Looking at every major Marillion release in order, from the early days of Fish, through the commercial success of Misplaced Childhood and Kayleigh, to the artistic peaks of the Steve Hogarth years. Longtime Marillion devotee and comedy writer Paul Rose is joined by his Marillion novice better half, Sanja, and together they delve deep into the musical journey of this legendary progressive rock band, track by track... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We're continuing our analysis of Marillion's singles, starting with the first ten years of the Steve Hogarth era. In the context of the time they were released, were Hooks In You, Beautiful, These Chains etc. the right choices?Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode discusses the Marillion Weekends 2025, before we delve into the postbag to get some of your thoughts on Sounds That Can't Be Made. Also, we rank (certain) Marillion songs! Support Stephen's Marathon run: https://www.justgiving.com/page/stephen-wicks-1712393683925?newPage=true&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1uTCUQbrnEyoFjpz5PwdA_u3l31m4CI0f7EtO4nkZCpFwUZW4hHeX3KHg_aem_ARIn8DdFQqbgr9AhA3d1UYsbbJ8EoyTZ-zLAb-2loFJ1tbMiyGS4rgWiIunjtc79YobDH4nZUExUOG11sgFgfn6_Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
At last, we get around to completing our retrospective of Marillion's Sounds That Can't Be Made. And it's a bumper edition... which not only contains our take on Montreal, Invisible Ink, Lucky Man and Sky Above The Rain, but dredges up a few hefty chunks of our souls, while Sanja enjoys an ill-advised flirtation with AI research...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This ep was inspired by some damning criticism of Marillion. We discuss what it is that set them apart from their early-80s Neo-prog peers... before asking where they belong today. And stay tuned for our new podcast - The Prog Paddock!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiserListen to The Revelation Station: https://www.revelationstationpodcast.com/episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We kick off this ep with talk about next year's Marillion Weekends, before delving into the Fish-era singles. Were they the best choices? Which album tracks might've worked as potential singles? Let the debate begin!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiserAlso here: www.youtube.com/@DigitiserLevel2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Well... we're back for now, just in time for Easter. We've got a lot of catching up to do... plus a deep dive into where we've been and why.Listen to Planet Marzipan: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/planet-marzipan-podcastSupport us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiserAlso here: www.youtube.com/@DigitiserLevel2Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In our big end-of-year episode, we interview the legend that is Dave Meegan. He first worked with Marillion on Fugazi, then returned as producer on Brave, Afraid of Sunlight, Anoraknophobia and Marbles. We discuss all this and much more in a very open, honest and funny chat.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's almost Christmas - and there's plenty to fill your stocking with, from a brand new Marillion Christmas cover, new Steve Hogarth vocals on Trevor Horn's new album, and an excellent new book. Plus: why is Marillion associated with Christmas?Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're taking a hiatus from Sounds The Can't Be Made to talk about the final night of Marillion's Tour Before Christmas. We trekked out in the rain to the Camden Roundhouse where... well, suffice to say it wasn't the night we'd hoped for. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Part three of our Sounds That Can't Be Made retrospective deals with the title track, Pour my Love, and Power. Also, we discuss which hypothetical sounds you wouldn't be able to make, and announce our charity single in support of Marillion's Pete Trewavas. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There's no way we can talk about Marillion's Sounds That Can't Be Made without discussing the epic track Gaza... and there's no way of discussing Gaza without discussing certain events that are happening right now in the Middle East. While we did our best to avoid controversy, and steer away from touchy subjects, you should know us better by now...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We've finally reached Sounds That Can't Be Made in our chronological journey through Marillion's albums. This one's a milestone for us, as it's Sanja's 'first' Marillion album. Before we properly get into things we've a lot to cover - gigs with Deep Purple, side projects, and *that* notorious argument...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back, BYAMtches! Again. And this time we're coming out swinging. We review our night seeing h Natural at The Crooked Billet, plus we take a look back at some of the mainstream newspaper reviews from 1989... How did the press react to the debut of the new boy? And how did so many of them get it SO wrong...?!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The final part of our 13th Star trilogy of episodes finds us drawing a line under Fish's solo career, as we discuss what happens when the line becomes blurred between critic and artist, and artist and fan. It's not the review we'd planned, or wanted, to make, and in this episode we explain - in real-time - why that is. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Once again, this isn't the episode we expected to make this week, but after receiving an email from Fish, it's also one we couldn't avoid. We also dig into what it was like to be at the 2007 Aylesbury reunion, and why it might not have been a good idea...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What started out intending to be an episode about Fish's one-off reunion with Marillion in 2007 turned into something a bit darker and more intense. We dig into the story behind the reunion and the inspiration for his 13th Star album. Unfortunately, there are certain subjects that simply can't be avoided... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
At last! After a lengthy summer hiatus we're back! To mark our return, we're going right back to the beginning, by taking a look at the Early Stages live boxset, and discussing Fish's final show with Marillion. Plus! We play a fun game that you can join in with - can you guess the song from Fish's rambling introductions??Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoSend us an email: byampod@gmail.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's a different sort of BYAMPOD this week, as we risk making the biggest error of our podcasting career, by discussing the current accusations aimed at Roger Waters... and how his approach to the Israel-Palestine issue differs to when Marillion took it on with Gaza. Also: why Marillion doesn't tour in the US, and coughing... so much coughing!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sanja and Paul weren't at this year's UK Marillion Weekend, but we're joined by two people who were - and what a weekend they had! Our friends Pedanthony and Richard not only manage to get into the after-show party, but Anthony tells the tale of how he ended up as the frontman of premiere Marillion tribute band StillMarillion - for one song only!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A real grab-bag of an ep this week, with some letters about Less Is More and the Montreal Marillion Weekend, and then we talk about Live At Cadogan Hall, before you join us for an ill-fated, real-time, watch of Transatlantic's The Whirlwind concert. Well, half of it anyway... Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bold experiment or throwaway stop-gap whimsy? In this episode we're listening to Marillion's acoustic album Less Is More, featuring reworked tracks in a stripped-down form. We also give our opinion on Steve Hogarth's new EP with Richard Barbieri... and battle a fly. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back! And just in time to give you a review of Marillion's Seasons End Deluxe edition. We discuss Mike Hunter's brand new mix, which songs surprised us, and whether or not the artwork is an improvement on the original. Also: the shocking reason the Blu-Ray is rated '12'....Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our first letters episode in a while, and we're reading out your happy memories from the first Marillion Weekend of 2023. We also talk cliques, being a middle-aged fan, and speculate about how the band might cut down three nights into two for the upcoming weekends.Paul's in a particularly irascible and irritating mood, while Sanja reveals she moves cushions with her mouth open.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back from three sublime nights of Marillion music, with a two-hour special - partly recorded on location at Port Zelande in The Netherlands! Relive the highs and the lows with us, from our crushing defeat in the Marillion Quiz, through chalet singalongs, and a divisive fan reaction to a Sunday night of rarities. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
At last! We've finally finished talking about Marillion's Happiness is the Road. We end on Especially True and Real Tears For Sale, discussing our feelings about the USA, and the issue of over-sharing your feelings. And talking of sharing... we also share our predictions for the forthcoming Port Zelande Weekend.Check out Mind Furniture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNAwbUWiYYSupport us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're getting close to the end of Marillion's Happiness Is The Road Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder, as we mop up another three songs - Throw Me Out, Half The World, and... wait for it... Whatever Is Wrong With You. One of these songs Sanja and Paul have a MAJOR disagreement about, and it's not the one you might expect...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this ep, we set out with the intention of continuing our discussion about Marillion's The Hard Shoulder, the second volume of Happiness Is The Road. We discuss the time we got trapped in a dinner party with Sophie Ellis Bextor's mother, and the pick and mix and lewdly-named shower gel you can buy at Port Zelande, before we get onto Asylum Satellite #1 and Older Than Me. In true BYAMPOD style, this opens up a big discussion about ageism - and whether or not Marillion have done a better job of avoiding it more than Paul has...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're finally digging deep into Marillion's Happiness Is The Road Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder. We manage to cover Thunder Fly and The Man From Planet Marzipan - the latter of which manages to provoke some of the soul searching and strong emotions that we thought we'd managed to avoid this time. We should know ourselves better...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A particularly Marillion-y episode this week, as we address the potential setlist of the upcoming Marillion Weekends, the new Marillion YouTube show, which songs we'd choose to try and 'Marillion-ize' somebody, 'musical' concept albums versus suites of songs, and - most importantly - whether The Hard Shoulder harmed the overall reputation of Happiness Is The Road... Also: Sanja has a Richard stomach.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can AI replace humans when it comes to Marillion lyrics? Specifically, can it replace Fish, Steve Hogarth and - yes - even John Helmer?! This week, we conduct a strictly scientific experiment to find out. Plus! Marillion news! Mr Men! And faffing!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoCome to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faqPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The latest BYAMPOD is a bit of a mixed bag. It starts with a discussion about Peter Gabriel's first brand new music in over 20 years, and Steve Rothery's forthcoming solo tour, before delving into the past to look at a website update from 1997, plus reviews from the 80s of Marillion's VHS video collection, and Mick Wall's Market Square Heroes book...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy New Year, BYAMPODders. We're back! And we've got news of Marillion's success in the Prog Magazine readers' poll, Transatlantic, the forthcoming Marillion Weekends, and even manage to squeeze in a few letters. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we're blowing off steam after a run of heavy episodes... by drinking (though there's some debate over who has drunk the most). We also discuss Marillion's Half Empty/Full Jam, and whether it has a place on Happiness Is The Road Volume 1. We also read some of your letters. Oddly, it's a more focused episode than most of the ones we record sober, but we still manage to be a bit NSFW...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We come to the end of The Road (Volume 1) in this ep, but before we get onto Marillion.. we spend the first 20 minutes discussing some listener feedback, whether it's okay to joke about certain topics, and humour as a coping mechanism. When we finally do get around to the album... that's when things really go off the rails. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There's something about Marillion's Happiness Is The Road which seems to bring out Paul and Sanja's reflective side, and in this episode they end up digging into the start of their own relationship, and how a relationship alone may not be enough to fill the hole in a person's heart. Also, a tangential discussion about self-love.In addition to Nothing Fills The Hole, we also listen to Liquidity and Woke Up.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're continuing with the songs from Happiness Is The Road Volume 1, with Essence and Wrapped Up In Time. After settling down following early attempts to come up with a title for a Meat Loaf podcast, we talk in depth about being present in the now, grief, and nothing less than the meaning of life...It might be one of our most open and emotionally honest episodes to date. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we finally begin to delve into Volume One of Marillion's Happiness Is The Road, discussing the album's conception, its creation, and the first two tracks - Dreamy Street and This Train Is My Life. Could this be Marillion's most underrated album?Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We start an epic look at Marillion's 15th album, Happiness Is The Road, with an analysis of the album's launch - and the band's controversial decision to put it out for free on peer-to-peer sites ahead of the physical release. Noses were put out of joint... but did Marillion have any other choice, and were fans right to react as they did?Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we have an exclusive interview with keyboard wiz Neil Cockle - founding member of Silmarillion, and current member of The Mighty Bard. Neil talks about his time in the band, and some secrets about those very early days. If things had gone another way, Marillion might have had a very different name...Also, we self-indulgently read out some letters telling us how great we are.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
They said it would never happen - yet in this special, extra long, 100th episode, BYAMPOD finally interviews Marillion lead singer Steve Hogarth! Find out what he really thinks of early Marillion, why he still feels like an outsider even after 33 years, and why he's already dreading writing the next Marillion album. As you'd expect, it's a searingly honest, open, emotional, and funny chat. Plus! We celebrate reaching this 100th episode milestone with our own thoughts about the journey so far. Thanks to Jerden Cooke for the extended closing theme music!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoPaul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.comFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We tried something a bit different this week; a rare, Marillion-lite, in which we look the key events and music releases of 2008, in a bid to put the release of Happiness Is The Road into some sort of context. We're not totally sure it works as a format, but as a wander down memory lane it does it job. Also, we tease our big 100th episode, and discuss the messed-up way British people make fun of the things they love... including their favourite band... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As the UK leg of the 2022 AHBID tour comes to a close, we take a look back at recent shows, and review the final night at Hammersmith; a show that was slightly more dramatic for us than anticipated...! We also hear from some of you about everything from the tour to Tux On, Deluxe Editions, the video competition for Whatever Is Wrong With You... plus we talk a whole lot about death and grief.David's 'Whatever Is Wrong With You' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEGMaX9BHus Martin's JustGiving Page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Martin-Thorpe19Mr Biffo's JustGiveMe Page: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A very special episode this week, as we take a tour of all the key Marillion locations in their home town of Aylesbury - the day of their big homecoming gig. Discover where Fish wrote the words to Market Square Heroes and Misplaced Childhood, the site of their first ever gig, and all their old homes. Plus... we review the gig!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back! And it's quite the episode. Not only did we realise halfway through that the sound recorder had switched itself off... but we get to discuss the new Deluxe Edition of Marillion's Holidays in Eden, the forthcoming An Hour Before It's Dark tour, and why we fear we're blacklisted by the band and our fellow podcasters... before doubling down on all those reasons, and making everything worse.Please note, the Glasgow show has been rescheduled for the Glasgow O2 Academy the following day on Tuesday 20th September.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's possibly our most ADHD-addled episode ever. We're wrapping up the Somewhere Else letters with tangential discussions about Fish's Funny Farm Kitchen Garden, look at a very early Fish newsletter, and talk about the new Steve Hogarth solo single!Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our good friend Pedanthony makes a return to BYAMPOD in this episode, to pay for his hatred of our letter episodes... by reading some letters. It's not all about Somewhere Else, fortunately; we also tackle The Power of Now, Manic Street Preachers, and our fantasy Marillion festival line-up...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're not kidding: this episode features Marillion music that most people have never heard before, dating from the Clutching At Straws writing sessions. Just when you thought you'd heard it all, something like this gets unearthed!Also, we read a few letters about Somewhere Else, which kick off discussions about the power of music to connect with emotional moments, and whether or not Bono is a hypocrite.Marillion Live at The Roxy, March 1986: https://youtu.be/4AMRTx5FDJsSupport us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
This ep we're mopping up the last drips of Somewhere Else in the shape of the b-sides; Circular Ride and Say The Word. This takes us into a discussion about whether Marillion are more prog pop than prog rock, Steve Hogarth's Musical Boobs, and the under appreciated genius of producer Mike Hunter.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
In our final trawl through the tracks on Marillion's Somewhere Else - The Wound, Last Century For Man, and Faith - we get buzzed by helicopters, make some unflattering comparisons, and discuss which band member would assault you with a fluffy slipper.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We've reached our ninetieth episode! And what better way to mark the occasion than with the third part of our retrospective on Marillion's least-loved album, captured on the hottest day in recorded British history? Suffice to say, Paul is grumpy, Sanja's in her bra, and there's some serious Devil's advocating going on when it comes to Make Poverty History.Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this ep of BYAMPOD we kick off with our take on the Marillion Weekend 2023 news, before getting stuck into the first clutch of songs on Somewhere Else: The Other Half, See It Like A Baby, Thankyou Whoever You Are... and the notorious Most Toys...Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffoBuy Paul's new E.P.: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com/album/ascending-e-pFollow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook!Email us here: byampod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.