Mick Pointer

Mick Pointer was born on 22 July 1956 in Buckinghamshire, England. He was a founding member (and came up with the name) of the Aylesbury-based prog-rock band Marillion. He was their drummer until April 1983, which included the band's platinum-certified first album "Script for a Jester's Tear". He was fired on the insistence of lead singer Fish, who was very unhappy with his timing and musical development, and eventually replaced by Ian Mosley. He took a long time out of the music industry, instead working as a kitchen designer, but he eventually returned to form another prog-rock band, Arena, who released their debut album, "Songs from the Lion's Cage", in 1995. The band have since released seven further studio albums, five live albums and three EPs.