Manchester International Festival 2011: Interview with Barry Adamson

Barry Adamson played bass for post-punk pioneers Magazine before going on to write film scores for David Lynch. We salute an unsung Manc music legendWe can all reel off the obvious names – New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses – but one man rarely gets his dues for his unique contribution to Manchester's rich musical history. Barry Adamson, whose bass guitar playing helped give the band Magazine a creative edge in the late 1970s, took a different path from most of his Manchester contempora...

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