For Fish, it’s all been about the journey. Raised in Dalkeith to the east of Edinburgh, there was an initial love of progressive rock and distant fantasies of becoming a rock star, before reality bit, and propelled him into a short-lived career as a lumberjack.
A fortuitous meeting with a school friend and a fleeting chat with Peter Gabriel provided the inspirational drive to front a band. Travels through the Scottish Borders, Cambridge and Retford saw Fish seeking a band that could match his keen expectations, and eventually led him to Aylesbury, where, in 1981, he joined Marillion. A tenure of seven years produced some of the finest progressive albums of the decade, and an unexpected hit single in the form of Kayleigh, before he resigned from the band to pursue a solo career.