On April 25, 1958 Robert and Isabella Dick gave birth to a baby whom they named Derek William Dick, known to us as Fish the former lead vocalist of Marillion a UK band. He was born at Edinburgh, Scotland and when he was three years old, his parents gave birth to his only sister, Laura. He had his primary school at King’s Primary School, and finished his high school at Dalkeith as well. He had college at Newonrigg College in Cumbria with the course in Forestry but was not able to finish it. He got the nick Fish during his two –week visit to Germany as Forestry Exchange. He was married to his wife Tamara on July 1987 but the tow divorced on 2003. Fish and Tamara has one daughter, Tara Rowena who is now 16 years old.

He started working at 18, his first job was a petrol pump attendant and moves from different jobs. His music and acting career, started in 1980 where during his first audition as a vocalist he was not accepted due to lack of experience. But Fish did not stop there; he pursued his love for music and continued to audition. Luckily, that same year he had his first gig as vocalist with Blewitt. But he still continued to audition to other bands like Marillion. Obviously, he ended up there and had their first gig as a band in 1981. The first album the band released was “Script for a Jester’s Tear”, followed by other three albums, their ‘Misplaced Childhood” album ranked number one in UK chart during that time.

In 1988, Fish decided to leave Marillion and go solo with his career. Steve Hogarth replaced him on vocals. During that time, he realized that he and the band’s personality is different. He wanted to remain in his own style of music and not go with trends and fashion of music. In his profession, he is distinguished for charismatic performances and clean lyrics. On 2006 he joined the-company.com band as vocalist, their latest album “The Thirteenth Star” is already in the market. In between those gigs and shows he was acting, showing his flexibility in his career.

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