In the 100th edition of Prog, published in 2019, we asked a wide range of prominent genre artists to talk about their influences. Pendragon guitarist-vocalist Nick Barrett chose Mick Pointer, who co-founded Marillion and appeared on their Market Square Heroes EP and Script For A Jester’s Tear. After being fired in 1983 he went on to form Arena with Barrett’s colleague Clive Nolan – but Barrett argued Pointer’s achievements went far beyond neo-prog.
