Fish (singer)

Fish at Wacken Open Air (2018)

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Derek William Dick (stage name Fish ; born April 25, 1958 in Dalkeith , Midlothian , Scotland ) is a Scottish musician and actor.

Life

Marillion

Derek William Dick, Fish , became known as the singer and frontman of the British rock group Marillion , which he joined in 1981 after dropping out of studies and doing odd jobs as a forest worker, gas station attendant and gardener. After one of the top ten hits with Kayleigh , Lavender 1985 and Incommunicado 1987 , Fish left the band in 1988 after musical differences. The band gave their last concert together on July 23, 1988 in Craigtoun Country Park in St. Andrews, Scotland . By this time, Marillion had released four studio and two live albums, which were shaped by Fish's theatrical singing style, which was reminiscent of the early years of Genesis .

Fish is often compared to Peter Gabriel , former singer of Genesis. Both have similar voices, used to celebrate their singing with acting gestures, makeup and costumes in their early days, and later split from the band to begin solo projects. Fish himself, however, sees himself more influenced by Peter Hammill . His talent also lies in his lyrical-poetic writing style, which is often linked to his own experiences and problems.

solo

The solo career that began in 1988 was rather difficult. The commercial success expected by the record companies failed, and so Fish separated from EMI and Polydor . From 1993 he released his albums with his own company Dick Bros Record Company , which he later sold to Roadrunner Records . Occasionally, Fish also works as an actor for British television productions.

Fish has a small fan base that has been loyal for years. Organized in fan forums, "Fishheads", as Fish calls them, meet from all over the world for "Conventions".

In 1994 he played under this name alongside Brian Blessed in the film "Chasing the Deer" by the Cromwell Production Group. In this strip about the Jacobite uprising in 1745 under Bonnie Prince Charlie , Fish plays the Jacobite Angus Cameron.

Between March 2007 and June 2007 he hosted the radio show "Fish on Fridays" on the British digital radio station Planetrock.com, every Friday at 6 p.m. UK time. Here he gave insights into the development of his new studio album (13th Star) and played his current favorite hits as well as his favorite songs from previous years.

In 2010 and 2011, Fish went on an acoustic tour again after first going unplugged in 1994. Accompanied only by (electronic) piano and guitar, he sang Marillion songs and his own titles. In September 2013 his new studio album “A Feast Of Consequences” was released, which can initially only be obtained by mail order from the artist's website.

In September 2018 Fish released another solo album, the EP "A Parley With Angels", consisting of three new songs and four live recordings.

On February 21, 2019, Fish received Planet Rock's The Rocks Award for The Best British Single for his single "Man With A Stick".

reunion

On August 26, 2007 there was a brief reunion of Marillion with Fish for a single appearance. On the occasion of a festival in the market square of Aylesbury , the place where the band was founded (about 65 kilometers northwest of London), his old bandmates played their debut single Market Square Heroes with him at the invitation of Fish . After the performance, he made it clear in interviews that there would be no reunion.

Private

Dick got his name Fish from friends at a time when he was only allowed to bathe in a rented apartment at certain times, and he then celebrated the weekly bath for hours. He is a fan of the Scottish soccer club Hibernian Football Club and the German club Karlsruher SC . The home ground of Hibernian FC, the stadium on Easter Road , is mentioned in his song Lucky from the album Internal Exile .

Fish was married to the German Tamara Nowy from July 1987 to July 2001. They have a daughter named Tara, to whom the song of the same name on the album Sunsets on Empire is dedicated. His wedding, planned for May 2007, to the then singer of Mostly Autumn , Heather Findlay, was canceled shortly after the invitations were sent. In May 2009 he married his wife Katherine, they separated in December 2009. On October 14, 2017, Fish married the German Simone Rösler in Aberlady .

Discography

Marillion

→ Main article : Marillion

Solo career

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1990	Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors	DE6 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH6 (10 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 29, 1990
1991	Internal exile	DE36 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH31 (2 weeks) CH	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 26, 1991
1993	Songs from the Mirror	DE44 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH30 (1 week) CH	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 20, 1993
1994	Suits	DE84 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 16, 1994
1997	Sunsets on Empire	DE73 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK42 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 19, 1997
1999	Raingods with Zippos	DE34 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK57 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 20, 1999
2001	Fellini Days	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: August 13, 2001
2003	Field of Crows	DE72 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: May 25, 2003
2007	13th star	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2007
2013	A Feast Of Consequences	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2013
2018	A Parley With Angels	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 21, 2018

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Yang	-	-	-	UK52 (1 week) UK	-	First published: August 28, 1995
	Yin	-	-	-	UK58 (1 week) UK	-	First published: August 28, 1995

More live albums and compilations

• 1993: Pigpen's Birthday
• 1993: Derek Dick & his Amazing Electric Bear
• 1993: Uncle Fish and the Crypt Creepers
• 1993: Toiling in the Reeperbahn
• 1993: For Whom the Bells Toll
• 1994: Acoustic Sessions
• 1994: Sushi: (Live '93)
• 1996: Fish Head Curry
• 1996: Krakow
• 1998: Kettle of Fish
• 1998: Fortunes of War
• 1998: Tales from the Big Bus
• 1999: The Haddington Tapes
• 1999: The Complete BBC Sessions
• 2000: Candlelight in Fog
• 2001: sashimi
• 2002: Fellini Nights
• 2003: Mixed Company
• 2005: Bouillabaisse
• 2005: Scattering Crows
• 2005: Scattering Crows Bonus
• 2006: Return to Childhood
• 2007: Communion
• 2012: Fishhead's Club acoustic
• 2013: Gone Fishing Leamington Spa
• 2016: Farewell to childhood
• 2016: The Moveable Feast

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	State of Mind Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors	-	-	-	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 16, 1989
	Big Wedge Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors	-	-	CH27 (1 week) CH	UK25 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 27, 1989
1990	A Gentleman's Excuse Me Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors	-	-	-	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 5, 1990
1991	Internal Exile Internal Exile	-	-	CH30 (1 week) CH	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 9, 1991
	Credo Internal Exile	-	-	-	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 2, 1991
1992	Something in the Air Internal Exile	-	-	-	UK51 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 22, 1992
	Never Mind The Bullocks Songs From The Mirror	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 12, 1992
1994	Lady Let It Lie Suits	-	-	-	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 5, 1994
	Fortunes Of War Suits	-	-	-	UK67 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 26, 1994
1995	Just Good Friends Yin	-	-	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 14, 1995 feat. Sam Brown
1997	Brother 52 Sunsets on Empire	-	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 28, 1997
	Change of Heart Sunsets on Empire	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 11, 1997
1999	Incomplete raingods with Zippos	-	-	-	UK86 (1 week) UK	-	First release: April 1999 feat. Elisabeth Antwi
2004	Field of Crows Radio Edits Field of Crows	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 2004
2008	Arc of the Curve 13th Star	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 3, 2008
	Zoe 25 13th Star	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 6, 2008

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1986	Shortcut to Somewhere Soundtracks	-	-	-	UK75 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 1986 Tony Banks feat. Fish
1998	Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle	-	-	-	-	-	Initially released by Transmission (1998)
2020	Ayreon - Electric Castle Live and Other Tales	-	-	-	-	-	live

Further participation as a guest musician

• 1993: The Funny Farm Project Outpatients '93

Web links

Commons : Fish (singer)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Fish Facebook page
• Fish in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Fish recordings in the catalog of the German National Library
• Fish at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ Tour history ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Singer Fish and Marillion reunite , BBC Online, August 28, 2007
3. ↑ Hearts Administration: Hibby Fish in benefit gig
4. ^ Karlsruhe SC: Interview with singer Fish on YouTube , November 26, 2013, accessed on November 19, 2018.
5. ↑ http://wp.access2music.de/?p=1096
6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/derek.dick.39?hc_ref=ARSyE0bqCrXLDKZGwQauO2VrEhtZQkRg1y700IIQsTQm_5WOS5hEO5eSlpEK26sLY7g  ( page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE CH UK
8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK