Marillion Conquer America
Bill Holdship, Creem, July 1986
IT SEEMED STRANGE that Capitol Records would spend lots of money to send me and other American journalists to England in early February to see Fish. After all, we have an aquarium full of 'em here in the CREEM office which J., Joanne and I feed each and every day.
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