A schoolteacher turned prog-rock frontman, he left the band in 1988 and kept writing under his own name.
For the Marillion years, 'Margaret on the Guillotine' still hits hard. Later, something like 'Torch Song' from his solo list gives you a feel for where he landed.
He gave Marillion its early voice on albums like 'Metropolis,' singing about urban alienation in a way that felt urgent. Later, 'Margaret on the Guillotine' stirred real debate by taking aim at the British government's policies in Scotland. Even after the split, songs like 'A Gentleman's Excuse Me' showed he hadn't lost his knack for a pointed lyric.
He started as a schoolteacher before joining what became Marillion in the late 1970s. The band's debut 'Metropolis' landed in 1980, and he stayed through the '80s until a public split in 1988. After that, he kept recording solo under the Fish name, putting out tracks like 'Cliché' and 'Vigil In a Wilderness Of Mirrors.'
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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