Following the release of Marillion’s 1987 album, "Clutching at Straws", with its darker exploration of excess, alcoholism, and life on the road representing the strains of constant touring, Derek William Dick (a.k.a. Fish) took the decision to depart from the band to pursue a solo career.
His debut solo album, "Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors" with its Top 40 hits "Big Wedge", "A Gentleman's Excuse Me" and "State of Mind" reached UK no.5 in 1990 and kickstarted a successful solo career that would also deliver the 1991 hits "Internal Exile" and "Credo".
