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Known for:	Marillion: The EMI Singles Collection, Marillion: Live at Loreley, The Jacket
Birth name:	Derek William Dick
Birthday:	25 April 1958, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Height:	6' 5" (1.96 m)

Daughter, Tara. He auditioned for a part in Die Another Day. Supporter of Hibernian Football Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sang on the pop track "Say It With Pride" which celebrated Scotland's participation in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Marillion, with Fish at the helm, twice made history on the BBC Top of the Pops programme. Firstly, the top ten countdown was uniquely stopped to introduce the band's performance of "Kayleigh" and when he came to perform "Lavender" he dressed in a drummer boy's jacket (a reference to the front sleeve of the "Misplaced Childhood" album) and wrote the lyrics of the song on a giant paper pad for the audience to sing along. Fish wrote the song "Kayleigh" about his former girlfriend, Kay, although some of the lyrics refer to what happened in other relationships. His bandmates in Marillion were guitarist Steve Rothery, keyboardist Mark Kelly, bass guitarist Pete Trewavas and drummer Ian Mosley. He has performed with the SAS (Spike Edney's All Stars) Band. He joined the Scottish National Party in 1989. He is a member of the Anti Nazi League and wrote the song "White Russian" (from Marillion's "Clutching at Straws" album) as a condemnation of the growth of anti-Semitism he encountered in Austria during a tour with the band in 1986. On his 1993 album "Songs From The Mirror", he covered songs by the Moody Blues, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, Argent, Sandy Denny, Genesis, T-Rex and David Bowie, all favourite artists from his youth. The physical abuse of women is a recurring theme in his songwriting, with examples such as "Punch and Judy" (from Marillion's 1984 album "Fugazi"), "Lady Nina" (the B-side of "Kayleigh"), "Blue Angel" (from Marillion's 1985 album "Misplaced Childhood") and "Family Business" (from his first solo album, "Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors"). Marillion's 1985 album "Misplaced Childhood" came fourth in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time. [March 2003] Marillion were voted the Best New Band of 1982 by readers of rock magazine Sounds. Claims that his dream backing would be John Martyn on lead guitar, Lowell George on rhythm guitar, Jon Lord on keyboards, Phil Collins on drums and Chris Squire on bass. Dating singer Heather Findlay. [December 2005 - present]

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