[2] Marsh spent his early life in the Lake District, moving to London in the 1970s, where he was joined by his then brother-in-law Ken Nicol.
The duo were known variously as both Nicol & Marsh and as Easy Street, which, for some of this time, also included Richard James Burgess.
Albums released in collaboration with Nicol included: Easy Street toured in Europe and the US and were the 1976 Runners-up of the UK TV show New Faces.
[5] Marsh's first solo project, after breaking up with Nicol was Twist, a transition into the punk rock and new wave genres.
Twist released This Is Your Life (Polydor, 1979), an album which included a new wave interpretation of the classic "The House of the Rising Sun".
"This Is Your Life" featured Steve Nieve on keyboard and Jimmy Edwards and Elvis Costello on backing vocals.
The involvement of Steve Nieve and Elvis Costello was due to their connections with Roger Bechirian, who co-produced the album with Marsh.
Twist was recorded at Amp Pro, a studio in Shepherds Bush in a house owned by Nick Lowe, which was converted by Tony Visconti.
Tinker) in British new wave synthpop band Blanket of Secrecy, which has developed a worldwide cult following over the decades.
[7] The identity of the Blanket of Secrecy band members was not initially disclosed, with the Warner Bros Records press release at the time stating that "Blanket of Secrecy are three young men engaged in a project of extreme sensitivity and a necessarily classified nature.
Rumours at the time that they were The Attractions (best known as Elvis Costello's backing band) have subsequently been discredited with the true identity revealed as Peter Marsh, a.k.a.
The band included Paul Gunn (the original drummer from Squeeze) and Steve 'Boltz' Bolton (ex Atomic Rooster) played lead guitar on some tracks.
[17] Band members included Chateauroux music professor Pascal Freslon[18] (best known as Calhoun), Jean Charles Bavouzet[19] and jazz violinist Caroline Bugala.
[21] A number of songs from the album were featured in the Hong Kong hit TV series Triumph in the Skies.
A compilation album, Fly with Love,[22] featured eleven Peter Marsh songs and was released on the Universal Music label.