Marillion (Fish) - VIDEO - 1988 Channel 4 TV Interview - "A Man Called Fish"

[@Robcatist]

Script was their best album bought it in 83 as a 13 year old still got it and play it Marillion was only Marillion with Fish in it.

[@MarkandSandieInMotion]

I agree. Haven’t listened to a note of the current band, can’t do it!

[@BlissUnboxing0]

A shame @@MarkandSandieInMotion as the new album (An hour Before it's Dark) is IMHO the best thing they have ever done. I do get the nostalgia element though and love the early material too.

[@awakeningwithreiki9451]

Agreed, I loved the bad. Script was incredible

[@vizyonE23R]

Fugazi is right next to it.

[@stuarthowarth2972]

​@@MarkandSandieInMotionYou are missing a lot of superb music. They are superb live!

[@awakeningwithreiki9451]

Watching this in 2024, loved Marillion with Fish

[@linoeventual]

Me too!

[@Avatar2050]

'Clutching at Straws' is still the best album i have ever heard, and there's been a few... he'll always be my rambo.!

[@jimw6659]

Brilliant - thanks for sharing!

[@RubyTwilite]

My oh my he was sweet back then. I was shocked to see him recently, I didn't realize so much time had passed.

[@MyNameisBritannia]

I love his speaking voice too

[@Esucarys1]

I am a fan of both Fish and Hogarth. The singer does not always make the band. These guys have chemistry like none other. You people who want to pick one or the other are missing out. Your negative comments are definitely not going to make Steve Hogarth like you...you're only going to piss off the Fish supporters and stop them from ever wanting to give the new Marillion the chance that band deserves.

[@davidharpham801]

Misplaced Childhood and Clutching at straws are up there with the best albums of all time he had a special voice.......just booked tickets for his upcoming uk tour starting in dec 2017 where he will perform his last studio album before retirement and also cluthing at straws in full to mark its 30th aniversary cant wait!!!

[@itkojecockot]

all Fish albums were masterpieces

[@Esucarys1]

Great man. Misplaced Childhood & Clutching at Straws are masterpieces, but so are Season's End, Brave & Marbles. Ive seen them in concert with both singers and Rothery, Trewavas, Kelly & Mosley haven't changed. They write emotionally brilliant music. Hogarth & Fish are also amazing lyricists who both compliment the band. Anyone who disagrees hasnt really listened to his lyrics or the interviews where he talks about their meaning. He & Fish have more in common than most will perceive.

[@mattyboywalker9094]

Errrr script and fugazi are MASTERPIECES TOO

[@BROTHER-52]

Pretty much agree with nearly all you say ...but no one writes better lyrics than the FISH ...S.H...IS GOOD AND THEY COULD NOT HAVE FOUND A BETTER REPLACEMENT..and brave is probably his best work ...but ..I love ocean cloud and never land ..very very much

[@skyhawk747]

@@BROTHER-52 Sadly Fish has lost his voice, a lot of his live performances he sounds dreadful. Hogarth's voice is 10 times more powerful. NOT that I am slagging Fish off. I am just pointing out that the voice of Fish is around 30-40% of what it was in the Sugar Mice day.

[@BROTHER-52]

@@skyhawk747 I agree the power that we always got from FISH. Has gone from his voice..noticeable over the last few tours.. Probably why he gonna call it a day after this last album tours... But he still the man with a gift of words...no BETTER lyricist than the all singing, dancing FISH..

[@MarkandSandieInMotion]

Who else writes words like ‘a wedding ring destined to be found in a cheap motel’, and sing it like he did? When Fish left, Marillion ended. You can convince yourself otherwise but I’m not buying it. The original band was a treasure and the lid is sealed shut. Some things are sacred and better left untouched.

[@wbasteve1]

thanks for posting this fish is one of my fav artists never saw this in 88

[@mmooppaarr6699]

Thank you for this upload!!

[@babyk8047]

if only they would have stayed together

[@victoraustin9429]

i know it's kind of off topic but does anybody know a good place to stream new movies online ?

[@troydwayne9784]

@Victor Austin try Flixzone. Just google for it =)

[@BROTHER-52]

WHEN HE SAYS AM GETTING OLD NOW ..AND I Can't DO IT LIKE I USED TO.. ALSO SAYS ABOUT DOING A PARACHUTE JUMP AT 62 ...BET HE NEVER THOUGHT THAT AT 60 .HE WOULD STILL HAVE THEM LONG FOLLOWING LOYAL FANS WAITING WITH ANXIETY FOR HIS FINAL ( double) STUDIO ALBUM......Ive followed you all the way Derek .will be a very sad ( but moving and happy) night when I watch you for the last time ...( that's if we get through this drama that's going on now) .. no better master storyteller ( lyricist) than you ..the man with the gift of words

[@365Avalon]

Great interview. Thanks for posting it

[@Esucarys1]

The band was not in turmoil. Their manager was taking 20% and refused to give the guys in the band their requested input. Fish asked the band to choose between him and their manager. They chose their manager, who was later sacked and since his departure they are independent - just like Fish.

[@vamboroolz1612]

“Taking a parachute jump when I am 62 ears old”......and now he is 62, but I don’t think his knees would take it anymore.

[@602doog]

I think he´s great.Good luck to him from a fellow tall scotsman.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

ENGLISH BAND

[@kimdawcatgirl]

The interviewer looks like he could be John Deacon from Queens brother. My first album I ever bought with my own money was Jazz. Otherwise I only got them for Christmas. A lot has changed since then! Lol! I am from the Grand Rapids Michigan area and Marillion were huge here because a local DJ from WLAV fm was a big fan and played them all the time and made sure they came our way when touring the States. Great times as I saw and loved both era's of the band.

[@thecotardreality]

"the DJ resigned today, they wouldn't let him have his say, surfaced scratched where the needles play, there's Uzis on a street corner". That was a real life experience. Wow. I love White Russian even more now.

[@jjHoss]

A very interesting interview. I'm not sure that Marillion would have wanted Fish to do a solo album while still using the band, but what do I know... And I don't think the screenplay or novel Fish mentions ever came to anything, not yet anyway :-)

[@thecotardreality]

Fish was still in his late 20s here (or 30 at the oldest), and had already recorded 2 of the most amazing albums in the history of mankind (MC and CaS, of course). I'm 3 years older than he was here. What have I done with my life?

[@ingregulous3141]

@Andrew Peters Nothing, like the rest of us.

[@billyclark7079]

You wasted your life

[@NE0TIMELESS]

great interview thanks for sharing :)

[@MrJJPATTO]

Fish is amazing if he would have still been in marrillion the band would have never had to ask for anything to make an album it would have been there

[@stewartchristie3408]

Bing Hitler said "Is Fish a visionary genius or just a big haddie?" I think he's somewhere in between. A good lyricist and singer. Marillion were never the same without him.

[@kimlarsson7259]

His speaking voice is nothing like his singing voice...

[@BROTHER-52]

Must have watched this a good hundred times...when this was shown it was a uncertain time .. the ANXIETY ATTACK album was a work in progress..but it turned into a very long wait for VIGIL .. but the no better lyricist that this fish...

[@suelazuliclarke1162]

Love fish

[@palmyrajo]

I don't understand much of what he's saying, but my God, that accent!

[@martaovi5404]

i am sorry for my bad english but I am from Argentina and speak spanish...my english is limited. but why that accent you say? is bad accent or good accent? thank you very much

[@jodyjonesusa]

I am American and I think his accent is sexy. ;)

[@martaovi5404]

jodyjonesusa but this accent tell me not is correct? please i need learn

[@peteford-r4l]

Hola Marta. es un accento escoces

[@UnkleJohn84]

@@martaovi5404 fish is scottish sometimes us english even find it hard to understand their accent

[@kimlarsson7259]

I wish someone had asked about the sounds Fish made, besides the lyrics. Sha sha! Whooa Wwhooa! Where did that come from?

[@gowestward1]

The creative mind is never idle

[@Ifyoudonttakeitucantfakeit]

He was deluded then and still is but what a great lyricist! Love Marillion in all guises

[@lancemoutray2832]

Kevin Costner, Michael Caine! I was just waiting for Keanu Reaves next 🤦

[@PanchoAndDrum]

On a trip to his old local pub in Dalkeith, a fellow punter said to him "Well if it isn't Derek Dick! How are you?" to which he replied "Sorry pal, I only go by the name Fish now". The punter responded "Aye? Well to me, you'll always be a dick". Top class patter.

[@RPZ501]

Cant wait for the new electric sets and the upcoming convention !!

[@TheCollo67]

wow

[@TheMichael1966]

he says people getting together behind a cause is his greatest fear ( a weapon) then that "liveaid" was a great feeling of togetherness, is he confused and/or a little mixed up

[@gregwhatley6499]

He didnt realise what he had with marillion until he no longer had it!

[@DCHurlford1]

At least he went out on a high with Clutching At Straws.

[@carloskorner545]

Marillion was with Fish.

[@patrickmckay307]

Once wi peas and an eliptic Roll.🕊

[@hugobromme1428]

@rob harper His wife's name is Prat?^^

[@zippy1969]

indeed

[@simongalle3810]

Who's the interviewer?

[@simondara1971]

I'm a Fish fan, but here Fish is clearly lying and denying his own faults. Not a word about his drinking, drugs and bad attitude. 1988 he left the band. Could not have been long after this interview.

[@kimlarsson7259]

Ah those were the west days.. I owned four different wests round 1990... If you were a dude, you had a west for every occasion 😎

[@marijade1123]

🏴♥️🏴

[@KingAlpaca]

13:00 Wow

[@holidaysinsweden]

❤Steve Blame ❤

[@fortheloveoftunes]

Is his wife called Chips? (Fish & Chips) .-)

[@WarpLover]

WHAT!?

[@warmwetcircle]

prat

[@PeterMayer]

Never did much for me.

[@paulfleming9752]

hasnt aged ver well though,maybe should take the plunge,smoked salmon longer shelf life haaaaaha sorry

[@MARBLES81]

He can't sing

[@paulmcdonough1093]

AND YOU CAN FOOL HA

[@beetlespacexdragon7815]

Fish sings well enough. His strengths were his lyricism, brooding physical presence, and showmanship. He doesn’t have the same vocal chops of Hogarth, but fronted Marillion brilliantly in its early days.