Skupina první anglické punkové vlny, vznikající pod vlivem newyorské new wave a londýnských Sex Pistols v Manchesteru v r. 1976.
Už po realizaci prvního EP Spiral Scratch (leden 1977) odchází H. Devoto a zakládá Magazine. Krátce na to dochází...
My mad love battery - wants to charge you
my mad love battery - could maybe enlarge you
my mad love battery - fizzing at the terminals
my mad love battery - is one helluva pack of an animal
My mad love battery - has to have us both
my mad love battery - don't allow for sleep or sloth
my mad love battery - never minces words
don't discharge flattery - so don't listen to what you've heard
I got sick electricity
on the boil for you
I got this searing love
which burns without cue
My mad love battery - is running out of control
my mad love battery - is gonna swallow us whole
my mad love battery - never minces words
don't discharge flattery - so don't listen to what you've heard
I got this crazy current
gets into my underwear
and when it really connects
I come and go everywhere
My mad love battery - wants to charge you
my mad love battery - could maybe enlarge you
my mad love battery - fizzing at the terminals
my mad love battery - is one helluva pack of an animal
