Highway. Instruments In the earliest Real Life Magazine videos, Adamson played a Rickenbacker 4001, and on Secondhand Daylight, a Gibson EB-3. His primary bass during Magazine's touring was an Ovation Magnum 2. The Ovation can be seen in Magazine's appearance in Urgh! A Music War as well as on the cover of the live album Play. For the 2008 Magazine concerts, he alternated between the Ovation, a Fender Artist and a Fender Jaguar Bass. He often used a Boss Chorus unit on his basses, giving a slightly processed sound that was much imitated in the UK 1980s rock scene. Legacy In his autobiography, It's So Easy (And Other Lies), Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses said he was influenced by bass-driven bands such as that of Barry Adamson in Magazine. In an interview with German music magazine Gitarre & Bass, Billy Gould of Faith No More said that Adamson was one of his influences, because he combined soul music with post-punk when he played with Magazine. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums EPs Singles Soundtracks Albums Contributions Compositions To Have and to Hold (1996) film score with Nick Cave & Mick Harvey The World of Interiors (2001) film score References External links Adamson's art-house 1958 births Living people People from Moss Side 20th-century Black British male singers English people of Scottish descent Buzzcocks members English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists English film score composers English male film score composers English rock singers British post-punk musicians Magazine (band) members Musicians from Manchester Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds members Mute Records artists 21st-century Black British male singers Visage (band) members