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  • Mick Pointer
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  • Living people
  • 1956 births
  • English drummers
  • English rock drummers
  • Marillion members
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  • Founder of the band Marillion, for which he played drums. Currently plays drums for Arena.
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  • Michael %22Mick%22 Pointer (born 22 July 1956), originally from Brill in Buckinghamshire, is an English drummer. He is known for his work in the neo-progressive rock bands Marillion and Arena. Away from music, he has also worked as a kitchen designer.Pointer was the original drummer and founding member of Marillion. He appeared on the band's debut EP Market Square Heroes (1982) and debut LP Script for a Jester's Tear (1983). He was sacked from the band following the album's UK tour and replaced by Ian Mosley. Lead singer Fish later told Classic Rock that Pointer had been dismissed because he'd %22never liked Mick’s drumming%22, %22his timing was awful%22 and %22everybody was developing except him%22.After his acrimonious departure from Marillion, Pointer did not perform music for another ten years and instead became a kitchen designer, something he had served an apprenticeship in as a teenager. Pointer eventually founded the British progressive band Arena, in which he continues to play with keyboardist Clive Nolan (from Pendragon). He is Nolan's business partner in his record label.Pointer later gathered a band for %22Mick Pointer's Script for a Jester's Tear tour%22, comprising Brian Cummings (Carpet Crawlers) on vocals, Nick Barrett (Pendragon) on lead guitar, Mike Varty (Credo) on keyboards and Ian Salmon (Arena) on bass guitar, to perform Marillion's debut album for its 25th anniversary. Pointer had originally intended to call it %22Mick Pointer, ex-Marillion%22 but the remaining members of the band objected to him using the name and threatened him with legal action.
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  • Michael Pointer
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