After leaving The Buzzcocks, Howard Devoto wanted to be part of a more sophisticated project. So he started a synth-punk band in 1977. The following year, Real Life would be released to widespread acclaim, hooking critics and fans onto the nascent phase of a budding genre.
First Block
Real Life may have been a result of Devoto’s awareness of punk’s overwhelming proclivity for cliche, filled with hackneyed concepts that would be slashed by Dave Formula, whose keyboard contributions helped further dilate punk’s sonic scope. Magazine’s debut is proto-post-punk at its finest—majorly responsible for mapping punk and new wave’s trajectory for subsequent decades.
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