Marillion: Are they really that bad?

The Wake is the best

it never quite coheres into perfection but the first 3 tracks are their finest 20 minutes

f#*ck.

deja vu.

this is the common room all over again ..

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/this-is-what-radiohead-looked-like-in-the-80s

lol beautiful

Tales from the Lush Attic - that's the one I've heard. The recent remaster is incredible. It's definitely very close to classic Genesis, but maybe it rocks a little harder? I'd be curious to hear what their later records sounded like.

I've heard a lot of good things about Big Big Train and do want to hear the English Electric albums. That said, I have heard their early material (up to Bard) and it's profoundly boring and personality-free.

The one I've gotten big into the last year or so is Echolyn, which is more of a Gentle Giant knockoff, though they have a more distinct sound.

NV, that pic is priceless. Iron Maiden and Marillion the two pillars of every teenagers music obsessions round our way

Cardiacs are said to have got booed mercillessly supporting Blur. Can you imagine a Blur audience? Going to see any truly massive band always brings out the misanthrope in me, because so much of the audience just seems hostile to the idea of a support band who isnt famous.

Some of IQ's 00s albums are really good.

Peter Hammill was booed off when he played with them too, or so I heard.

he played with them on the "script for a jester's tear" tour. i seem to recall fish introduced him and made a little speech about how important his music was and at least at the gig i saw he was treated with great reverence. it was just hammill with john ellis (from the vibrators) on stage and was one of the starkest and most unusual live things i'd heard up to that point (aged 14). i guess i have to thank marillion for that too as i still love and listen to peter hammill records. fish also used to rhapsodise about random hold who i checked out and liked as a result but i haven't revisited their records in eons.

good story too mark e. a vibrant music press back then definitely led to lots of great discoveries that remained life long favourites.

Yeah I saw that, I think the booing was a couple of years later, maybe only at one gig. Beltane Fire went down well as support on the Misplaced Childhood tour though!

XXP - I think Cardiacs only ever supported Blur at one day long gig in Mile End Stadium in the mid nineties.

xp

I was gonna say Beltane Fire got heckled unmercifully at the Birmingham Odeon gig on that tour, I still remember a flexidisc from the programme sailing in a gorgeous arc from the balcony to stott the singer square in the forehead

didn't they have like swords and stuff though? should have waded into the crowd and butchered their assailants

like all Scot Nats their bluster crumbled before determined resistance

never been all that into marillion but the latest fish album, a feast of unintended consequences, is pretty decent. not that it'll ever get any attention. segregation in all its forms is bad imho

to be fair marillion are absolutely nothing like those early albums now

Okay so I checked out the Marillion discogs page for the hell of it

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marillion

And Jesus H. how many albums have they released? I count something like six Christmas albums alone (though sadly almost none of them are proper Christmas albums).

Well they are a cottage industry, like Steven Wilson whose every fart and utterance has to be released as a live Blu-Ray.

Thread making me not so much want to hear Marillion as douse their fans in bovine effluent

Well that would be me age 16! Sounds painful.

Marillion fans vs Cardiacs fans, maybe needs a poll.

no ones as bad as cardiacs fans

PENIS

IS IT TOO LATE TO SAY I'M SORRY?

Jon Poole (ex-Cardiacs) used to refer to Grendel as Apocalypse In 4/4

lol quality zing

yeah the vast majority of those on discogs are fan club only releases. I think they have about 15 proper albums.

i wonder how many total votes a poll between marillion's two lead singers would get

More than a poll between their two drummers I'd wager

I always thought Fish from Fishbone would be an awesome prog drummer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeK3sziX9rI

They've got a new album coming out next week, and the title of it - F*** Everyone And Run (F E A R) - is probably the worst album title of the year...

https://www.marillion.com/shop/images/Faceheader1.jpg

feat Eazy E

ayiyi

https://youtu.be/DnoqP4B8J6U

You did not have to link that, and yet.

Eh, not remarkably good or bad. Whatever, I kinda like the new Isuldur's Bane with Hogarth.

DG such a sweetheart, enjoyed seeing him bopping about there, I hope he makes enough money out of music, must be difficult for a life long sidemouse.

That was a great cover, Gregory has such a great guitar tone

Who's the singer for Marillion now? He seems like he's having a good time

Haha, Steve Hogarth, took over in '89 iirc

5 disc reissue of Script for a Jester's Tear, I refuse to believe anyone actually needs this

http://marillion.com/shop/albums/remast49.htm

http://marillion.com/shop/images/packshots/2227PS.jpg

Ooh tempted

i heard the remix is poor but I'll probably give a listen to a streaming version.