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Pete Trewavas: ‘Season’s End’ | Why the ‘Clutching At Straws’ Tour Was Awful | New Music

Classic Album Review | December 27, 2025



Marillion’s Pete Trewavas speaks about the deluxe edition of ‘Season’s End’ and why the ‘Clutching at Straws’ tour was so bad. Also, Steve Hogarth is a great lyricist but would have been a terrible milkman.

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Time Stamps

00:00 – intro
00:19 – Auditioning vocalists
06:59 – Music left over from Clutching @ Straws
09:19 – Clutching at Straws tour
12:55 – Fish ‘Vigil’
15:16 – Bob Ezrin
17:28 – Hooks in You
19:18 – Bowie & Eno
20:30 – The Low Fat Yohurts
22:35 – Easter & Forgotten Sons
24:41 – The singles charts
27:09 – Steve Hogarth as a milkman
28:39 – New music

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  1. @TerenceMarmont

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    The choice of Steve was a brilliant choice, but it had to grow no me, I still enjoy listening to the Fish recordings I agree there is a distinct difference between Steve and Fish. Marillion are a most underrated band which has a deservedly huge following of fans from aged 30 years up to 80.

  2. @joecrocilla7695

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    I was super pissed when Fish left and stopped listening to the band. When Brave was released, I became a total fan. They have had some hits misses , Marbles Brave Fear are some of the best music ever created.

  16. @JasonUmbrellabird

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    Producer Nick Tauber recorded our band in 1990 and after a couple of weeks had to go off to LA. The recordings were finished, but he said we'd mix the album together when he returned to the UK. Shortly after he sent a tape with final mixes stating 'this is your album lads, hope you like it.' There was no money left and no consultation with us. We split the band shortly after because of his actions and the album eventually had a posthumous release. I thought he did quite a good job, but it was a snide and backhanded thing to do.

  18. @Disciple_Of_Lerxst

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    After Fish left, I left Marillion. It's a shame because musically they are a great band and Rothery is one ofy favorites, but for the life of me, I can not stand how Hogarth sings… Can't explain it.

  20. @guycore5478

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    I saw Marillion at The Palladium in Hollywood for Straws. There were only a hundred or so people in the audience. It was an absolutely brilliant show that felt like a private performance.

  26. @keverton123

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    my 1st concert was the misplaced childhood tour in 86, liverpool royal court. i saw the clutching tour in birmingham and i agree it wasn't the same in huge arenas. the band returned to liverpool after fish left, a sort of introducing steve tour but the crowd just sang all the lyrics and steve just stood there holding the mike at the crowd. met pete and mark during the interval and they signed my web magazine.

  27. @maseraticc2834

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    Pete is such a great guy – the sort I'd love to sit down in the pub and chew the Marillion fat with, except he doesn't drink.. 🤭 Marillion are a national treasure and to us their fans we feel incredibly lucky to have them. Cheers Pete, keep on rocking or being quirky!! Great interview! 🙏👍

  29. @iainholmes2735

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    I loved Misplaced and Clutching. For me, that was a band at the peak of creativity. It's a testament to them that the live recordings of the songs are even better than the studio versions. Looking back, although it came as a shock to hear Fish had left, one doesn't feel shortchanged: those two albums were complete works of art – lyrics, cover design, music, and a feel for the general spirit of the age. Maybe it was time to move on.

  32. @pauloneill4728

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    I met Pete when the band I was in was supporting another band he was in. He came over and introduced himself (the rest of them ignored us). We had a lovely chat. He's a real gent.

  34. @antoniocarlosmoreira3780

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    no começo a voz do esteve hogart era perfeita nos shows, agora ta improvisando muito nas musicas antigas, e esta perdendo a tonalidade da voz, o fish tambem não consegue cantar direito, tem cantor de rock que consegue manter sua voz nos shows, mesmo depois de velho, pelo e3nos que repeitem as musicas de sucesso do album season end, musicas lindas, mas que nos shows ficam desafinadas e fora do tom

  35. @alfaDude156

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    So strange to hear about the Clutching tour. I saw them in Stockholm, no warm-up act, and the concert was delayed, they said it was due to "The drummer has an upset stomach", but in the end we got a concert. The strange thing is I did not think it was that loud, the sound was crisp, sounded really good. Then I tried to talk to my friend and I realised it was really loud in the arena. I still say the sound was the best consert sound I've heard, at least during the 1900's. Really good concert memory, with all the broken strings etc.

  36. @nicholasfox2729

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    This interviewer always seems to be bored, no matter what he is talking about or to whom he is speaking..
    I have seen a number of his reviews and interviews and always looks like he'd rather be elsewhere.

  41. @JESTERFISH1

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    Genuinely interesting interveiw
    I'm going to presume that in ear monitors were rare to non existant in the late 80,s also I know from experience that there is a point where extra pa just becomes a overwhelming mush

  43. @michellebell5092

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    I admit to being worried when Fish left , but then heard Hooks in You, and suddenly all seemed fine , and the rest is history. I still love Marilllon , the best band prog or otherwise, but Hooks in you is in my top five tracks. I love the meaty mix version, just a fabulous go to song Along with Neverland and now Be hard on your self .
    Great interview, thanks CRR.

  48. @markbateman9222

    December 27, 2025 at 6:07 am

    Clutching At Straws and Season's End are my two favourite Marillion albums (like my prog with large dollops of commercialism). It could be said, however, that Clutching At Straws is Fish's best solo album!

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