Below you can find a presentation of some members of our group, as well as discover what brought us to Marillion.

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	Name: Alfredo Jorge Santos Birthdate: 3 April 1966 Birthplace: Matosinhos (Portugal) Location: Porto (Portugal) Job: Catering business Website: http://www.casadoslaceiras.com
Marillion fan since 1991. Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced childhood" and "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: The latest is always the best: "Invisible Man" Other favourite musicians/bands: Hobbies: Soccer, Tennis, Travelling, Poetry.

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Name: Ana Ruth Bernardino Rivera Chaves Alves Birthdate: 30 December 1973 Birthplace: Alvalade (Portugal) Location: Alvalade, Lisboa (Portugal) Job: Better not to mention!!!! Marillion fan since 1987!

Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childood", "Clutching At Straws" and "Brave"... Albums Top 3. Favourite Marillion songs: "Misplaced Childhood", "Clutching At Straws", "Brave" (almos all songs in these albums!), "Invisible Man", "Ocean Cloud", "No One Can"… It's a difficult question! It's easier to state what I don't like so much. Other favourite musicians/bands: Madonna, Pink Floyd and many more. Hobbies: Everything I do… besides my obligations, of course!

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Name: Cameraman Metalico/António Melão Birthdate: 23 March 1955 Birthplace: Serpa, Alentejo Location: Miratejo (Lisbon) Job: Photojournalist Websites: http://www.metalpictures.blogspot.com and http://www.myspace.com/metalcamera

Marillion fan since 1985 Favourite Marillion songs: All (when I like a band I can't dislike an album or music) Favourite Marillion songs: All Other favourite musicians/bands: Pink Floyd, Metallica, Black Sabbath, ELP, Yes, Jethro Tull, Camel, Motorhead, Rolling Stones, Gentle Giant, Bob Dylan, The Shadows, Cat Stevens, Slayer, Ozzy, Nat King Cole... Hobbies: Photography, Agriculture/Gardening, Travelling, Cinema, Listening to music.

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	Name: Cláudia Monteiro Birthdate: 23 March 1979 Birthplace: Porto (Portugal) Location: Porto (Portugal) Job: Teacher Marillion fan since 2003 (sorry!!!!).
Favourite Marillion albums: "Marbles" and "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: "The Great Escape", "Beautiful", "Fantastic Place" e "Between You and Me" (ao vivo em Madrid!!) Other favourite musicians/bands: Peter Murphy, Senser, INXS, Radiohead, Portishead, Nirvana Hobbies: Cinema, Music, Art.

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	Name: Cláudia Monteiro Birthdate: 17 May 1971 Birthplace: Barreiro (Portugal) Location: Barreiro (Portugal) Job: Bank Clerk Marillion fan since 1985 with "Misplaced Childhood".
Favourite Marillion albums: All but "Radiation" Favourite Marillion songs: Let's skip this part. Other favourite musicians/bands: Iron Maiden, U2, Whitesnake, Live, David Fonseca, Guns 'n' Roses, Him Hobbies: Music, Cinema, to watch football (my knee has failed me).

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	Name: Edgar Dias Birthdate: 1 July 1976 Birthplace: Mira (Portugal) Location: Porto (Portugal) Job: Student Website: www.liveglare.com
Marillion fan since 1992. Favourite Marillion albums:"Brave", then "Holidays in Eden" Favourite Marillion songs: "King" and "The Invisible Man" Other favourite musicians/bands: Peter Murphy, Queensrÿche, Senser, Duran Duran, Heroes del Silencio, Bruce Dickinson, The Blue Nile, Radiohead Hobbies: Cinema, Music, Tennis.

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Name: Eduardo Rui de Braga Franco Birthdate: 12 May 1973 Birthplace: Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel (Portugal) Location: Urzelina, S. Jorge (Portugal) Job: S. Jorge Forestry Service Marillion fan since 1985. "Kayleigh" and "Lavender".

Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childhood", "Clutching at Straws", "Brave", "Afraid of Sunlight" Favourite Marillion songs: "Grendel", "Emerald Lies", "Incubus", "Torch Song", "Sugar Mice", "Easter", "The Space", "Hollow Man", "The Great Escape", "Out Of This World", "This Strange Engine", "Go", "House", "Quartz", "When I Meet God", "Fantastic Place", "Ocean Cloud" Other favourite musicians/bands: Fish, Rush, Led Zeppellin, Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, Dream Theater Hobbies: Listening to musica, Watching music, Reading about music, Watching nature, Sleeping.

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Name: Francisco Guedes de Amorim Birthdate: 14 August 1970 Birthplace: Lisbon Location: S. João do Estoril Job: Management

Marillion fan since 1984, from the moment I heard "Grendel" on a local radio. Favourite Marillion albums: "Clutching at Straws" and "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: In no particular order: "The Invisible Man", the trilogy "This Town/100 nights/The Rakes Progress", "This Strange Engine", "Interior Lulu", among others. Other favourite musicians/bands: Simple Minds, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, The The, Sade Adu, Tori Amos, Xutos & Pontapés, Sérgio Godinho... Hobbies: Hotel Hobbies (hehe), Music, Cinema, Writing (Prose and Poetry), Thai Boxing, Chess, Traveling and my Motor Bike.

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Name: Franck Carreira Birthdate: 12 November 1973 Birthplace: France Location: Almada Job: Operacional de transportes

Marillion fan since 1989, from the moment I heard "Misplaced Childhood", the album of my life. Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childhood", "Clutching At Straws", "Brave", "Marbles" Favourite Marillion songs: So many! From "Chelsea Monday", "Cinderella Search, "Warm Wet Circles", all "Misplaced", through "Berlin", "Season's End", "The Space", "100 Nights", "Dry Land", "The Great Escape", "Runaway", "Sympathy", "Beyond You", "Out of this World", "One Fine Day", "Tumble Down the Years", "Man of 1000 faces", "3 Minute Boy", "When I Meet God", "Quartz", "This is the 21th century", and almost all of "Marbles". Other favourite musicians/bands: U2 (of course), Placebo, Him, REM, Suede, Starsailor, Stereophonics, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roger Waters/Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Sting, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Heroes Del Silencio, Cult, Manic Street Preachers, Supertramp, Doors, Genesis, e claro Forgotten Suns and the cover bands 2U and Passing Strangers! Hobbies: Music, Cinema, and to watch sports.

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Name: Hugo Pinheiro Birthdate: 1 October 1980 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Trafaria (Portugal) Job: Student (Sports Sciences) Marillion fan since 1990.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childhood" and "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: Not an easy task: "Script for a Jester's Tear", "Garden Party", "Kayleigh", "Childhood's End?", "Grendel", "The Space", "This Town", "The Rakes Progress", "100 Nights", "The Great Escape", "Made Again", "Estonia", "This Strange Engine", "A Few Words For The Dead"... and it's unfair to the ones I left out. Other favourite musicians/bands: Mainly R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Oasis, Pink Floyd, but also many others. Hobbies: Music, Cinema, Going out with friends, and everything related to my studies field: Soccer.

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Name: Ivo de Oliveira Quintas Birthdate: 3 September 1977 Birthplace: Location: Job: Marillion fan since 1992.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childhood", "Brave", "Marbles" Favourite Marillion songs: "The Great Escape", "This Strange Engine", "The King Of Sunset Town", "Sugar Mice", "Warm Wet Circles", "The Party", "Dry Land", "The Invisible Man", "Afraid Of Sunlight", "Gazpacho", and many others. Other favourite musicians/bands: Jaco Pastorius; Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; Dream Theater; Dave Mathews Band; Pink Floyd; Rage Against the Machine, etc., etc. Hobbies: Computers, Electrical bass, Cinema, Reading.

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Name: João Martins Birthdate: 27 January 1979 Birthplace: Torres Novas Residência: Riachos Job:

Marillion fan since 1992. I had heard "The Thieving Magpie" and the singles "Kayleigh" and "Lavender", thanks to an uncle. But it was "Six of One Half Dozen of the Other" that made me fall in love. "Dry Land", "Easter" and "Garden Party" deeply striked me, and I became an unconditional fan of the world's best band. Favourite Marillion albums: "Script fo a Jesters Tear" , "Misplaced Childhood" , "Holidays In Eden" , "Brave" , "Afraid of Sunlight" Favourite Marillion songs: "Grendel", "Three Boats Down From The Candy", "Chelsea Monday", "Just For The Record", "Dry Land", "Splintering Heart", "Waiting To Happen", "Living With The Big Lie", "Afraid of Sunlight", "King", "This Strange Engine", "Quartz", "If My Heart Were a Ball...", "Invisible Man", etc... Other favourite musicians/bands: Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Vast, Threshold, Ozric Tentacles, Mansun, Jethro Tull, No-Man, Sigur Rós, Arena, Interpol, Iron Maiden, Blackfield... among many others. Hobbies: Fotography, Graphic Arts (wallpapers, etc.), Music (listening to, and making it with my band), Women, Drinks, Reading, etc...

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	Name: João Torcato Birthdate: Birthplace: Location: Job:
Marillion fan since 20 yars ago. I was in 3 concerts in Portugal (Carlos Lopes, Aquaparque and Paradise Garage), and in Fish's concert in Cinema Alvalade in 1990. Favourite Marillion albums: Favourite is hard to say, but my least favourite is easy: "Marillion.com" Favourite Marillion songs: Other favourite musicians/bands: Hobbies:

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Name: Jorge Blanch Birthdate: 10 November 1972 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Lisbon (Portugal) Job: Commercial agent in gardening company. Marillion fan since 1985.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Script for a Jester's Tear", "Fugazi", "Misplaced Childhood", "Brave", "Marbles". Favourite Marillion songs: "Chelsea Monday", "Script", "He Knows You Know", "Assassing", a sequência do Real to Reel: "Forgotten Sons"/"Garden Party"/"MSH", "Fugazi", "Blind Curve", "Childhood's End?", "White Russian", "Easter", "Living with the Big Lie", "Goodbye to All That", "The Great Escape", "Gazpacho", "Out of This World", "Afraid of Sunlight", "This Strange Engine", "Invisible Man", "Ocean Cloud" Other favourite musicians/bands: Pink Floyd, Genesis (até 75), Camel, Dream Theater, Arena, Pain of Salvation, Forgotten Suns. Led Zepppelin, Supertramp, U2, Cult, Chameleons, Paradise Lost, Depeche Mode, Fields of the Nephilin, The Mission, Moonspell, Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, The Gathering, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance Hobbies: To travel as much as possible, Reading , Listening to music, Attending to concerts, Cinema, Sports, and partying.

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Name: José Carlos Maltez Birthdate: 29 November 1969 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Corroios (Portugal) Job: Scientific Researcher Marillion fan since 1985.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childhood", "Brave", "Marbles" Favourite Marillion songs: "Chelsea Monday", "Childhood's End?", "Warm Wet Circles", "The Great Escape", "Afraid of Sunlight", "This Strange Engine", "Now She'll Never Know", "This is the 21st Century", "Ocean Cloud" Other favourite musicians/bands: Suzanne Vega, Francesco Guccini, Genesis, Yes, Spock's Beard, Camel, Radiohead, Muse, REM, Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Coldplay. Hobbies: Webdesigning, Listening to music, Reading, Travelling, Cinema, Collecting Marillion.

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Name: Jorge Cravo Birthdate: 16 October 1972 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Paris (France) Job: Bank clerk Marillion fan since 1990.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Script for a Jester's Tear" and "Real to Reel" (one of the best live albuns I've ever heard) Favourite Marillion songs: Too many... but there's one I place above them all: "Forgotten Sons" (live version from "Real to Reel") Avoid to talk to me if I'm listening to it. ;-) Other favourite musicians/bands: Classics from the 70's (Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis,...); 80's Marillion, IQ; 90's Änglagård, After Crying, Anekdoten, among others. Apart from this: Blues (Buddy Guy, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan,...), Jazz/Fusion (Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Diana Krall,...) and Classical music (J.S. Bach and Vivaldi). Hobbies: Radio, Cinema and Travelling.

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Name: Luis Loureiro Birthdate: 3 November 1968 Birthplace: Gafanha da Nazaré (Portugal) Location: Porto (Portugal) Job: Journalist Marillion fan since 1985 (Misplaced Childhood).

Favourite Marillion albums: "Script for a Jester's Tear", "Misplaced Childhood", "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: "Heart of Lothian" Other favourite musicians/bands: Änglagård, Anekdoten, After Crying (fase Vedres Csaba), Isildurs Bane, Nil, Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis (fase Peter Gabriel), Gentle Giant, Yes, King Crimson, White Willow, Univers Zero, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Thinking Plague.. Hobbies: Organizing progressive festivals, attending to progressive festivals abroad, and listening to truly progressive music!

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Name: Manuela Gaivéo, aka 'Nelinha' :) Birthdate: 20 February 1981 Birthplace: Setúbal Location: Setúbal Job: Consultant in Information Sceurity Websites: http://www.olhares.com/mgaiveo and http://devaneios.theblog.net

Marillion fan since I heard "Assassing", I can't remember when. The curiousity was around since "Lavender". Favourite Marillion albums: "Fugazi", "Misplaced Childhood", "Clutching At Straws", "Brave", for now. Favourite Marillion songs: "Assassing", "Incommunicado", "Incubus", "Bitter Suite", "He Knows You Know", "Lavender" (todas as versões), "Warm Wet Circles", "Sugar Mice", also for now... :). Other favourite musicians/bands: Total and unconditional Queen fan!!!! Led Zeppelin, The Who, Blue Öyster Cult, Def Leppard, Pink Floyd, Paradise Lost, A Perfect Circle, Deep Purple, Porcupine Tree, and many other bands/artists, so different and alike among themselves. Hobbies: Music (especially Queen and for the last years, also Marillion), Photography (though I lakc the skills), Reading and Writing (something I was not born for, but that I love to do), History and some other stuff.

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	Name: Márcio Martins "Dark Designer" Birthdate: 5 March 1979 Birthplace: ?? Location: Vodra, Seia, Viseu (Portugal) Job: Graphic Designer Marillion fan since the beginning.
Favourite Marillion albums: All of them. Every album has Marillion magic. Favourite Marillion songs: "Sugar Mice"... and all the others. Other favourite musicians/bands: Heavy, Death, Black, Doom, Power, Progressive Metal... Hobbies: Design, Photography

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Name: Miguel Baptista Birthdate: 20 August 1981 Birthplace: Joanesburg (South Africa) Location: Miratejo (Portugal) Job: Student Website: http://www.myspace.com/miguelrodriguesbaptista

Marillion fan since I heard my brother's covers band playing Marillion. Favourite Marillion albums: "Clutching at Straws", "Season's End" and "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: most of them, it's easier to point out the ones I don't like most of: Dot.Com, "Cover My Eyes", "80 Days, "Map Of The World", "When I Meet God"... Other favourite musicians/bands: Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Pink Floyd, Pat Metheny, Nirvana, Radiohead, A Perfect Circle, Forgotten Suns, Bob Marley, World music , Djambes (ehehehe)... so many things... Hobbies: Reading, Cinema, Walk the dog, Internet, Beach, Countryside, Nature... enjoying life without (more) exaggerations?

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Name: Mónica Guerra Leiria Birthdate: 26 November 1979 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Lisbon (Portugal) Job: Graphic Designer Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesterstear and http://mglscraps.blogspot.com

Marillion fan since 1995. Favourite Marillion albums: "Script For A Jester's Tear", "Fugazi", "Brave", "Marbles" Favourite Marillion songs: "Script For A Jester's Tear", "Fugazi", "Jigsaw", "Incubus", "The Hollow Man", "Afraid of Sunlight", "Ocean Cloud" Other favourite musicians/bands: Fish, Arena, Forgotten Suns (with Linx), Mafalda Veiga, David Fonseca Hobbies: Reading, Writing (mainly Harry Potter fanfiction ;P), Playing roleplaying games, and... does sex qualify as a hobby?

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Name: Nuno Lourenço Birthdate: 17 February 1972 Birthplace: Ulme, Chamusca, Santarém (Portugal) Location: Corroios, Seixal (Portugal) Job: Storehouse manager in a press distribution company Marillion fan since 1987.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Script for a Jester's Tear", "Misplaced Childhood", "Brave"" Favourite Marillion songs: "Script For A Jester's Tear", "White Feather"" Other favourite musicians/bands: A lot of stuff: Bruce Springsteen, Xutos e Pontapés (my other passions who make me waste a lot of money), Metallica, Iron Maiden and many other Metal bands. Prog, blues, traditional music, jazz, classical (Wagner), punk, rock, some disco (Chemical Brothers) and many 70's and 80's classics. I can't stand the 60's or rockabilly (Elvis, blargh!). Hobbies: Cinema, Drinking with friends, Eating, listening to live music, then comes work!

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	Name: Pedro Amaral Birthdate: 15 April 1971 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Tavira (Portugal) Job: Administrative Marillion fan since 1984.
Favourite Marillion albums: "Fugazi", "Misplaced Childhood", "Radiation", "Marbles" Favourite Marillion songs: "Emerald Lies", "Grendel", and many others, it's unfair not to mention them. Other favourite musicians/bands: Genesis, Transatlantic, Jethro Tull, Camel, Flower Kings, Megadeth Hobbies: Cinema, Reading, Cinema, TV, Computers, Motocycling.

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	Name: Pedro Strecht Birthdate: 21 March 1974 Birthplace: Matosinhos (Portugal) Location: Matosinhos (Portugal) Job: Informatics Engineer Marillion fan since 1987.
Favourite Marillion albums: "Afraid of Sunlight" Favourite Marillion songs: "Afraid of Sunlight", "Under the Sun", "Living with the Big Lie", "Torch Song", "This Strange Engine", "Invisible Man", "Ocean Cloud" Other favourite musicians/bands: Yes, Genesis, Camel, Focus, Spock’s Beard, The Flower Kings Hobbies: To play keyboards, Swimming, Cinema, To develop databases

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	Name: Ricardo Falcão Birthdate: 31 January 1976 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Lisbon (Portugal) Job: Musician, Music teacher, Music business Website: http://www.forgottensuns.net
Marillion fan since 1991, first time I heard the Script. Favourite Marillion albums: "Fugazi", "Clutching at Straws" and "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: "Cinderella Search" (among many...) Other favourite musicians/bands: Rush, DT, ARK... Forgotten Suns :) Hobbies: Cinema

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	Name: Rui Miguel Cardoso Almeida Birthdate: 21 August 1975 Birthplace: Coimbra (Portugal) Location: Aveiro (Portugal) Job: Bank clerk Marillion fan since 1985.
Favourite Marillion albums: "Clutching at Straws". Favourite Marillion songs: "Incubus", Clutching opening trilogy, "Beyond You", "Fantastic Place", "When I Meet God" and many more... Other favourite musicians/bands: Waterboys (the only ones that stand up to Marillion!), Suzanne Vega, Supertramp, U2, The Doors among many others. Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Going out, Travelling, Beach.

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Name: Rui Rolão Birthdate: 28 October 1966 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Massamá (Portugal) Job: Bank clerk Marillion fan since 1983.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Script For A Jester's Tear, "Brave", "Marbles" Favourite Marillion songs: "Marquet Square Heroes", "Grendel", "Quartz", "Ocean Cloud" Other favourite musicians/bands: Opeth, Dream Theater, Steve Vai, Rush, Porcupine Tree, Neal Morse, Old Genesis, Peter Gabriel, The Boss, Thin Lizzy, Tool, Pain of Salvation, Pelican, Neurosis, Isis, Minsk and many more. Ah, and Xutos E Pontapés, Carlos Paredes and Sérgio Godinho. Hobbies: Music, Philately and I'm as addicted to Sports as I am to Marillion.

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Name: Sandra Maltez Birthdate: 24 February 1981 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Corroios (Portugal) Job: Unemployed Marillion fan since I heard Kayleigh.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Brave", "Misplaced Childhood" Favourite Marillion songs: "Kayleigh", "Sugar Mice", "Script For A Jester's Tear", "Garden Party", "Three Minute Boy", "Now She'll Never Know", "Easter", "Runaway", "The Hollow Man", "Lap Of Luxury", "The Great Escape", "Made Again", "Beautiful", "When I Meet God" Other favourite musicians/bands: Rui Veloso, Forgotten Suns, Luís Represas, Linkin Park, Xutos e Pontapés, Francesco Guccini, Pedro Abrunhosa and some other things. Hobbies: Music Cinema, Reading, Hanging out with friends.

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Name: Sérgio Vieira Birthdate: 4 March 1957 Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Location: Santa Joana, Aveiro (Portugal) Job: Bank clerk / Commercial manager Marillion fan since 1989.

Favourite Marillion albums: "Brave", "Misplaced Childhood" Favourite Marillion songs: "Kayleigh", "Sugar Mice", "Script For A Jester's Tear", "Garden Party", "Three Minute Boy", "Now She'll Never Know", "Easter", "Runaway", "The Hollow Man", "Lap Of Luxury", "The Great Escape", "Made Again", "Beautiful", "When I Meet God" Other favourite musicians/bands: Rui Veloso, Forgotten Suns, Luís Represas, Linkin Park, Xutos e Pontapés, Francesco Guccini, Pedro Abrunhosa. Hobbies: Music, Cinema, Reading, Travelling, going out with friends.

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	Name: Spulit Birthdate: 12 June 1976 Birthplace: Matosinhos (Portugal) Location: Matosinhos (Portugal) Job: Student, Researcher Website: http://www.prog-pt.com
Marillion fan since 1988 with "The Thieving Magpie". Favourite Marillion albums: "Misplaced Childhood", "Brave" Favourite Marillion songs: "Easter", "Blind Curve" Other favourite musicians/bands: Everything related to Progressive rock. Hobbies: Concerts, Reading, Cinema, Travelling, Music reviews, Sports.

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Name: Vasco Manuel Palma Leiria Birthdate: 27 August 1971 Birthplace: Lisbon (Portugal) Location: Lisbon (Portugal) Job: Informatical Support in Health Centre Website: www.myspace.com/vascoleiria e http://oquesepassanomundodosbits.blogspot.com

Marillion fan since Listening "Misplaced Childhood". Favourite Marillion albums: "Script for a Jester's Tear", "Misplaced Childhood", "Afraid of Sunlight", "This Strange Engine" Favourite Marillion songs: "Grendel", "He Knows you Know", "Man of a Thousand Faces", "This Strange Engine" Other favourite musicians/bands: Forgotten Suns (with Linx), Arena, Simple Minds, Linkin Park Hobbies: Role Play, Vampire CCG, Reading, Listening to A LOT of music.