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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. The band was formed by Howard Devoto
after leaving punk band Buzzcocks
in early 1977, deciding to create a more experimental and less punk band who later influenced many musicians. Magazine reunited for a tour through Britain in February 2009, with almost all the most remaining and "classic" line-up during their brief time, with the exception of guitarist John McGeoch
who died in 2004 and was replaced by Noko, who had played with Devoto in Luxuria. In April 2011, record label Wire Sound reported that Magazine were in the studio recording for a new album scheduled to be released later in the year.
in early 1977. In April 1977 he met guitarist John McGeoch
, then an art student, and they began writing songs, some of which would appear on the first Magazine album. They then recruited Barry Adamson
on bass, Bob Dickinsonhttp://www.bobdickinson.org on keyboards and Martin Jackson
(previously of The Freshies
) on drums, to form the first line-up of the band. After signing to Virgin Records
, Magazine played their debut live gig at the Rafters, in Manchester, on 28 October 1977.
Dickinson, co-writer of "Motorcade" and whose background was in classical and avant-garde music, left shortly after a number of gigs in late 1977. In early 1978 the band released their first single "Shot by Both Sides
", a song Magazine recorded as a four-piece which featured a guitar-bass-drums sound similar to punk rock
. Shortly after the single's release, Dave Formula
, who had played with a 1960s shortly famed rock band from Manchester called St. Louis Union
, joined as keyboardist. "Shot By Both Sides", the chorus of which shared the same progression as Buzzcocks' "Lipstick," fractionally missed the UK Top 40. Its cover was an early example of the goth
influence in punk. The band, with Formula on keyboards, made its first major TV appearance on Top Of The Pops
in February 1978, performing the single.
Following a British tour to promote their critically acclaimed debut album Real Life
(which made the UK Top 30), Jackson left Magazine in late July, and was replaced briefly by Paul Spencer
, who performed with the band for gigs across Europe and some television appearances, including the Old Grey Whistle Test
, where they played "Definitive Gaze". Spencer quit partway through the tour, joining The Speedometors
shortly afterwards, and he was replaced in October by John Doyle
, who completed the Real Life promotional tour and remained in the band.
In 1979 Magazine's second album, Secondhand Daylight
was released, reaching the UK Top 40. The record features more experimental, synthesiser-based material. That same year, McGeoch, Adamson and Formula joined electronic project Visage
, recording and releasing the single "Tar".
After the release of Secondhand Daylight, Devoto decided to change producer, choosing Martin Hannett
, who produced their next album in the same year, The Correct Use of Soap
, again making the Top 30. Following its release McGeoch decided to leave the band, tired of Magazine's low sales and their less guitar-oriented songs, joining Siouxsie and the Banshees. To replace him the band called Robin Simon
, who previously was in Ultravox
and Neo. That line-up toured across Europe and Australia, recording their next release, the live album Play. Simon made some initial recordings and rehearsals for the Magic Murder And The Weather album, including co-writing the song "So Lucky", but he left the band before the album was released so that he could record on the John Foxx
solo album The Garden.
Again without a guitarist, Devoto called in his former college friend at Bolton
, Ben Mandelson
(former Amazorblades
member). This line-up completed the recording of Magic, Murder And The Weather
in 1981, but Devoto quit in May of the same year months before its release of the album. A year later, After The Fact
, the first Magazine compilation was released.
Adamson continued collaborating with Visage
, and also began to work with The Birthday Party
and Pete Shelley
, Formula continued as member of Visage and joined Ludus, Mandelson joined The Mekons, and Doyle joined The Armoury Show
in Scotland in 1983, along with John McGeoch. After a brief solo outing and two albums with Luxuria
Devoto quit music to become a photo archivist until a collaboration with Buzzcocks
' Pete Shelley
produced the Buzzkunst
album in 2002.
The sold out shows received widespread critical acclaim. The group then went on to play at festivals in the UK and abroad over summer, before performing 'The Soap Show' in Manchester, Edinburgh and London. At these concerts, the band played two sets – a performance of The Correct Use of Soap
in full, followed by a set composed of other songs from their catalogue.
In January 2010 Noko officially joined the band, becoming a full member of Magazine. The band started work on new material.
In November 2010 Barry Adamson left to concentrate on his film work and solo recordings. Jon "Stan" White joined as bass player on the new recordings and debuted live on 30 June 2011 at Wolverhampton Slade Rooms where Magazine were playing a warm up show for their Hop Farm festival appearance two days later.
A new studio album, No Thyself
, is released woldwide by Wire Sound on 24 October 2011.
The band will embark on a UK tour between November 1 to November 11, 2011.
and pop. Radiohead
in particular draw on the lyrical style of the group, and have performed "Shot By Both Sides" in concert. What's more, Radiohead's 1995 single "Just
", with its ascending guitar hook, bears a passing resemblance to "Shot By Both Sides". Former Smiths
singer Morrissey
, a fan and acquaintance of Devoto's, covered "A Song From Under The Floorboards" as a B-side to his 2006 single "The Youngest Was the Most Loved
". "Floorboards" was covered by My Friend The Chocolate Cake
on their 1994 album Brood. Half Man Half Biscuit
have performed live covers of a number of Magazine songs. "The Light Pours Out Of Me", from the album Real Life, has been covered by The Mission
, Peter Murphy
, Sleep Chamber and Ministry
. Swedish punk band No Fun at All
did a cover of "Shot By Both Sides" on their record And Now For Something Completely Different. Devoto co-wrote two songs with Mansun
, "Everyone Must Win" and "Railings", contributing vocals to the latter, and the band later covered "Shot By Both Sides" for John Peel
.
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, "Shot by Both Sides
Shot By Both Sides
"Shot by Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto featuring a guitar riff from Pete Shelley, and performed by the English post punk band Magazine, which appeared on their debut album Real Life in 1978 and was released as a single in the same year, reaching #41 on the UK charts.The name of the...
", is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life
Real Life (Magazine album)
Real Life is the debut album by English post-punk band Magazine, released in April 1978 on Virgin Records.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Howard Devoto – vocals* John McGeoch – guitar and saxophone* Barry Adamson – bass guitar...
, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time. The band was formed by Howard Devoto
Howard 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...
after leaving punk band 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...
in early 1977, deciding to create a more experimental and less punk band who later influenced many musicians. Magazine reunited for a tour through Britain in February 2009, with almost all the most remaining and "classic" line-up during their brief time, with the exception of guitarist 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....
who died in 2004 and was replaced by Noko, who had played with Devoto in Luxuria. In April 2011, record label Wire Sound reported that Magazine were in the studio recording for a new album scheduled to be released later in the year.
Biography
Howard Devoto formed Magazine in Manchester shortly after he left BuzzcocksBuzzcocks
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...
in early 1977. In April 1977 he met guitarist 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....
, then an art student, and they began writing songs, some of which would appear on the first Magazine album. They then recruited Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson is a British rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electronic musicians Pan sonic and Depeche Mode. Adamson created the seven-minute opus "Useless " remix for the latter band in 1997...
on bass, Bob Dickinsonhttp://www.bobdickinson.org on keyboards and Martin Jackson
Martin Jackson
Martin Jackson is a British drummer who has played with several New Wave bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with Magazine, in 1978 with the release of the influential Real Life album, and Swing Out Sister, in 1986, with the hit song Breakout.-Biography:His earliest work...
(previously of The Freshies
The Freshies
The Freshies were a punk band from Manchester, England formed in the late 1970s and dissolved in the early 1980s, fronted by singer and comedian Chris Sievey .-Career:...
) on drums, to form the first line-up of the band. After signing to Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
, Magazine played their debut live gig at the Rafters, in Manchester, on 28 October 1977.
Dickinson, co-writer of "Motorcade" and whose background was in classical and avant-garde music, left shortly after a number of gigs in late 1977. In early 1978 the band released their first single "Shot by Both Sides
Shot By Both Sides
"Shot by Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto featuring a guitar riff from Pete Shelley, and performed by the English post punk band Magazine, which appeared on their debut album Real Life in 1978 and was released as a single in the same year, reaching #41 on the UK charts.The name of the...
", a song Magazine recorded as a four-piece which featured a guitar-bass-drums sound similar to punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
. Shortly after the single's release, Dave Formula
Dave Formula
Dave Formula, , is an English keyboardist and film-soundtrack composer from Manchester, who played with the post-punk band Magazine, and New Romantic ensemble Visage during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s and in the "world music" band The Angel Brothers.-Early Years and St...
, who had played with a 1960s shortly famed rock band from Manchester called St. Louis Union
St. Louis Union
St. Louis Union were a 1960s, short-lived, freakbeat rock band from Manchester, England, who formed part of the mod rock scene. They were formed by singer Tony Cassidy, guitarist Keith Millar, tenor saxophone/flute player Alex Kirby , keyboardist David Tomlinson, bassist John Nichols and drummer...
, joined as keyboardist. "Shot By Both Sides", the chorus of which shared the same progression as Buzzcocks' "Lipstick," fractionally missed the UK Top 40. Its cover was an early example of the goth
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
influence in punk. The band, with Formula on keyboards, made its first major TV appearance on Top Of The Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
in February 1978, performing the single.
Following a British tour to promote their critically acclaimed debut album Real Life
Real Life (Magazine album)
Real Life is the debut album by English post-punk band Magazine, released in April 1978 on Virgin Records.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Howard Devoto – vocals* John McGeoch – guitar and saxophone* Barry Adamson – bass guitar...
(which made the UK Top 30), Jackson left Magazine in late July, and was replaced briefly by Paul Spencer
Paul Spencer
Paul Spencer is a movie producer who previously worked as drummer with different New Wave artists....
, who performed with the band for gigs across Europe and some television appearances, including the Old Grey Whistle Test
Old Grey Whistle Test
The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music. It was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers...
, where they played "Definitive Gaze". Spencer quit partway through the tour, joining The Speedometors
The Speedometors
The Speedometors or Speed-O-Metors are a London, New Wave and punk band. They were formed in 1976 in Shepherd's Bush by Martin Finlay, Robbie Watson and Lol Gellor and joined shortly thereafter by Ian "Toose" Taylor, late of the Mike Batt-produced group Houdini.The Speedometors attracted the...
shortly afterwards, and he was replaced in October by John Doyle
John Doyle (drummer)
John Doyle is a drummer who was member of New Wave bands like Magazine and The Armoury Show. He reunited with the first band for a tour which will be played in February 2009.-Biography:...
, who completed the Real Life promotional tour and remained in the band.
In 1979 Magazine's second album, Secondhand Daylight
Secondhand Daylight
Secondhand Daylight is the second album by British band Magazine, released by Virgin Records on 30 March 1979.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Howard Devoto - vocals* John McGeoch - guitar, saxophone, keyboards on "The Thin Air"* Barry Adamson - bass...
was released, reaching the UK Top 40. The record features more experimental, synthesiser-based material. That same year, McGeoch, Adamson and Formula joined electronic project Visage
Visage
Visage are a British New Wave rock band. Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit "Fade to Grey".-New Wave years :...
, recording and releasing the single "Tar".
After the release of Secondhand Daylight, Devoto decided to change producer, choosing Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
, who produced their next album in the same year, The Correct Use of Soap
The Correct Use of Soap
The Correct Use of Soap is the third album by British post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It marks a return to form of sorts to the punkier riffs and faster rhythms of Real Life after their more experimental album Secondhand Daylight...
, again making the Top 30. Following its release McGeoch decided to leave the band, tired of Magazine's low sales and their less guitar-oriented songs, joining Siouxsie and the Banshees. To replace him the band called 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 was in Ultravox
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....
and Neo. That line-up toured across Europe and Australia, recording their next release, the live album Play. Simon made some initial recordings and rehearsals for the Magic Murder And The Weather album, including co-writing the song "So Lucky", but he left the band before the album was released so that he could record on the John Foxx
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
solo album The Garden.
Again without a guitarist, Devoto called in his former college friend at Bolton
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
, Ben Mandelson
Ben Mandelson
Ben Mandelson is an English world musician, and also manager and producer.-Punk and New Wave years:...
(former 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...
member). This line-up completed the recording of 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...
in 1981, but Devoto quit in May of the same year months before its release of the album. A year later, After The Fact
After The Fact (compilation)
After the Fact is the first compilation album released by Magazine, in 1982, but it was posthumous because the band dissolved one year before.-A-side:#"Shot by Both Sides" – 3:54#"Rhythm of Cruelty" – 3:03#"You Never Knew Me" – 5:23...
, the first Magazine compilation was released.
Adamson continued collaborating with Visage
Visage
Visage are a British New Wave rock band. Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit "Fade to Grey".-New Wave years :...
, and also began to work with The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party (band)
The Birthday Party were an Australian rock band, active from 1973 to 1983.Despite being championed by John Peel, The Birthday Party found little commercial success during their career...
and Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...
, Formula continued as member of Visage and joined Ludus, Mandelson joined The Mekons, and Doyle joined The Armoury Show
The Armoury Show
The Armoury Show was a New Wave band formed in 1983 by Richard Jobson on vocals, Russell Webb on bass guitar, John McGeoch on guitar and John Doyle on drums. Each member was known for being in a previously acclaimed band, as Jobson and Webb were in The Skids and McGeoch and Doyle in Magazine. The...
in Scotland in 1983, along with John McGeoch. After a brief solo outing and two albums with Luxuria
Luxuria
Luxuria was a British pop music band made up of vocalist Howard Devoto and instrumentalist Norman Fisher-Jones, aka "Noko." The band was active in the 1980s and early 1990s....
Devoto quit music to become a photo archivist until a collaboration with 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...
' Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...
produced the Buzzkunst
Buzzkunst
Buzzkunst is an album by former Buzzcocks members Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto under the name ShelleyDevoto.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto# "Can You See Me Shining?"# "Strain of Bacteria"# "Deeper"...
album in 2002.
Reunion
It was confirmed in July 2008 that Howard Devoto and Magazine would reform for five dates in February 2009. The line-up includes Devoto, Formula, Adamson and Doyle. In November 2008, the band announced Noko, Devoto's bandmate in Luxuria, would be the guitarist in the reformation line-up, taking the place of John McGeoch, who died in 2004.The sold out shows received widespread critical acclaim. The group then went on to play at festivals in the UK and abroad over summer, before performing 'The Soap Show' in Manchester, Edinburgh and London. At these concerts, the band played two sets – a performance of The Correct Use of Soap
The Correct Use of Soap
The Correct Use of Soap is the third album by British post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It marks a return to form of sorts to the punkier riffs and faster rhythms of Real Life after their more experimental album Secondhand Daylight...
in full, followed by a set composed of other songs from their catalogue.
In January 2010 Noko officially joined the band, becoming a full member of Magazine. The band started work on new material.
In November 2010 Barry Adamson left to concentrate on his film work and solo recordings. Jon "Stan" White joined as bass player on the new recordings and debuted live on 30 June 2011 at Wolverhampton Slade Rooms where Magazine were playing a warm up show for their Hop Farm festival appearance two days later.
A new studio album, No Thyself
No Thyself
No Thyself is the fifth studio album by the band Magazine. It was released on the Wire-Sound label on 24 October 2011 about 30 years after the release of their previous studio album, Magic, Murder and the Weather....
, is released woldwide by Wire Sound on 24 October 2011.
The band will embark on a UK tour between November 1 to November 11, 2011.
Legacy
Magazine's music continues to be an influence today. While having roots in the punk and New Wave movements, Magazine combined elements of avant-gardeAvant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
and pop. Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
in particular draw on the lyrical style of the group, and have performed "Shot By Both Sides" in concert. What's more, Radiohead's 1995 single "Just
Just (song)
"Just" is a single by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in 1995. It is the seventh track on their 1995 album The Bends. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wrote the song about a narcissistic friend of his, which on closer inspection is showcased by the imagery in the lyrics - a parallel...
", with its ascending guitar hook, bears a passing resemblance to "Shot By Both Sides". Former Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
singer Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
, a fan and acquaintance of Devoto's, covered "A Song From Under The Floorboards" as a B-side to his 2006 single "The Youngest Was the Most Loved
The Youngest Was the Most Loved
"The Youngest Was the Most Loved" is the second single from the Morrissey album Ringleader of the Tormentors, which reached #14 in the UK and #11 in the U.S. Singles Sales. The single was released internationally on June 5, 2006 and was released on June 27, 2006 in the United States. The title...
". "Floorboards" was covered by My Friend The Chocolate Cake
My Friend The Chocolate Cake
My Friend The Chocolate Cake is an Australian musical group based in Melbourne. They have recorded seven albums since being founded in 1989 by David Bridie and Helen Mountfort, members of Not Drowning, Waving...
on their 1994 album Brood. Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit, often "HMHB", are an English rock band from Birkenhead, Merseyside, active since the mid-1980s, known for satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group comprises Nigel Blackwell , Neil Crossley , Ken Hancock , and Carl Henry...
have performed live covers of a number of Magazine songs. "The Light Pours Out Of Me", from the album Real Life, has been covered by The Mission
The Mission (band)
The Mission are a gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly dissolved rock band The Sisters of Mercy.The band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams , soon adding...
, Peter Murphy
Peter Murphy (musician)
Peter John Murphy is an English rock vocalist. He was the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus, and later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria...
, Sleep Chamber and Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
. Swedish punk band No Fun at All
No Fun At All
No Fun at All is a Swedish punk rock band. The band formed in the summer of 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson , Henrik Sunvisson and Jimmy Olsson...
did a cover of "Shot By Both Sides" on their record And Now For Something Completely Different. Devoto co-wrote two songs with Mansun
Mansun
Mansun were an English alternative rock band formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone. The band broke up in May 2003....
, "Everyone Must Win" and "Railings", contributing vocals to the latter, and the band later covered "Shot By Both Sides" for John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
.
Members
| Magazine (April 1977) "Early and incomplete incarnation" |
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|---|---|
| Magazine (mid – late 1977) "First active line-up" |
Barry Adamson Barry Adamson is a British rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electronic musicians Pan sonic and Depeche Mode. Adamson created the seven-minute opus "Useless " remix for the latter band in 1997... – Bass Martin Jackson Martin Jackson is a British drummer who has played with several New Wave bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with Magazine, in 1978 with the release of the influential Real Life album, and Swing Out Sister, in 1986, with the hit song Breakout.-Biography:His earliest work... – Drums |
| Magazine (late 1977/early 1978 – early 1978) "Brief Four-member band" |
|
| Magazine (Early 1978 – July 1978) "Real Life" |
Dave Formula Dave Formula, , is an English keyboardist and film-soundtrack composer from Manchester, who played with the post-punk band Magazine, and New Romantic ensemble Visage during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s and in the "world music" band The Angel Brothers.-Early Years and St... – Keyboards |
| Magazine (Mid – mid-to-late 1978) |
Paul Spencer Paul Spencer is a movie producer who previously worked as drummer with different New Wave artists.... – Drums |
| Magazine (October 1978–1980) "Classic line-up" |
John Doyle (drummer) John Doyle is a drummer who was member of New Wave bands like Magazine and The Armoury Show. He reunited with the first band for a tour which will be played in February 2009.-Biography:... – Drums |
| Magazine (1980) "Correct Use Of Soap Tour" |
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,... – Guitar |
| Magazine (1981) "Magic, Murder And The Weather" |
Ben Mandelson Ben Mandelson is an English world musician, and also manager and producer.-Punk and New Wave years:... – Guitar |
| Magazine (1981) Howard Devoto quits the band |
|
| Magazine (2009–2011) Reformation and tour |
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| Magazine (2011 – present) Recording and 5th Studio album |
|
Discography
All records were released on Virgin unless otherwise indicated. All listings are UK releases.Studio albums
- Real LifeReal Life (Magazine album)Real Life is the debut album by English post-punk band Magazine, released in April 1978 on Virgin Records.- Track listing :- Personnel :* Howard Devoto – vocals* John McGeoch – guitar and saxophone* Barry Adamson – bass guitar...
(June 1978) # 29 UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... - Secondhand DaylightSecondhand DaylightSecondhand Daylight is the second album by British band Magazine, released by Virgin Records on 30 March 1979.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Howard Devoto - vocals* John McGeoch - guitar, saxophone, keyboards on "The Thin Air"* Barry Adamson - bass...
(March 1979: V2121) # 38 UK - The Correct Use of SoapThe Correct Use of SoapThe Correct Use of Soap is the third album by British post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It marks a return to form of sorts to the punkier riffs and faster rhythms of Real Life after their more experimental album Secondhand Daylight...
(May 1980: V2156) # 28 UK - Magic, Murder and the WeatherMagic, Murder and the WeatherMagic, 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...
(June 1981: V2200) # 39 UK - No ThyselfNo ThyselfNo Thyself is the fifth studio album by the band Magazine. It was released on the Wire-Sound label on 24 October 2011 about 30 years after the release of their previous studio album, Magic, Murder and the Weather....
(November 2011: Wired18) # 167 UK
Live albums
- Play (Live at Melbourne Festival Hall) (16 September 1980: V2184) # 69 UK
- BBC Radio 1 in Concert (1993) – BBC Windsong
- Play+ (2 CD version) (31 August 2009)
- Real Life & Thereafter DVD/CD (21 September 2009) – Wire Sound
- Live and Intermittent (21 September 2009) – Wire-Sound
Singles and EPs
- "Shot by Both SidesShot By Both Sides"Shot by Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto featuring a guitar riff from Pete Shelley, and performed by the English post punk band Magazine, which appeared on their debut album Real Life in 1978 and was released as a single in the same year, reaching #41 on the UK charts.The name of the...
" b/w "My Mind Ain't So Open" (VS200, 1978) UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#41 - "Touch and Go" b/w "Goldfinger" (VS207, 1978)
- "Give Me Everything" b/w "I Love You You Big Dummy" (VS237, 1978)
- "Rhythm of Cruelty" b/w "TV Baby" (VS251, 1979)
- "A Song from Under the Floorboards" b/w "Twenty Years Ago" (VS321, 1980)
- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" b/w "The Book" (VS328, 1980)
- "Upside Down" b/w "The Light Pours Out of Me" (VS334, 1980)
- Sweetheart Contract EP (VS36812, 1980) UK #54
- About the Weather EP (VS412-12, 1981)
Compilations
- After the FactAfter The Fact (compilation)After the Fact is the first compilation album released by Magazine, in 1982, but it was posthumous because the band dissolved one year before.-A-side:#"Shot by Both Sides" – 3:54#"Rhythm of Cruelty" – 3:03#"You Never Knew Me" – 5:23...
(1982) – Virgin (UK) IRS Records (US) - Rays and Hail 1978–1981: the Best of Magazine (1987) – Virgin
- Scree – Rarities 1978–1981 (1991) – Virgin
- Where The Power Is (2000) – Virgin
- Maybe It's Right to Be Nervous Now (2000) – Virgin
- The Complete John Peel Sessions (2008) – Virgin EMI
- Touch & Go: Anthology 02.78–06.81 (2009) – Virgin EMI
Bootlegs
- Pre Real Life Demos & Live, a collection of demos and live tracks before the release of the Real Life album.
- Definitive Daze
- Live in Boston, in 1979. Named Back To Nature (Centrifugal 12CENT-10C).
Information sources
- Magazine: The biography (written by Helen Chase and designed by Malcolm Garrett): To be released by Northumbria Press, in September 2009.
See also
- List of New Wave bands and artists
- List of post-punk bands
- List of Peel sessions
- Music of the United Kingdom (1970s)Music of the United Kingdom (1970s)Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1970s built upon the new forms developed of music developed from blues rock towards the end of the 1960s, including folk rock and psychedelic rock...
External links
- wire-sound Magazine's official website-blog
- http://www.facebook.com./magazineofficial Magazine's official Facebook site
- http://www.myspace.com/magazineofficial Magazine's official MySpace site]
- http://www.youtube.com/officialmagazine Magazine's site on YouTube
- Magazine on www.punk77.co.uk
- Shot by Both Sides (expired in September 2008)
- Magazine on PunkNet'77
- Magazine on TrouserPress
- band information