The Marillion Round Table

You probably just need a break, Kingsnake.

I remember buying Radiation on the day of release and selling it back the very next day (Huge disappointement at the time)...didn't listen to them for some years then sometimes in 2005 the boys were in town and decided to go see them...was my first listen of the Marbles material and was strongly blown away...back on the train since then.

Retry the post-marbles albums in a few years...who knows.

Edited by Barbu - October 31 2016 at 21:59

What I have to think of relating to Marillion is if it weren't for the bands' early releases would I pick up a copy of Hogarth's Marillion today and love it? The answer is no. I loved Marillion during its Fish era as the music was theatrical, emotive and had a raw power to it that blew me away. Fish left and "Seasons End" was released with Hogarth and I loved that album although I was disappointed that Fish had left the band. I held on until "Brave". After "Brave" I started to find Hogarth extremely annoying as all the albums started to sound the same. Hogarth continued weeping into the microphone and I got to the stage where hearing him made me want to pull my hair out. I still collected all of the Marillion albums up until "Marbles" but from that time I haven't purchased a Marillion album although I've heard most of them.
For me they can't find another gear and Hogarth continues to irritate all kinds of hell out of me. I have tried to justify to myself that I should still enjoy a band that I once loved but justify all I might I can't get around the fact that I have grown to almost intensely dislike the band and the primary reason for that is Hogarth. I really enjoy "Edison's Children" which isn't Marillion but it due to the two Marillion band members making up the core it is related. If Hogarth joined Edison's Children then I would ditch that collaboration as well I guess.
For me the power has gone from the band - it left a while ago. Hogarth cries all the time - he doesn't have a range of emotion in his voice beyond angst and sadness. Hell, one of my favorite vocalists (one hated here on PA by many for reasons beyond me) being La Brie can do anger, pain, joy - the whole gamut of emotion whereas Hogarth is a one trick pony. Sorry all you fans out there but I can't do Marillion any longer, I can't continuously listen to all that angst any longer. 

Kingsnake wrote: Wow. I thought the fanboys were in this thread, not outthere remixing albums. I was just stating what I liked about Marillion. It just happens to be a remix album. So what? That album was a huge hit amongst some. It even was a dancefloor hit. Also I compare the current Marillion to a Hogarth solo album for a reason. And I stated that reason above. Someone asked me why I consider the new Marillion album more as a Hogarthband album. Also referring to me in third person instead of adressing me is plain rude.

Have you heard the Rocket Moth album?  It is from the people who brought you the Wishing Tree sans Rothery.

After a month or two of listening to FEAR, my conclusion is I like it a lot, although I have to say I do prefer the previous two.  HITR and STCBM are two of my favourite releases of theirs.

I know there's a lot of people who think the band really ceased to be when Fish left.  Personally, I take pretty much the opposite view.  I try to forget about the Fish era, it's another time, another band almost, and a distinctly inferior one at that, in my opinion.  Like Steve, I also saw the band several times before they signed a record deal.  At that time they were one of the few bands even playing prog rock, at the forefront of the "prog rock revival".  Even at that time they were one of my favourite bands.  I actually had their fantastic cassette album (which is probably worth a fortune now, God knows where it ever got to ).  So I'm not having a pop here, I'm giving my view too, having been there right at the start.  Suffice to say, the thought of the band going through Garden Party or Sugar Mice again live on tour is not really an appealing one to me.  There's plenty of H-era material to go at, after all.

rushfan4 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Just mentally and that didn't work so well.    The Invisible Man ? Living in FEAR Power Afraid of Sunlight The New Kings ? Eldorado Sugar Mice Easter Three-minute Boy First song and last 4 are for sure. The other 4 songs were played but I probably have the order messed up. Sang first verse of The Doors' Riders of the Storm. I didn't know the name of the 2nd song and I think I might be missing 1 or 2 in the middle. Got it pretty close: The Invisible Man Power Living in FEAR Wave Mad Afraid of Sunlight The New Kings (I -IV) Neverland Eldorado (I-V) Sugar Mice Easter Three-minute Boy

Apologies for the insanely late response to this .

I can certainly do without Sugar Mice (how about something like Man From The Planet Marzipan instead?) but other than that if they stick to that setlist on the UK tour I won't have any complaints.....


Edited by Roj - November 25 2016 at 10:19

The band have announced that they are to play The Royal Albert Hall on 13 October 2017. Wow!!

Royal Albert Hall tickets sold out within five minutes.

No, I didn't get one

lazland wrote: I have been seeing this fine band live right from the very outset. My first time was The Marquee in those heady days when Market Square Heroes was released. They simply get better and better.

FEAR still in outstanding awesome amazingly brilliant imho