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What is it like to listen to Marillion again after a break of more than a year? Also, which superheroes would the respective members of Marillion be? All this and more in the new BYAMPOD! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're back! Or are we...? And where the heck have we been? Plus - catching up on Marillion news. Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MrBiffoAndSanja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
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 ac...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch ...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Listen to The Revelation Station: https://ww...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Also here: www.youtube.com/@DigitiserLevel2 Hosted on Acast. Se...
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-podcast Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@digitiser Also here: www.youtube.com/@DigitiserLevel2 Supp...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hoste...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: www.youtube.com/digitiser Hosted on Acast. See aca...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Watch Paul and Sanja on YouTube: w...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acas...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. Se...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow 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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
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/mrbiffo Send us an email: byampod@gmail.com Follow BYAMPOD on Twitter and Facebook! Hosted on Acast....
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitis...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digi...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.c...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com Follow ...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandca...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www....
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq P...
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=whNAwbUWiYY Support us here for early access and exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://w...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend-2023-faq P...
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 ...
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/mrbiffo Come to our live show! https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/digitiser-live-weekend...
