Ben Mandelson (born 6 October 1953, in

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, England) is an English world musician, and also manager and producer.

Punk and new wave years

In the mid-1970s, Mandelson was a student at Bolton Institute of Technology (now Bolton University), where he met

Howard Devoto Howard Devoto (born Howard Andrew Trafford, 15 March 1952) is a retired English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands. After ...

, future

Buzzcocks Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independe ...

and Magazine frontman. When punk emerged, he formed a band called Amazorblades, being the group's guitarist. In 1981, he joined Howard Devoto's band Magazine, replacing Robin Simon (who previously replaced a solid member of that band,

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 ...

) and playing on their last album '' Magic, Murder and the Weather''. He is

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World music years

In 1982 as Hijaz Mustapha, he started playing with

Lu Edmonds Robert David "Lu" Edmonds (born 9 September 1957) is an English rock and folk musician. He is currently, as of 2018, a vocalist and saz and cümbüş player in the Mekons and the lead guitarist for Public Image Limited. Edmonds reportedly pla ...

a.k.a. Uncle Patrel Mustapha Bin Mustapha, which led to the formation of 3 Mustaphas 3, a band that was active throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. He was founding director, in 1994, of the world music fair

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. In 2009, together with

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and, again, Lu Edmonds, Mandelson formed the band Les Triaboliques and released the debut album ''Rivermudtwilight''.

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Information about Ben Mandelson

Ian A. Anderson Ian A. Anderson (born 26 July 1947, in Weston-super-Mare, England) is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster. Country blues, The Village Thing and "psych folk" Anderson first performed in his home town of Weston-super-Mar ...

, '' Folk Roots'' No. 213 (Vol. 22 No. 9) March 2001, pp. 44–45, 47, 49. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandelson, Ben 1953 births English male guitarists Alumni of the University of Bolton Living people Magazine (band) members Musicians from Liverpool British post-punk musicians British world music musicians English record producers The Mekons members