The Magazine Spies

{{Infobox musical artist | name = The Magazine Spies | alias = The Magspies, Mag/Spys | origin = [[Horley]], England | genre = [[Post-punk]] | years_active = 1979–1980 | label = are located beyond modern borders of Ukraine. | past_members = Gary Bowe [[Simon Gallup]] Stuart Hinton Martin Ordish [[Matthieu Hartley]] Richard Kite Stuart Curran }}

'''The Magazine Spies''' were an English [[post-punk]] band from [[Horley]], formed in 1979. The band is best known for featuring future members of [[The Cure]] and [[Fools Dance]]. They were also known as '''The Magspies''' and '''Mag/Spys''', as references to [[magpies]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Price |first=Simon |title=Curepedia: An A-Z of The Cure |publisher=[[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-06-306864-3 |location=New York, NY |publication-date=2023 |pages=236–237}}</ref>

==History== The Magazine Spies evolved out of the Horley [[punk rock]] band Lockjaw, which had split in 1978. The original lineup included singer Gary Bowe, bassist [[Simon Gallup]], guitarist Stuart Hinton, and drummer Martin Ordish.<ref name="TIY">{{cite book |last1=Barbarian |first1=L. |title=Ten Imaginary Years |last2=Sutherland |first2=Steve |last3=Smith |first3=Robert |publisher=Zomba Books |year=1988 |isbn=0-946391-87-4 |pages=120 |authorlink3=Robert Smith (musician)}}</ref> They were later joined by keyboardist [[Matthieu Hartley]].<ref name=":0" /> The band was managed by Gallup's brother Ric, and often played and socialized with an early lineup of [[The Cure]].<ref name="TIY" /> The Magazine Spies recorded a single for the label Dance Fools Dance, which had been founded by the Cure's [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]].<ref name="TIY" />

Gallup and Hartley participated in the short-lived Cure side project [[I'm a Cult Hero|Cult Hero]].<ref>Price, pp. 76-77.</ref> In late 1979, the Cure's founding bassist [[Michael Dempsey]] left the band, and Gallup was recruited to fill the position. Gallup suggested that the Cure add Hartley on keyboards as well.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |year=2016 |editor-last=Uncut |title=The Cure |work=The Ultimate Music Guide |pages=14–17}}</ref>

The Magazine Spies then recruited new bassist Richard Kite (Rik Kite) and added second guitarist Stuart Curran.<ref>Curran, Stuart in ''Fools Dance – Biography'' (promotional tour program), 1985, p. 10</ref> The new lineup toured with the Cure in England and France. The band released another single in 1980, and a few more songs later resurfaced on the late-1990s punk compilation albums ''England Belongs to Me, Vol II'' and ''Bloodstains Across the UK 2''.<ref name=":0" /> The Magazine Spies disbanded in late 1980. Three members of the band – Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, and Stuart Curran – formed The Cry in 1982, and that band later evolved into [[Fools Dance]].<ref>Price, pp. 134-135.</ref>

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