Ben Mandelson
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Ben Mandelson is an English world musician, and also manager and producer.
, future Buzzcocks
and Magazine
frontman. When punk emerged, he formed a band called Amazorblades
, being the group's guitarist.
In 1981, he joined Howard Devoto's Magazine, replacing Robin Simon
(who previously replaced a solid member of that band, John McGeoch
) and playing on their last album Magic, Murder And The Weather
.
, a band that was active throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s.
In 2009, together with Justin Adams and, again, Lu Edmonds, Mandelson formed the band Les Triaboliques and released their debut album Rivermudtwilight.
Punk and New Wave years
In mid-1970s he was a student in Bolton Institute of Technology (now Bolton University), where he met Howard DevotoHoward Devoto
Howard Devoto is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands...
, future Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
and Magazine
Magazine (band)
Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, "Shot by Both Sides", is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time...
frontman. When punk emerged, he formed a band called Amazorblades
Amazorblades
Amazorblades were one of the early punk groups, as cronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave, from Brighton, England. They released a single, "Common Truth" c/w "Mess Around" on Chiswick Records...
, being the group's guitarist.
In 1981, he joined Howard Devoto's Magazine, replacing Robin Simon
Robin Simon
For the art historian and critic Robin Simon, editor of , see Robin JH SimonRobin Simon For the art historian and critic Robin Simon, editor of , see Robin JH SimonRobin Simon For the art historian and critic Robin Simon, editor of , see Robin JH SimonRobin Simon (born Robert Simon 12 July 1956,...
(who previously replaced a solid member of that band, John McGeoch
John McGeoch
John Alexander McGeoch, , was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage and Public Image Ltd....
) and playing on their last album Magic, Murder And The Weather
Magic, Murder and the Weather
Magic, Murder and the Weather is the fourth album by British post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1981. This was also their only studio album without original guitarist John McGeoch, who had moved to Siouxsie and the Banshees...
.
World Music Years
In 1982, as "Hijaz Mustapha" he started playing with Lu Edmonds aka Uncle Patrel Mustapha Bin Mustapha, which led to the formation of 3 Mustaphas 33 Mustaphas 3
3 Mustaphas 3 is a British World music band formed in 1982. Core members are Ben Mandelson , Tim Fienburgh Colin Bass , and Nigel Watson , around which orbit many other Mustaphas – all supposed to be the nephews of Uncle Patrel Mustapha...
, a band that was active throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s.
In 2009, together with Justin Adams and, again, Lu Edmonds, Mandelson formed the band Les Triaboliques and released their debut album Rivermudtwilight.
External links
- Information about Ben Mandelson
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mhuey/froots/froots213.html