- Born
- Birth nameSteven John Wilson
- Nickname
- The Nile Rodgers of Prog
- Height5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
- Steven Wilson was born on November 3, 1967 in Kingston upon Thames, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Four Brothers (2005), And No birds Sing and Last Day of June (2017).
- Broadcaster and music journalist Stuart Maconie dubbed him "the Nile Rodgers of Prog".
- He claims that as a 12-year-old he "accidentally" attended the first ever Marillion concert.
- In England, there are only two or three publications with any real influence. In terms of TV exposure in England, Later... With Jools Holland (1992) is about it. It's really hard to get the media on your side now. It's all about image, about writing a great pop song, after all that great work that was done in the sixties and seventies about raising music to an art form.
- It felt very surreal to wake up this morning into a world that no longer has David Bowie in it. I can't imagine there is any rock or pop musician on earth that hasn't been influenced by Bowie, either directly or indirectly, and I'm no exception. One of the first records I was given as a child as a birthday gift was the 1973 reissue of his novelty song "The Laughing Gnome", and as a 6 year old I loved it, and I probably still would if I heard it again now (even though that single was lost to me decades ago, I can still vividly remember the yellow Deram label and that the B-side was "The Gospel According to Tony Day"). Then a few years later one of the first singles I bought with my own pocket money was "Beauty and the Beast" from his 1977 album "Heroes", unaware at the time that the song also had the fingerprints of 2 more of my future heroes all over it, Fripp (Robert Fripp) and Eno (Brian Eno). I spent this morning listening to Bowie's fantastic (and as it turns out final) new album "Blackstar", and compiling my own personal playlist of his songs, which I want to play before the shows on my forthcoming tour. So many brilliant ones to chose from, what an extraordinary catalogue. And what an extraordinary artist. Rest in Peace.
- [on "Misplaced Childhood"] I really love the album, it's one of the best pop/rock records of the '80s in my opinion.
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