In 1977 Howard Devoto left the commercial-bound Buzzcocks, a group he had formed only one year previously with Pete Shelley. Devoto said he had outgrown Buzzcocks; and watching this wonderful live performance of Motorcade in Manchester in 1977 you can understand it is a million miles away from Buzzcocks’ Top 20 pop classic Ever Fallen In Love of the same year.

Magazine are sometimes overlooked or not given the credit they deserve as being one of the very first bands to move on from the three chord punk rock formula, to help pave the way for more experimental, less standard rock sounding acts; the likes of Joy Division, Public Image and Echo & The Bunnymen.

Magazine was also gifted with having John McGeoch on guitar and Barry Adamson on bass.

“Bakunin would have loved it.”

The Sex Pistols debut live performance was on Granada TV’s early evening show presented by the late Tony Wilson. This is a powerful performance from before the punk group even had a record contract. A performance which helps dispell the myth that the Sex Pistols couldn’t play. It sounded great live until Sid Vicious replaced Glen Matlock on bass guitar.

Tony Wilson concludes by saying “Bakunin would have loved it.” A reference to Mikhail Bakunin, the Russian Anarchist.