Marillion FUGAZI

Re-issue contains bonus disc featuring 12" remixes, alternate versions of album tracks, B sides, studio takes & demos.Marillion: Fish (vocals); Steve Rothery (guitar); Mark Kelly (keyboards); Pete Trewavas (bass); Ian Mosley (drums).Additional personnel: Linda Pike (background vocals).Includes liner notes by Fish, Simon Hanhart, Mark Wilkinson, Mark Kelly.Digitally remastered by Peter Mew (1997, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).For their second album, British neo-prog pioneers Marillion trimmed a bit of the musical fat from their sound. Though the group still maintained many of the old-school prog trappings that made SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR a success, FUGAZI took Marillion towards a more refined vista. Lead singer Fish's lyrics are even more laden with barbed invective aimed at British social conventions, marking him as either a descendent of Ray Davies or a precursor of Jarvis Cocker, depending on one's inclination. There's a greater rhythmic thrust to some of the tracks, a