“The song was haunted! Dropouts, disks failing, the channels on the desk would stop working. The guitar had just gone. It wasn’t one of my favourite albums”: Marillion producer Dave Meegan’s fight to deliver Afraid Of Sunlight

Dave Meegan working with Marillion in 1995.

Dave Meegan partnered with Marillion on a slew of pivotal albums, helping the band develop a method of working that they still use today. But when he completed 1995 record Afraid Of Sunlight he didn’t think the team had really delivered. His attitude changed over time.

Dave Meegan produced Marillion albums Brave, Afraid Of Sunlight, Anoraknophobia and Marbles, plus mixing 1997’s This Strange Engine – though his input goes far beyond sitting behind the studio glass and asking for more cowbell.