Ben Mandelson (born 6 October 1953, in Everton, Liverpool in England) [1] is an English musician. In addition he is a manager and producer.
Ben Mandelson (born 6 October 1953, in Everton, Liverpool in England) [1] is an English musician. In addition he is a manager and producer.
In the mid-1970s, Mandelson was a student at Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in Bolton, Manchester where he met Howard Devoto, future Buzzcocks and Magazine frontman. When punk emerged, Mandelson formed a band called Amazorblades, being the group's guitarist.
In 1981, he joined Devoto's band Magazine, replacing Robin Simon (who previously replaced a solid member of the band, John McGeoch) and playing on their last album Magic, Murder and the Weather . Mandelson is Jewish. [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1982 as Hijaz Mustapha, he began playing with Lu Edmonds a.k.a. Uncle Patrel Mustapha Bin Mustapha leading to the formation of 3 Mustaphas 3, a band which was active throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. In 1982, Mandelson also worked with dub and roots reggae Black Uhuru sound engineer, Godwin Logie and with ex Public Image Ltd bassist, Jah Wobble.
Mandelson was founding director, in 1994, of the world music fair WOMEX in Cardiff, Wales. [6] In 2009, together with Justin Adams and again with Lu Edmonds, Mandelson formed the band Les Triaboliques [7] and released the debut album Rivermudtwilight. [8]
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Manchester in 1976. During their career, the band combined elements of punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. They achieved commercial success with singles that fuse pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy; these singles were later collected on Singles Going Steady, an acclaimed compilation album music journalist and critic Ned Raggett described as a "punk masterpiece".
England, Half-English is a 2002 album by English political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and the Blokes.
Magazine were a British rock band formed in 1977 in Manchester in England by singer Howard Devoto and guitarist John McGeoch. After leaving the punk group Buzzcocks in early 1977, Devoto decided to create a more progressive and less "traditional" rock band. The original lineup of Magazine was composed of Devoto, McGeoch, Barry Adamson on bass, Bob Dickinson on keyboards and Martin Jackson on drums.
Howard Devoto is an English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, an early post-punk band. After Magazine, he went solo and later formed indie band Luxuria.
Pete Shelley was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit "Ever Fallen in Love " in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song "Homosapien" charted in Australasia and Canada in 1981 and 1982.
John Alexander McGeoch 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).
Robert David "Lu" Edmonds 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 guitarist for Public Image Ltd. Edmonds reportedly plays electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, bouzouki, saz, cümbüs, oud, and drums, among other instruments.
3 Mustaphas 3 is a British world music band formed in 1982. Its core members are Ben Mandelson, Tim Fienburgh (1954–2008), Colin Bass, and Nigel Watson, around which orbit many other Mustaphas – all supposed to be the nephews of Uncle Patrel Mustapha. They claim to originate from the Balkans, but play music from various parts of the world. Their slogan, "Forward in all directions!", is an expression of this musical diversity. Active at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, they have now stopped producing and performing together, but haven't officially disbanded.
Real Life is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Magazine. It was released in June 1978 by record label Virgin. The album includes the band's debut single "Shot by Both Sides", and was also preceded by the non-album single "Touch and Go", a song from the album's recording sessions.
Pharaoh's Daughter is an American Jewish world music band from New York City. Formed in 1995 by Basya Schechter.
Dave Formula, is an English keyboardist and film-soundtrack composer from Manchester, who played with the post-punk bands Magazine and Visage during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s and in the "world music" band The Angel Brothers.
Stephen E Diggle is an English musician best known as a guitarist and later lead vocalist in the punk band Buzzcocks.
Volume 2 is a box set by political folk singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, released in 2006.
Matthew Paul Miller, known by his stage name Matisyahu, is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician.
Magic, Murder and the Weather is the fourth studio album by English post-punk band Magazine, and their final album until the band's reformation in 2009. It was released in June 1981 by record label Virgin. One single, "About the Weather", was released from the album.
Ian A. Anderson is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster.
Desperate Character is the first solo album of British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1981. The album was re-released in March 1985 as Kirsty MacColl, with three tracks replaced with other songs. The album has been remastered and received a CD release for the first time on 8 October 2012 on the Union Square Music label and features the original twelve track listing.
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, Magic, Murder and the Weather.
Jewish rock is a form of contemporary Jewish religious music that is influenced by various forms of secular rock music. Pioneered by contemporary folk artists like Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and the Diaspora Yeshiva Band, the genre gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s with bands like Soulfarm, Blue Fringe, and Moshav Band that appealed to teens and college students, while artists like Matisyahu enjoyed mainstream crossover success.
Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Sweden.
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