Danny's doctors at the Cumberland Medical Research Centre, in Oxford, where he had been taken to recover after the operations, tried all of their known methods of "pulling him off" his coma. Smelling salts, shaking his arms, shouting in his ears, slapping him around a bit and electrode shock treatment applied to his testicles all failed to rouse him. It was over to his parents, Hugh and Glenda Armforth, who then spent the next six months cooking his favourite meals (spam and chips, egg and chips, bierwurst und currysauce) in his hospital room, hoping that the aroma would arouse him. They played him his favourite tapes - Script For A Jesters Tear and Fugazi - constantly for four days, but still nothing. On his 20th birthday, they got the players form his favourite football team, Lincoln City, to sing a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday" to him. Even giving the bumps didn't work!

Then it was over to his mates. First, Stephen Jones sat by his bedside and told him rude jokes for a week. Even though a couple brought a smile to his face, there was nothing else. Barry Peters brought in his portable TV, Video and Star Trek collection. But after 36 hours he fell asleep, slipped of his chair and broke his jaw. Mike “Beavis" Bryant paid a prostitute, Cherry Pink, 55, to give Danny oral sex twice. "He was so sweet", she said "He came twice in his half hour". But even that failed to get him round. But the brain patterns were still encouraging.

All that was three years ago. Many had tried since then, but none had succeeded. That was until his younger brother, Alan, brought the new Marillion CD. He explains "We'ed always played him 'Script…' and 'Fugazi' but none of the others. So when I got 'Afraid of Sunlight' some of the lyrics touched me deeply, and suggested Danny had been in the bands thoughts when they wrote them". Danny’s mum had wrote several times to Mark Kelly to get the band to visit, but each time they'd been snubbed, due to tour commitments, recording, shagging and drinking. Alan took the CD in. He told Danny all about the album, it's cover, how long the songs were, what instruments they played on it, what the songs were about. Everything. They he played it. At first it was just like normal. The dumb look on his face, matched only by the stillness of his body suggested that this was in vain. Then when the second song "Californian Surf Babe" started, Danny suddenly jumped up, got out of bed, picked his brother up by the knees, shook him and screamed "Turn that crap off! It isn't Marillion! Tell me it isn't Marillion or I'll kill you, you bastard!". Alan was so happy he pissed himself with joy. The doctors rushed into the room and gave Danny the normal coming out of coma tests that we all know and love.

Danny now leads a normal and exciting life. "Wc would just like to thank those Marillion boys for doing such an excellent job. Thank you very much. Wc love you all, especially that Fish man. He's very nice." his parents told mc.