"I said, “We’re a band, we want to make a record.” He said, “Oi dunno much about records… If you wanted a cowshed, I could probably ’elp yer!” Pendragon's Nick Barrett looks back on their 40-plus year career...

In 2020, when Pendragon released their eleventh studio album Love Over Fear, we grilled mainman Nick Barrett in The Prog Interview

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New book sheds further light on the rise of Marillion, Pallas, Twelfth Night, and the 80s prog revival

A Playground Of Broken Hearts charts the prog revival from 1983 to 1989 and is published in July

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“It was a really angry time; there was lots of litigation between me and the guys. So It was a much-needed release”: Once Fish escaped his Marillion train wreck, he scored a Top 5 album

On the cusp of retirement, the singer looks back on how the 1988 split came about, how it could have been avoided, and how his debut solo record Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors rose from the ashes

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FISH announces UK dates for final tour

FISH has announced the dates of his UK leg of his farewell jaunt.

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We celebrate 50 years of Yes's Relayer on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus Marillion, Clannad, Pavlov's Dog, Klone, Swallow The Sun, Dilemma and more

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“Dismissed by some as too lightweight, time has reframed it as a pivotal album musically and historically”: Marillion’s This Strange Engine Deluxe Edition

Marking an and and a beginning for the band, this extended version of the 1997 original states its case as an elegant outlier in their catalogue

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"No set list, just whatever happens." Steve Hogarth announces his traditional Christmas shows

Marillion singer Steve Hogarth will play live shows in England Germany and the Netherlands over the festive period

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"Maybe we can open for Marillion on the next tour?” The story of Mark Kelly and Marathon

The story of Marillion. keyboard player Mark Kelly's first solo venture with Mark Kelly's Marathon

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"It was a pretty horrible affair to deal with from a creative point of view": Fish on his solo career, the state of prog and the 'youth of today'

In 2005, Classic Rock spoke with former Marillion frontman Fish as he released a best-of collection, Bouillabaisse

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Pre-order our exclusive Mark Wilkinson/Fish t-shirt/signed calendar bundle here

Get a fantastic Mark Wilkinson-designed Fish t-shirt you won’t be able to buy anywhere else, along with a signed Mark Wilkinson The Art Of Fish calendar that comes with issue 155 of Prog, a bespoke front cover

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“Unrestrained, progressively complex and compelling – there isn’t a weak album among the four”: Fish and Marillion were only together for a seven-year period, but it’s what they did with it that counts

11 songs from the era when the charismatic Scotsman and Aylesbury's finest prog adventurers defined a musical identity that defied dismissal

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The 30 greatest David Gilmour performances

David Gilmour's 30 greatest moments, as chosen by members of Marillion, Roxy Music, Asia, Solstice, TesseracT, Haken and more

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“It’s hard to be angry young men at our age, but there are some pretty heavy duty lyrics here. Sometimes you’ve got to speak up”: When Marillion defied expectations (again) with Sounds That Can’t Be Made

The band deliberately – but doubtfully – pushed boundaries with the subjects they explored on their 17th studio album

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“It was sounding great, then halfway through the loop stops… We turned into a sort of working men’s club band!”: Marillion’s late-career hit single didn’t stop people asking Steve Hogarth about Fish

You’re Gone, from 2004 album Marbles, was their first Top 10 entry since 1987, and the track came about in a non-standard manner for the band

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"I've not done Taylor Swift's numbers, but I don't give a sh*t because I'm proud of the songs I did": As Fish prepares to leave the business behind, he reflects on Marillion, going solo and life after music

After next year's farewell tour Fish is leaving music and the bright lights behind to live with his wife (and 13 sheep) on a Scottish island

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Marillion announce new deluxe edition of This Strange Engine

Marillion's 1997 album This Strange Engine will be released on CD/Blu-ray and vinyl in November

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“It seemed like prog had run its course… he kickstarted the second wave”: Pendragon’s Nick Barrett wants Marillion co-founder Mick Pointer to get credit for his influence

Neo-prog drummer created the Marquee scene in the 80s and inspired the third generation – including Steven Wilson and Dream Theater – in the 90s, says guitarist

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“The jollity can’t undercut the impact of the music”: Marillion’s An Hour Before It‘s Dark: Live In Port Zelande

Pandemic-era masterpiece brought vividly to life with additional material.

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