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Top Ten Reasons Why Marillion Are Better Than Oasis

As if you really needed to know…

Yes, it’s another stupid list. Deal with it.

  1. Marillion have made more that two good albums
  2. Marillion have five creative band members, and have kept the same lineup for 19 years
  3. Even ex-members of Marillion have made made great solo albums – how many classic records has Bonehead made since leaving Oasis?
  4. The Guardian Music blog does not include pointless blogs about Marillion every week.
  5. You cannot blame Marillion for the phenomenon of landfill indie
  6. Nobody would consider calling Steve Hogarth “Monkey Boy”
  7. Marillion are far more than a glorified tribute to the bands they were accused of ripping off at the start of their career.
  8. Marillion have never released an album accompanied by deafening hype, which then turned out to be complete rubbish.
  9. Let’s just not talk about Oasis’ contribution towards the profitability of Bolivian marching powder industry…
  10. Even Richard Dawkins thinks Steve Rothery is God, only Noel Gallagher thinks Noel Gallagher is God.
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Comment Moderation

I’ve got a rather contentious comment thread on a five-week old post that I need to keep a lid on lest anyone goes thermonuclear on me.  So for the time being I’ve turned on comment moderation across the site, so every comment will have to be approved by me.

One everyone concerned has had the chance to have their say I’ll close that post to further comments, and turn moderation back off.   In the meantime, thank you in advance for your co-operation.

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