John Doyle (born 6 May 1959 in

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, England) is an

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drummer, who was a member of new wave bands like

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and

The Armoury Show The Armoury Show were a British new wave band, formed in 1983 and consisting of Richard Jobson on vocals, Russell Webb on bass guitar, John McGeoch on guitar and John Doyle on drums. The band was named after The Armory Show, a famous 1913 ...

. He reunited with Magazine for a tour in February 2009.

Biography

While at William Hulme's Grammar School, with friends on the stage staff formed a band. He then played with various local Manchester bands, including Idiot Rouge, alongside Neil Cossar, later of power pop band The Cheaters, and Nick Simpson, later frontman of 23 Jewels. In the last gig with Idiot Rouge, at

Manchester Polytechnic Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...

, guitarist

John McGeoch John Alexander McGeoch (25 August 1955 – 4 March 2004) was a Scottish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Magazine (1977-1980) and Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980-1982). He has been described as one o ...

, who was attending, asked Doyle if he wanted to audition for his band,

. Doyle joined the band in October 1978, replaced Speedometors'

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who had completed their tour across Europe, beginning in Munich, during their ''

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'' debut album tour. Doyle played on ''

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'', ''

The Correct Use of Soap ''The Correct Use of Soap'' is the third studio album by English post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It contains some of Magazine's best-known and most popular songs, including the singles "A Song from Under the Floorboa ...

'', the live album ''Play'' and ''

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''. In 1981, he collaborated with

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, playing drums on some tracks of '' The Impossible'' album. He also collaborated with Armande Atti and

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. In 1983, he joined

, working again with John McGeoch, who left Magazine in 1980. The band was commercially unsuccessful, and Doyle left them in 1986 to collaborate with

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, until 1987. He played percussion on one track on

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's debut album ''

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'' (1988). Toured with Shelley in 1985–6. Had a family and eventually became Artworker working at various advertising agencies. He also collaborated with

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, for his solo album, ''Satellite Sweetheart'', released on 15 February 2010. In 2009, he reunited with Magazine for a number of UK and European concerts, radio and TV performances.

Discography

With Magazine: *"Give Me Everything" single (Virgin, 1978) *''

'' album (Virgin, 1979) *''

'' album (Virgin, 1980) *''

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'' live album (Virgin, 1980) *''

'' album (Virgin, 1981) *''

No Thyself ''No Thyself'' is the fifth and final studio album by the band Magazine, and the first since their 2009 reformation. It was released on the Wire-Sound label on 24 October 2011, about 30 years after the release of their previous studio album, '' ...

'' (Wire-Sound, 2011) With Ken Lockie: *''The Impossible'' album (1981) With The Armoury Show: *''Castles in Spain'' (1984) *''

Waiting for the Floods ''Waiting for the Floods'' is the first and only studio album by British new wave band The Armoury Show. It was released in September 1985 and entered the UK Albums chart at number 57 that month. Reception In his retrospective review, Dan L ...

'' (1985) With Barry Adamson: *''

'' (percussion) (1988)

References

External links

MySpace: Doyley
John Doyle's MySpace site

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