Martin Jackson (born 30 August 1955 in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, England) is a British drummer who has played with several bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with

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in 1978 with the release of the influential ''

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'' album, and Swing Out Sister in 1986, with the hit song " Breakout".

Biography

His earliest work was alongside

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, with whom he formed The Bees Knees, recording unreleased material, and

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, around the mid-1970s. In 1977, he answered an ad placed by ex-

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, who solicited musicians to form a new band, and joined the fledgling

, which began to be very influential among future rock musicians. He took part in the recording of the "

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" single which the band performed on ''

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'', and the album ''

''. But after the British tour for the album, he left in late July 1978. His whereabouts were unknown until 1982, when he joined

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briefly to replace John Lever, departing in 1983 when the latter rejoined. He appeared in some songs of the live compilation ''Here Today... ...Gone Tomorrow''. In 1984, he teamed up with DJ Greg Wilson and keyboard friend

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to create an album called ''UK Electro''. Connell and Jackson later collaborated with Design 9, alongside Steven Murray of the power-pop band Fast Cars and Haydn Rydings from Two-Tone Pinks but they left the project to form Swing Out Sister with singer

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in 1985. Jackson played drums on their debut album in 1987, but left the band in the middle of recording Swing Out Sister's second album '' Kaleidoscope World''. He also worked with

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/ref> playing on the ''Sex and Death'' album released in 1994.

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