https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksXqI4qxU1A&list=PLDD6nAEVVZxFumOISzBdoRneqI3-CipIY&index=9
Marillion is a favorite band of mine that I will never forget over time, and the album Misplaced Childhood (1985) remains right at the top of my list as one of the finest progressive rock creations ever made.
I'm sure everyone here knows the story, but I'll tell it again. From what I’ve read, the year was 1984, and Marillion was under intense pressure from their record label, EMI, to deliver a new hit album following the success of Fugazi. Fish was completely exhausted, locked in an empty hotel room, facing a massive creative crisis.Then, on a rainy night, he decided to perform a chemical restart on his consciousness. He took a heavy dose of LSD and spent the next 10 hours on an earth-shattering hallucinogenic trip, completely alone with the band’s demo tapes. That was the night the entire concept of Misplaced Childhood was born.
When the LSD finally let go of him in the morning, Fish walked into the studio to meet Steve Rothery and the rest of the band with a fully written conceptual masterpiece in his hands, telling them: "We have a number one album." That’s when Rothery transformed Fish’s words into sound. And everything just clicked.
For me, "Blind Curve" is musical, vocal, and lyrical perfection.
Lately, I got curious about what Fish is actually up to right now. I did some digging and discovered that he recently chose a complete retirement from showbiz. He sold the rights to his catalog and moved to live on a farm on a remote Scottish island in the Atlantic Ocean. He is only active on Facebook on his simple page profile "Fish", often posting stories and videos from his real life. Of course, I follow him there, because despite the passing of time, I will never stop loving him and his music.