Fish

He met singer Heather Findlay in December 2005 and they became engaged to be married. However, the wedding was cancelled in May 2007, ten weeks before it was due to happen.

In March 2003, Marillion's 1985 album "Misplaced Childhood" came fourth in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time.

He auditioned for a part in Die Another Day (2002). He also missed out on parts in Highlander (1986) and Braveheart (1995) because of his touring commitments.

In 2001, Fish and Tamara separated.

On his 1993 album "Songs From The Mirror", he covered songs by The Moody Blues, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, Aster Argent, Sandy Denny, Genesis, T. Rex and David Bowie, all favourite artists from his youth.

They have a daughter, Tara Rowena Dick, born on January 1, 1991.

His first acting job was in Zorro (1990). He continues to release albums and to tour.

He joined the Scottish National Party in 1989. Always openly political, one of Fish's first solo singles, "Big Wedge", was a criticism of American capitalism. He stated prior to the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014 that he was still a believer in independence because he did not believe a London-based government was beneficial to the UK as a whole, he was dismayed by the UK's anti-European stance and he wanted to see a more fair distribution of wealth throughout the UK.

In 1988, after touring their critically acclaimed fourth album "Clutching at Straws", he left the band to start a solo career.

In 1987, he married Tamara, a model from Berlin who he had met during the recording of the album "Misplaced Childhood" and who appears in the music video of "Kayleigh". Later she also appeared in the video of his solo single, "A Gentlemen's Excuse Me".

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.

Their biggest hit singles were "Kayleigh" and "Lavender" in 1985 (from the number one album "Misplaced Childhood") and "Incommunicado" in 1987. Their other top 40 singles included "Garden Party", "Sugar Mice" and "Warm Wet Circles".

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").

After a year of intense gigging in the UK they got signed to EMI and released their debut album "Script for a Jester's Tear" in 1983.

His band Marillion were voted the Best New Band of 1982 by readers of rock magazine Sounds. He also appeared on the cover of several issues of Kerrang! magazine in the 1980s.

He joined joined Marillion in 1981.

In 1980, he quit and started a musical career.

The Scottish rock singer-songwriter best known by the stage name "Fish", Derek William Dick was the firstborn of Robert and Isabella Dick. His parents ran a garage and petrol station, where he worked as a pump attendant in his youth. He has a sister, Laura, three years his junior. He attended Kings Park Primary School and Dalkeith High School, in his childhood home town of Dalkeith, just outside Edinburgh. He left with grade A O-levels in History, Chemistry, English, Maths and Biology and grade B O-levels in German and English Literature. In 1976, he started to work as forester.

Marillion, with Fish at the helm, twice made history on the BBC Top of the Pops (1964) 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.