Mark Kelly

Who is Mark Kelly?

Mark Kelly is the keyboardist of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. He was raised in Ireland until he moved to England with his parents in 1969.

Kelly was an electronics student while performing part-time in the progressive/psychedelic band Chemical Alice, who released their EP Curiouser and Curiouser in 1981. He was invited to join Marillion when Chemical Alice supported the band, replacing previous keyboardist Brian Jelliman. His first performance with the band was at the Great Northern at Cambridge on 1 December 1981. Kelly has appeared on every Marillion studio album. He also appeared on John Wesley's album Under the Red and White Sky in 1994 and on Jump's album Myth of Independence in 1995 on production and keyboards. He has also played keyboards with Travis for their headlining set at the Isle of Wight Festival, at T in the park in 2005, and at the Live8 set in Edinburgh. Mark Kelly also played Keyboards for Edison's Children's new album "In The Last Waking Moments...", for the song The "Other" Other Dimension as well as performing vocals with Steve Hogarth and Andy Ditchfield on the Edison's Children track The Awakening in 2011. Also in 2011, Mark Kelly performed Keyboards on the epic, King of Number 33 for the prog band DeeExpus