Steve Hogarth

Steve Hogarth born May 14, 1956 (erroneously 1959 in many sources), Kendal, real name: Ronald Steven Hoggarth, also known as 'h', is the lead singer of Marillion. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with The Europeans and lead singer with How We Live.

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May 14 - 1956 - Kendal - Marillion - The Europeans - How We Live

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Following record company changes, How We Live's debut album Dry Land was poorly promoted, resulting in a flop. Hogarth imagined he would have to leave the music industry - seriously considering becoming a Milkman (as he later related) - but a meeting with his publishers (and a certain amount of matchmaking by longtime friend, Darryl Way, sometime of Curved Air) persuaded him to send a tape to Marillion who were recruiting for a new lead vocalist following the departure of charismatic Scotsman Fish in 1989. Marillion heard the tape and were interested enough to ask for a meeting with the singer. Later accounts of this first meeting record that Hogarth turned up at Bandmember Pete Trawavas' house with his demo tapes contained in a red plastic firebucket. The Band were immediately impressed by his vocal prowess. Hogarth himself, however, took a little longer to make up his mind, holding as he did at the time a potentially lucrative offer to tour the US on keyboards with The The. In the end he accepted the Marillion gig, won over by the fact that Marillion wanted an equal partner who would input their own ideas - rather than a simple stooge or Fish-a-like.

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Dry Land - Fish

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Marillion have, by 2005, released 9 studio albums with Hogarth as vocalist. Hogarth has also released one solo studio album under the name 'h' called Ice Cream Genius. This album had contributions from ex-Japan/ Porcupine Tree synthesizer/keyboard maestro Richard Barbieri, former XTC guitarist Dave Gregory, Blondie drummer Clem Burke, bassist Chucho Merchan, and percussionist Luis Jardim.

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Ice Cream Genius - Japan - Porcupine Tree - Richard Barbieri - XTC - Dave Gregory - Blondie - Clem Burke - Chucho Merchan - Luis Jardim

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Subsequently, Hogarth's side-project; The H-Band, has played live across the UK and Europe featuring a variety of musicians, including former Stone Roses MKII guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, Massive Attack and The Bays drummer Andy Gangadeen, session musician Jingles on bass, Aziz's regular musical partner Dalbir Singh on tablas and Stephanie Sobey-Jones on cello. With Barbieri and Gregory, this line up recorded a double album entitled ' in 2002. Writing for a forthcoming second solo studio album occurred in December 2004.

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Stone Roses - Aziz Ibrahim - Massive Attack - The Bays - Andy Gangadeen - Jingles - Dalbir Singh - Stephanie Sobey-Jones

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