Big fan - saw them a bunch of times in the Fish era, I was initially highly skeptical but got dragged along by a girlfriend to see them. Front row at Hammersmith on the Real To Reel tour sort of changed my mind! I lost interest after Fish left - I hadn't liked much of Clutching At Straws, and when I heard Hooks In You, the first release with h, I thought they'd been railroaded down a commercial pop-rock route & didn't bother listening to them for a very, very long time!
Anyway they played locally to me in 2011, I thought it would be rude not to go - and for the second time seeing them live blew me away. I'd say I far prefer the h era now, Hogarth is such an expressive, captivating vocalist & frontman, and lyrically & musically the band's scope is so much broader than the early years. I find much of the Fish stuff pretty uncomfortable to listen to now - so much embittered misogyny in his lyrics.
Apropos of nothing - the very first time I saw them Pete was playing an Aria Pro RSB Deluxe II, which was what I had at the time. Last time I saw them was at the Berlin Weekend in 2023, and here he is playing a Yamaha BB400S fretless, just like one I had a couple of years ago!