John Doyle (drummer)

John Doyle
Background information
Born	6 May 1959 (1959-05-06) (age 52) Manchester, England
Genres	Pub Rock Punk rock Post-punk New Wave Synthpop Alternative rock
Occupations	Drummer, artworker
Years active	1978 – c.1988 2009 (tour with Magazine)
Labels	Polydor, Geffen
Associated acts	Magazine The Armoury Show Pete Shelley
Website	Myspace: Doyley

John Doyle (b. Manchester, England,^[1] 6 May 1959^[2]) is a drummer who was member of New Wave bands like Magazine and The Armoury Show. He reunited with the first band for a tour which will be played in February 2009.

Biography

While a schoolboy at William Hulme's Grammar School, he formed a band. After leaving them, he joined a local Manchester pub rock band, Idiot Rouge,^[3] alongside Neil Cossar, later of power pop band The Cheaters, and Nick Simpson, later frontman of 23 Jewels.^[4]

In the last gig with Idiot Rouge, at Manchester Polytechnic, guitarist John McGeoch, who was attending, asked Doyle if he wanted to do an audition for his band, Magazine. Doyle left his office job near a swimming pool, in Elephant and Castle, Greater London, joining the band^[5] in October 1978, replacing Speedometors' Paul Spencer and completing their tour across Europe, beginning in Munich,^[3] during their Real Life debut album tour. He played on Secondhand Daylight, The Correct Use of Soap, the live album Play and Magic, Murder And The Weather. In 1981, he collaborated with Ken Lockie, playing drums on some tracks of The Impossible album. He also collaborated with Armande Atti and Akira Mitake.^[6]

In 1983, he joined The Armoury Show, working again with John McGeoch, who left Magazine in 1980. The band was commercially unsuccessful, and Doyle left them in 1986 to collaborate with Pete Shelley, until 1987. He played percussion in Barry Adamson's debut album Moss Side Story (1988).

After touring with Shelley in 1987, he worked as a Senior Artworker at an advertising agency.^[7]

He also collaborated with Dave Formula, for his forthcoming solo album, 'Satellite Sweetheart', released 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)
• Secondhand Daylight album (Virgin, 1979)
• The Correct Use Of Soap album (Virgin, 1980)
• Play live album (Virgin, 1980)
• Magic, Murder And The Weather album (Virgin, 1981)

With Ken Lockie:

• The Impossible album (1981)

With The Armoury Show:

• Castles In Spain (1984)
• Waiting for the Floods (1985)

With Barry Adamson:

• Moss Side Story (percussion) (1988)

References

1. ^ [1] Born Manchester
2. ^ Chase, Helen Magazine
3. ^ ^{a b} "johndoyle – MUDKISS FANZINE". Mudkiss.com. http://www.mudkiss.com/johndoyle.htm. Retrieved 16 April 2011. 
4. ^ "MySpace.com". Profile.myspace.com. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=311064581. Retrieved 16 April 2011. 
5. ^ http://www.armouryshow.com/media/interviews/1985-02-09_Record_mirror%20-%20show%20of%20strenght.jpg
6. ^ http://www.armouryshow.com/media/photo/TASS_Welcome%20Pack/TASS%20InfoSheet_02.jpg
7. ^ [2] Working as a Senior Artworker, at an adverticing agency.

External links

• MySpace: Doyley John Doyle's MySpace site
• January 2008 interview

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