The Armoury Show

The Armoury Show
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	New wave, post-punk
Years active	1983–1988
Associated acts	The Skids, Magazine, Slik, The Zones, Public Image Ltd., Siouxsie and the Banshees
Past members	Richard Jobson John McGeoch Russell Webb John Doyle Ray McVeigh Dave Lockwood Ray Weston

The Armoury Show were a British new wave band, formed in 1983 and consisting of Richard Jobson on vocals, Russell Webb on bass guitar, John McGeoch on guitar and John Doyle on drums. Each member had previously been in critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands; Jobson and Webb were in The Skids, whilst McGeoch and Doyle had been in Magazine.

The band was named after The Armory Show, a famous 1913 modern art exhibition held in New York. They released six singles and one studio album in their brief existence.

Previously, Richard Jobson and Russell Webb were both members of the Scottish punk band The Skids, while John McGeoch and John Doyle had both been members of post-punk pioneers Magazine.

The Skids had dissolved in 1981 and Magazine in 1982, following the release of their final, and commercially unsuccessful, albums (Joy and Magic, Murder and the Weather, respectively). John McGeoch had actually left Magazine in 1980, before the recording of their last album, joining Siouxsie and the Banshees. He also replaced Stuart Adamson for a Peel session recorded by The Skids in 1981.

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