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〕 |years_active = 1981–1996 |label = Capitol (1987-1990) Parlophone (1990) Radioactive (1991-1992) Blokshok (1993-1996) |associated_acts = Angelfish, The Exploited, Garbage, Isa & the Filthy Tongues |current_members = Martin Metcalfe Big John Duncan Derek Kelly Shirley Manson Rona Scobie Fin Wilson }} Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie (known informally as ''The Mackenzies'') was a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland. At the band's commercial peak, the line-up consisted of Martin Metcalfe on vocals, John Duncan on guitar, Fin Wilson on bass guitar, Shirley Manson and Rona Scobie on keyboards and backing vocals, and Derek Kelly on drums. The Mackenzies were a popular local rock group, but were hindered by record company conflicts and inability to gain significant facclaim, record sales or chart positions outside of the U.K.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie Biography )〕 Internationally, they are best known as the group of which Shirley Manson – the lead singer of alternative rock group Garbage – was once a member. The band came to prominence in the late 1980s after releasing two independent label singles, and were eventually signed to Capitol Records. After charting in the UK with their debut album, ''Good Deeds and Dirty Rags'', and single release "The Rattler" the band failed to break through, and were shifted to a number of different record labels. The band splintered in 1993, leaving Manson, Metcalfe, Wilson and Kelly to form Angelfish to continue recording music. After Manson left for Garbage in 1994, the Mackenzies continued until their final live show at the end of 1995. ==Career== The Mackenzies began when Martin Metcalfe moved on from his first band Teenage Dog Orgy〔http://soiledbelief.leithermagazine.com/tag/teenage-dog-orgy/〕 in 1984. The band were named after author Jean Rhys's 1931 novel ''After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie''.〔 The Mackenzies' first single was released through a pilot music industry course run by Bathgate College under the United Kingdom's then Conservative Government employment Youth Training Scheme, a split-single 7" format of "Death of a Salesman" in 1984. Limited to 1,000 copies, and with a track by Lindy Bergman on the flipside, it quickly sold out.〔 Shortly after, The Mackenzies signed a management deal with Precious Organisation, who had just launched another Scottish group, Wet Wet Wet. Precious managed to include both groups on ''Honey at the Core'', a 1986 compilation of up and coming Scottish acts compiled by Glasgow Herald journalist John Williamson, and released the band's first commercial single "The Rattler". The single suffered from a lack of distribution, but received airplay on Radio One and Radio Clyde. A home-made music video for the single was broadcast on ''The Chart Show''. The band also performed "The Rattler" on ''The Tube''.〔 Precious organised an A+R showcase in Glasgow but, as the band did not receive any interest from the labels invited, they chose to leave Precious.〔 After leaving their management, The Mackenzies released an independent 12" single "Face to Face" in 1987, and signed a major label record deal with Capitol Records. Capitol issued three multi-formatted singles, of which a re-release of "The Rattler" was the most successful, charting at No. 37 in 1989. The label followed up the band's chart debut with ''Good Deeds and Dirty Rags'', which reached No. 23 on the UK Albums Chart.〔 A further single from the album, "Goodwill City", reversed the band's upward trend, stalling at No. 49. Capitol ended the year by releasing ''Fish Heads and Tails'', a mid-price live and B-side compilation,〔 while the band relocated to studios in Berlin to record their second album. While at the studios, the band witnessed the Fall of The Berlin Wall. The following year, the band were transferred sideways across EMI, from Capitol to Parlophone, who released two new recordings "Love Child" and "Blacker Than Black" (the latter being released across Europe and in North America) as taster singles. Both tracks failed to gain on the chart position set by "The Rattler" a year prior, and in response Parlophone cancelled the planned album release for the group's second set, titled ''Hammer and Tongs''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Biog )〕 However, the Mackenzies continued to tour heavily, became radio mainstays on Scottish radio and performed at the televised concert "The Big Day" on Glasgow Green. Gary Kurfirst, who managed Talking Heads and Deborah Harry, bought the Mackenzies contract from Parlophone and signed The Mackenzies to his own label, Radioactive, a subsidiary of MCA. Radioactive were keen to release the band's stalled second set, but required a chart friendly track to launch the album. The Mackenzies completed recording a Spector-esque track, "Now We Are Married", in Edinburgh, and Radioactive issued it as a single upfront of ''Hammer and Tongs''. Both releases again failed to chart,and the group were persuaded to leave the label by their management.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Biog )〕 Radioactive meanwhile released a compilation of the band's two albums self-titled as ''Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie'' in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The Mackenzies continued to write material; Manson was also given the opportunity to record lead vocals on a number of tracks planned for the band's third album, titled ''Five''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =LUCKLAW HILL (The birth of Angelfish & Goodbye Mr MacKenzie MK2) )〕 In the end, Manson only featured on a duet, "Normal Boy". The Mackenzies issued the album on their own Blokshok label. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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