MAGAZINE Leader Admits Murdering World (No One Notices)
Rock ’n’ roll has been walking a strangely schizoid path of late. The biggest bands (in America, anyway) invariably promote the images of rebellion, independence and power while their music usually remains predictable pastiches of past styles spiced by a few hip rips.
MAGAZINE Leader Admits Murdering World (No One Notices)
Michael Davis
Rock ’n’ roll has been walking a strangely schizoid path of late. The biggest bands (in America, anyway) invariably promote the images of rebellion, independence and power while their music usually remains predictable pastiches of past styles spiced by a few hip rips. Those groups that actively attempt to Ripply the mythology to the music end up getting called obscure or weird, as if rebellion against the form itself isn’t vital to its survival.
The existence of a band like Magazine brings these contradictions to mind. They’ve got every strength in the book—a provocative singer/lyricist with a unique perspective on the world, four versatile musicians at the height of their creative powers, three albums and several singles already under their belts—but they’re too intent on doing things their own. way to fit( neatly into anybody’s preconceptions.