Marillion

UK based art / prog rock band similar in style and scope to bands like early Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator.
Recorded a string of classic and ground breaking albums between 1983 and 1987 including 'Script for a Jetsers Tear' and 'Misplaced Childhood'. Original lead singer, Derick Willian Dick (fish) quit in 1988 to be replaced by former European's Frontman Steve Hogarth. Recorded three more worthy albums including the epic concept project 'Brave' before loosing the plot and disapearing up their own backsides and into obscurity

"Are you gonna see Marillion this year?"

"Ten years ago hell wouldn't have stopped me, but now?.... nah."

gone pear-shaped

UK slang (London)

To go wrong, to be victims of Murphy's Law. Often heard for the lips of actors in Brit crime flicks and cop shows Origin obscure.

"Bloody Hell it's the sweeny, it's all gone pear shaped"

revolution

The inevitable outcome of the oppression of the worlds poor buy the rich few.

"I this age of knowledge
we learn all we can learn
the revolutions coming
the old order will burn"
(J. Wisbey from 'Songs For The New Nations'1995)

euro metal

A form of heavy metal that evolved in continental europe (especially in Germany and Scandinavia) in parallel with and influenced by NWOBHM. Early members of the Euro metal movement were bands like Golden Earing (NL), The Scorpions (D), Jane (D) and Trust (F), but by the mid 1980's had evolved into a distinct brand of thrash metal.

Mercyful Fate (Den), Helloween (D), The Destroyers (Pol), Baron Rojo (Esp) and Bathory (Nor) are all good exapmles of how Euro metal evolved.

Eastbourne

A dull seaside town on the English south coast.

Where the English middleclasses go to die.

Boss:- I'm going to transfer you to our Eastbourne office.
Worker:- Noooooooooooooooooooo

chemistry

A school subject that teaches the alert young anarchist how to make primative explosive devices.

One of the few useful things I learnt at school was how to make nitro-based explosives.

JFK

To kill or assassinate somebody

Blair didn't like Kelly spilling his guts to the BBC over the Iraq affair, so they had him JFK'd.