Martin Jackson (born 30 August 1955 in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, England) is a British drummer who has played with several bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with

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in 1978 with the release of the influential ''

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'' album, and Swing Out Sister in 1986, with the hit song " Breakout".

Biography

His earliest work was alongside Chris Sievey, with whom he formed The Bees Knees, recording unreleased material, and

The Freshies The Freshies are an English punk rock / power pop band, formed in Manchester in 1978. The band was founded by singer-songwriter and comedian Chris Sievey, whose best-known creation – comedy character Frank Sidebottom – originated as a masc ...

, around the mid-1970s. In 1977, he answered an ad placed by ex-

Buzzcocks 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. The ...

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, who solicited musicians to form a new band, and joined the fledgling

, which began to be very influential among future rock musicians. He took part in the recording of the " Shot By Both Sides" single which the band performed on ''

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'', and the album ''

''. But after the British tour for the album, he left in late July 1978. His whereabouts were unknown until 1982, when he joined

The Chameleons The Chameleons are an English rock band formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, in 1981. The band's classic line-up consisted of bassist and vocalist Mark Burgess (now known as Vox), guitarists Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding, and drummer Jo ...

briefly to replace John Lever, departing in 1983 when the latter rejoined. He appeared in some songs of the live compilation ''Here Today... ...Gone Tomorrow''. In 1984, he teamed up with DJ Greg Wilson and keyboardist friend Andy Connell to create an album called ''UK Electro''. Connell and Jackson later collaborated with Design 9, alongside Steven Murray of the power-pop band Fast Cars and Haydn Rydings from Two-Tone Pinks but they left the project to form Swing Out Sister with singer Corinne Drewery in 1985. Jackson played drums on their debut album in 1987, but left the band in the middle of recording Swing Out Sister's second album '' Kaleidoscope World''. He also worked with The Durutti Column,CerysmaticFactory – The Durutti Column > The Durutti Column Discography > Live > Interviews & articles > Line-up – Additional performers
/ref> playing on the ''Sex and Death'' album released in 1994.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Martin 1955 births English drummers British male drummers New wave drummers Living people Magazine (band) members Musicians from Manchester Swing Out Sister members The Chameleons members