People who disown Marillion without Fish are...?

If Neo is epitomised by Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Arena, Pallas and the like, I think they raised the bar over most 70s prog.

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Never liked Marillion regardless of the lineup. That said, the Genesis comparisons are increasingly tiresome and completely wide of the mark. Despite it being an unflinching confrontation with his own alcoholism, the self mythologizing artwork of Clutching at Straws was the final 'straw' for me i.e. Fish actually thought he was part of a conversation that included Dylan Thomas, Truman Capote, Lenny Bruce, John Lennon and Jack Kerouac. The only thing he has in common with most of that company is the liver ravaging bar tab. It's completely understandable that people starved of Prog in the 80's were more than ready to lower the bar to accommodate the false dawn afforded by Neo.

 

I don't care for Marillion with or without Fish either. I prefer Walter Trout.

I just Googled "SFAJT" and discovered it's an abbreviation for "Script for a Jester's Tear" and I  think "MP" was meant to be "Misplaced Childhood", but the "P" was misplaced.

I only have gotten into Marillion during the pandemic!  Had heard both eras of the band somewhat over the years, but for some reason never invested much.  Now, I've deeply listened to it all over the past several months, and I have to say I like both eras pretty much equally, but with a slight edge to the H era, mainly just 'cause there's so much more of it.  The four Fish era albums were outstanding, but there's no way they would have created 18 outstanding albums with that lineup!  Hogarth era have produced (in my opinion) at least 4 outstanding albums (Brave, AOS, Marbles, FEAR), others that are nearly outstanding (Seasons, HIE, TSE, Sounds), and none that are terrible, in my opinion.  That's a lot of outstanding music!  If you don't like the H era, no problem!  If you're avoiding it just because it's "not Fish", that's kinda stupid.