The Armoury Show

Scottish new wave band
Active between 1983 - 1988 they released one album and six singles. Comprised of two ex-Magazine members (John McGeoch (guitar) and John Doyle (drums)) and two ex-members of Skids (Russell Webb (bass) and Richard Jobson (vocals)). In 1986 John McGeoch departed to join Public Image Limited and John Doyle went on to play with ex-Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley. They were replaced by David Lockwood (guitar) and Ray Weston (drums), respectively and the new line up recorded two singles "Love in Anger" and "New York City" that were to be included on their second album that was never released because they disbanded in 1988. The songs written for this second album, emerged in the solo album of Richard Jobson, "Badman" in 1988.