Looking back in time, how would you define Marillion in the history of rock music?
When I joined the band, it was at the tail end of the whole new wave era so we were almost like a reaction to that. Harkening back to the progressive bands of the 70’s but we still have a little bit of the attitude and energy of the new wave so we are a curious hybrid, at least in the early days. As we developed our own style as well as doing things on our own terms, we have never been a trendy band. The most success we had was in the mid 80’s with ‘Kayleigh’. That was almost a bit of a blip; it’s not what we are about. These days we are probably known as the band that redefined how you can survive in the ever-changing music industry. We set a model on how bands can survive and thrive in an industry that is dying on its feet. Marillion really is recognised as a pioneering band in harnessing the Internet to achieve pre-orders of album sales. What other ground breaking ideas musically can we expect from you in the future? There are all sorts of things we are talking about. Because CD sal
