Fifth Album – Apostrophes End
After the departure of Fish, the band’s record company (Evilemi) drew together a shortlist of possible replacements: Nik Kershaw, Jason Donovan, H from Steps or Toyah. The band wanted a guy called Steve Hogarth so he pretended to be H from Steps in the auditions and got the job. No one told him that he could drop the nickname, apparently, or the date of birth.
When H signed his contract he sneakily added an extra handwritten clause stating that if three members of the band are in the same room together for more than 30 minutes they must play his song, Easter. To be fair to the band, they have kept to the deal.
Easter aside, most of the lyrics were written by a lyricist drafted by Evilemi called Adrian Mole. Evilemi had been impressed with his diaries, which had sold well at the time, and persuaded the band to let him write lyrics to songs such as Uninvited Fish and Hooks in Fish. Both songs were a direct response to the former singers cover for his first solo album (The View from Salisbury Hill) which featured the other Marillion band members in compromising positions with farmyard animals. The cover was later changed after Pete Tiswasas threatened legal action over his depiction with a Gloucester Old Spot.
Sixth Album – Holidays in Spiceworld
Evilemi thought that the band’s new singer would fit in well with a boy/girl band tribute album. They persuaded most the band to record songs like No One Can’t which Rothers called “a load of crap recorded while I was on the loo” in a recent interview (Web magazine Oct 07).
Adrian Mole was once more drafted in as was the Spicegirl’s producer. “Its bound to sell” said the record company.
The band got on Top of the Pops but on the same day the singer of Pearl Jam invented grunge by accidentally blowing his head off. The kids didn’t want pop any more, they wanted smelly men playing loud music with no real tune. As a result the album flopped.
Seventh Album – Untitled
Evilemi labelled Holidays in Spiceworld as “too accessible” and so instructed the band to record the most inaccessible album they could. “Its bound to sell” said the record company.
Untitled is one 120 minute song, sung completely in Hungarian. Each band member played the songs in different keys. It is without doubt, the best album ever recorded.
Eighth Album – Knocked One Out
Evilemi thought Untitled took too long to record and so they promised the band another record deal if they recorded their next album in less than a day. “Its bound to sell” said the record company.
Knocked One Out is the result of the band’s collective creative juices and contains some of their best songs including Minestrone about Pete’s favourite soup and Out of The Sky, about the sad premature demise of Rod Hull.
After the departure of Fish, the band’s record company (Evilemi) drew together a shortlist of possible replacements: Nik Kershaw, Jason Donovan, H from Steps or Toyah. The band wanted a guy called Steve Hogarth so he pretended to be H from Steps in the auditions and got the job. No one told him that he could drop the nickname, apparently, or the date of birth.
When H signed his contract he sneakily added an extra handwritten clause stating that if three members of the band are in the same room together for more than 30 minutes they must play his song, Easter. To be fair to the band, they have kept to the deal.
Easter aside, most of the lyrics were written by a lyricist drafted by Evilemi called Adrian Mole. Evilemi had been impressed with his diaries, which had sold well at the time, and persuaded the band to let him write lyrics to songs such as Uninvited Fish and Hooks in Fish. Both songs were a direct response to the former singers cover for his first solo album (The View from Salisbury Hill) which featured the other Marillion band members in compromising positions with farmyard animals. The cover was later changed after Pete Tiswasas threatened legal action over his depiction with a Gloucester Old Spot.
Sixth Album – Holidays in Spiceworld
Evilemi thought that the band’s new singer would fit in well with a boy/girl band tribute album. They persuaded most the band to record songs like No One Can’t which Rothers called “a load of crap recorded while I was on the loo” in a recent interview (Web magazine Oct 07).
Adrian Mole was once more drafted in as was the Spicegirl’s producer. “Its bound to sell” said the record company.
The band got on Top of the Pops but on the same day the singer of Pearl Jam invented grunge by accidentally blowing his head off. The kids didn’t want pop any more, they wanted smelly men playing loud music with no real tune. As a result the album flopped.
Seventh Album – Untitled
Evilemi labelled Holidays in Spiceworld as “too accessible” and so instructed the band to record the most inaccessible album they could. “Its bound to sell” said the record company.
Untitled is one 120 minute song, sung completely in Hungarian. Each band member played the songs in different keys. It is without doubt, the best album ever recorded.
Eighth Album – Knocked One Out
Evilemi thought Untitled took too long to record and so they promised the band another record deal if they recorded their next album in less than a day. “Its bound to sell” said the record company.
Knocked One Out is the result of the band’s collective creative juices and contains some of their best songs including Minestrone about Pete’s favourite soup and Out of The Sky, about the sad premature demise of Rod Hull.