Roine Stolt recorded three albums with supergroup Transatlantic, with members of Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, and Marillion, in 2000, 2001, and 2009.

On their 1985 album Misplaced Childhood, the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion recorded a song called " Lavender ," which was derived from the folk song and became a number 5 hit on the British singles chart.

After releasing a self-produced LP entitled Arrive Alive ( recorded in Scotland in 1981 ), Pallas was courted by EMI Records ( who had just signed contemporaries Marillion ) and went into the recording studio with Yes / Emerson, Lake & Palmer engineer Eddy Offord to record the album that would become The Sentinel.

Following the success of their previous North American tour, underwritten by the band's fans themselves, Marillion turned to their fans to finance the making of Anoraknophobia, asking them to pre-order the album before it was even recorded.

In 1985, the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion achieved their only UK Number One album-and the best-selling album of their career-with Misplaced Childhood, a concept album featuring lyrics by frontman Fish which were partly autobiographical.

Marillion are widely considered within the industry to have been one of the first mainstream acts to have fully recognised and tapped the potential for commercial musicians to interact with their fans via the Internet circa 1996, and are nowadays often characterised as a rock & roll ' Web Cottage Industry '.

In November 1984, Marillion then released their first live album, Real to Reel, featuring songs from Fugazi and Script for a Jester's Tear, as well as " Cinderella Search " ( B-side to ' Assassing ') and the debut single " Market Square Heroes ", which had not been available on album until that point.

What followed was a string of albums and events that saw Marillion struggling to find their place in the music business.

This allowed Marillion to retain all the rights to their music while enjoying commercial distribution.

Marbles was released in 2004 with a 2-CD version that is only available at Marillion's website – kind of a ' thank-you ' gesture to the over 18, 000 fans who pre-ordered it, and as even a further thanks to the fans, their names were credited in the sleeve notes ( this ' thank you ' to the fans also occurred with the previous album, Anoraknophobia ). Marillion in 2007, left to right: Steve Rothery, Steve Hogarth, Pete Trewavas ( front row ), Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley ( back row ) The band ’ s management organised the biggest promotional schedule since they had left EMI and Steve Hogarth secured interviews with prominent broadcasters on BBC Radio, including Matthew Wright, Bob Harris, Stuart Maconie, Simon Mayo and Mark Lawson.

April 2007 saw Marillion release their fourteenth studio album Somewhere Else, their first album in 10 years to make the UK Top No. 30.

Before the album's release, on 9 September 2008, Marillion achieved a world first by pre-releasing their own album via P2P networks themselves.

" and claimed Marillion were " making strong, singular music with the courage of their convictions, and we should treasure them more than we do.

He also dismissed the band's efforts to continue their career without a label by dealing directly with their fans on the Internet, claiming: " One suspects that their decision occurred round about the time that the record industry decided to shun Marillion.

In an interview in 2000, Hogarth expressed regret about the band retaining their name after he joined: " If we had known when I joined Marillion what we know now, we'd have changed the name and been a new band.

The band have been prepared to send up their unfashionable status, naming their 2001 album " Anoraknophobia " and printing T-shirts with the logo " Marillion: Uncool as F * ck.

The band completed their lineup by adding bassist and progressive rock veteran Pete Trewavas from the group Marillion and Edison's Children.

* " Beautiful ", a song by Marillion from their 1995 album Afraid of Sunlight

Whereas Pallas has been compared with their contemporary competitors Marillion regularly, this EP is more in the verve of early material by The Police.

Between November 5 and December 21, 1984, Cardiacs performed their first major British support tour, supporting Marillion at the personal invitation of Marillion ’ s vocalist, Fish.

During the 1980s, Cardiacs were a professed influence or inspiration for Marillion, It Bites and British psychedelic acts such as Ring ; during the 1990s, emerging bands and musicians who were Cardiacs fans included Blur, Radiohead, Supergrass Shane Embury of Napalm Death, Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson, The Scaramanga Six, The Monsoon Bassoon and The Wildhearts ( who would later pay direct tribute via their track " Tim Smith " on 2009's Chutzpah !).

* " White Russian ", a song by Marillion from their album Clutching at Straws

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The band toured with Go West and Marillion in late 1987, played major European outdoor festivals ( including the Montreaux Jazz Festival, broadcast live across Europe by Swiss TV ) and supported Robert Plant in early 1988.

The band name was shortened to Marillion in 1981 to avoid potential copyright conflicts at the same time as Fish and bassist Diz Minnett joined after an audition at Leyland Farm Studios in Buckinghamshire on 2 January 1981.

Kayleigh also gave Marillion its sole entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 74.

Marillion continued to tour throughout 2005 playing several summer festivals and embarking on acoustic tours of both Europe and the United States, followed up by the " Not Quite Christmas Tour " of Europe throughout the end of 2005.

" In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, an article on Marillion written by Mick Wall described them as “ probably the most misunderstood band in the world ”.

But you are unlikely to hear Marillion on British radio, read about them in the music press or see them play a major festival.

In 1999, DJ Simon Mayo commented on BBC Radio 1: " Marillion ... where are they now?

Many of Fish's later works contain lengthy spoken word lyrics, shorter examples of which can be heard on earlier Marillion albums.

Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator was also a major influence on his songwriting and vocal delivery, which is especially notable on the first two Marillion albums.

He was accompanied on stage by four Marillion members ( Mark Kelly, Steve Rothery, Ian Mosley and Pete Trewavas ) for one song: ' Market Square Heroes '.

Pointer later gathered a band dubbed ' Mick Pointer's Marillion ' with Brian Cummings ( CarpetCrawlers ) on vocals, Nick Barrett ( Pendragon ) on lead guitar, Mike Varty ( Credo ) on keyboards and Ian Salmon ( Arena ) on bass guitar to perform Marillion's debut album, Script for a Jester's Tear for its 25th anniversary.

He also played on the 1975 album Birds by Dutch band Trace and on fellow Marillion bandmate Pete Trewavas ' Edison's Children album " In The Last Waking Moments ...", playing drums on the epic 16 minute " The Awakening ".

* In 1985 Fish of Marillion, while performing " Lavender " with the band, was seen clearly miming while holding up a giant notepad with the song lyrics on.

Despite this, there was even an attempt by irate Marillion fans to set fire to the safety curtain during Cardiacs ' performance at the Manchester Apollo show on December 17.

Steve Hogarth, lead singer for Marillion, was also present at the funeral and performed the song " Out of This World " solo.

" White Russian " is a song by progressive rock band Marillion from the album " Clutching at Straws ".

Marillion have achieved twelve Top 40 hit singles in the UK with Hogarth, including 2004's " You're Gone ", which charted at No. 7 and is the biggest hit of his tenure.

In 2010, Twelfth Night were invited to headline the Friday night of the V Night of The Prog festival at Loreley, with Marillion headlining the Saturday night.

Two other memorable incidents included performances by Marillion ; an appearance for " Garden Party " saw Fish miming perfectly except for the line " I'm miming " ( which was changed from the original " I'm fucking " for broadcast purposes ), when he simply pointed at his closed lips.

Marillion performed three dates of their Clutching at Straws UK tour from 3 to 5 November 1987.

The band were active in the progressive rock revival spearheaded by the likes of Marillion, Pallas, and Twelfth Night in the early 1980s, and indeed ( like their peers IQ ) often appeared as support acts to Marillion and other major neo-prog bands, both on tours and at the famous Marquee venue which hosted many regular prog evenings.

It was the first Marillion studio album to fail to reach UK Top 40, peaking at # 53 and staying on the chart for one week.

Tin Spirits supported Marillion during the Marillionweekend at Port Zélande on 27 March 2011 in the Netherlands.

Marillion have played the song in acoustic and electric versions ; one such hybrid performance can be heard on their 1999 Unplugged at the Walls album.