- After he left How We Live, Steve Hogarth worked as a session musician for The The, Toni Childs and Julian Cope.
- He has performed with the SAS (Spike Edney's All Stars) Band.
- Hogarth's favorite singers are Jeff Buckley, Paul Buchanan, Paddy McAloon, Annie Lennox, John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Darryl Hall, Sting and Marvin Gaye.
- The first band he saw live was Deep Purple at Sheffield City Hall, England.
- In March 2003, his 1994 album with Marillion, "Brave", came 23rd in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time.
- Marillion's single "You're Gone" (released in the UK on 19 April 2004) set a record for the number of pre-orders on the HMV website (4,400), beating the Stereophonics' previous record of 4,000 for "Moviestar".
- "You're Gone" entered the UK singles chart at number seven, the second highest new entry of the week and Marillion's first top ten hit since he joined the band. (April 25, 2004)
- His favorite albums are "Abbey Road" by The Beatles, "Court & Spark" by Joni Mitchell, "Steve McQueen" by Prefab Sprout, "Outlandos d'Amour" by The Police, "Grace" by Jeff Buckley, "A Walk Across the Rooftops" and "Peace at Last" by The Blue Nile, "The Colour of Spring" by Talk Talk, "The Yes Album" by Yes and "OK Computer" by Radiohead.
- He has been the lead singer of rock band Marillion since 1989.
- He has two children, a daughter called Sofi and a son called Nial.
- Hogarth and guitarist Colin Woore left the Europeans in 1985 and they formed the duo How We Live.
- He is a self-taught pianist.
- On 8 April 2004, with bandmates Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas, he played a live acoustic set for Matthew Wright on BBC Radio 2.
- On 13 October 2017, he fulfilled a "longstanding personal dream" by performing at the Royal Albert Hall with Marillion.
- The former keyboardist and vocalist for the Europeans, Steve Hogarth joined Marillion in 1989 after the departure of Fish.
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