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Post by nosferatu on Dec 14, 2009 14:46:33 GMT -5
Having battled with a will to suspect Marillion of being massively uncool and taboo, about a year ago my mate's band were tour support to Fish and I went along for the ride for a few nights. The result is that 1987's "Clutching at Straws" is my most-played album of 2009.
Have you got any experiences of albums you assumed were shit actually being amazing?
Maybe I like this particular album because it sounds like Pink Floyd meets On The Road. Apparently Fish read a lot of Kerouac.
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Post by ontheradio on Dec 14, 2009 14:57:51 GMT -5
<---named after Marillion's Kayleigh. So yeah they will always be cool in my mind. I think i might have mentioned this before.
Are they really uncool? Most people in the USA have no idea who they are. But they were huge elsewhere, correct?
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Post by nosferatu on Dec 14, 2009 15:19:06 GMT -5
huge in Germany...
They were out of place over here in the UK pretty much - a sort of underground prog-rock revivalist clique. Marillion crossed over into the mainstream briefly and they supported Queen at one point and tried to crack America - they ultimately failed at that.
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Post by jamesjesusangleton on Dec 15, 2009 4:29:46 GMT -5
Teen progger comes out of the woodwork ... I saw Fish-era Marilliion several times. Indeed, I saw the last time they ever performed Grendel onstage, all 17:40 of it. I used to love them. I listened back to them not so long ago and it was a horrible experience. Nosferatu is right: they emerged out of an early-80s underground prog revival that also gave us Pallas (who were tipped for similar success, but never made it). IQ, Twelfth Night and others who I no longer recall.
They were never truly huge in the UK. Kayeigh was a big crossover hit single, but they never made it from theatres to arenas.
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