"A Band Is Kind of a Fake Family" - John Helmer

Former Piranhas guitarist, novelist and Marillion lyricist John Helmer joins Mark and Tallulah. He talks about Top of the Pops and Tom Hark, signing with Pete Waterman, and how one brief taste of success broke up his band. He explains the thinking behind his Marillion lyrics. John also remembers the night at Stanbridge Studios when he turned up in a suit and a Stetson during the writing of Holidays in Eden and sang a murderous cowboy song to a room of mushroom-fuelled "Mexicans."

Links: The Tech Imaginarium Podcast https://learninghackpodcast.com/shows/the-tech-imaginarium/

Tom Hark - The Piranhas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpfcPe_aFwk