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Magazine were an English post-punk band active from 1977 to 1981, then again from 2009-2011. The band was formed by Howard Devoto after leaving punk band Buzzcocks in early 1977. Devoto had decided to create a more progressive and less "traditional" rock band. Magazine reunited in 2009 for a UK tour, with almost all the remaining members of the "classic" lineup, with the exception of guitarist John McGeoch, who died in 2004. He was replaced by Noko, who had played with Devoto in Luxuria. Magazine released an album of new material, ''No Thyself'', in October 2011, followed by a short UK tour. == History == Devoto formed Magazine in Manchester, shortly after he left Buzzcocks in early 1977. In April 1977, he met guitarist McGeoch, then an art student, and they began writing songs, some of which would appear on the first Magazine album.〔''Real Life'' CD album reissue booklet (2007)〕 They then recruited Barry Adamson on bass, Bob Dickinson on keyboards and Martin Jackson (previously of The Freshies) on drums, forming the first lineup of the band. After signing to Virgin Records, Magazine played their debut live gig at the Rafters in Manchester on 28 October 1977. "Motorcade" co-writer Dickinson, whose background was in classical and avant-garde music, left shortly after several gigs in late 1977. In early 1978, the band released their first single, "Shot by Both Sides", a song Magazine recorded as a quartet. It featured a guitar-bass-drums sound similar to punk rock. Shortly after the single's release, Dave Formula, who had played with a briefly successful 1960s rock band from Manchester called St. Louis Union, joined as keyboardist. "Shot by Both Sides" used a chord progression suggested by Pete Shelley, which was also used in the Buzzcocks track "Lipstick". The Magazine single just missed the UK Top 40. 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. He 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. He was replaced in October by John Doyle, who completed the ''Real Life'' promotional tour and remained in the band.〔''Secondhand Daylight'' album reissue booklet (2007)〕 Magazine's second album, ''Secondhand Daylight'', was released in 1979, reaching the UK Top 40. The album featured a greater use of synthesisers. 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, ''The Correct Use of Soap'', released the following year and 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 hired Robin Simon, who previously was in Ultravox and Neo. That lineup toured across Europe and Australia, recording their next release, the live album ''Play''. Simon made some initial recordings and rehearsals for what would be the next Magazine album, including co-writing the song "So Lucky", but he left the band before the album was released so that he could record the John Foxx solo album ''The Garden''. Again without a guitarist, Devoto called in his former college friend at Bolton, Ben Mandelson (a former Amazorblades member). This lineup completed the 1981 recording of the band's fourth studio album, ''Magic, Murder and the Weather'', but Devoto quit in May of the same year, months before its release, and the remaining members decided to disband . A year later, ''After the Fact'', the first Magazine compilation, was released. Adamson continued collaborating with Visage, and also began to work with Shelley, The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Jackson later played with The Chameleons, Swing Out Sister and The Durutti Column); Formula continued as a member of Visage and joined Ludus; and Mandelson joined The Mekons. Doyle joined The Armoury Show in Scotland in 1983, which also featured McGeoch; the latter later played guitar for Public Image Ltd. After a brief solo outing and two albums with Luxuria, Devoto quit music to become a photo archivist, until a new collaboration with Shelley produced the ''Buzzkunst'' album in 2002. 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「Magazine (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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