Manchester post-punk band 'Magazine' was started by Howard Devoto after he left the successful punk band 'Buzzcocks' in 1977. Their debut album 'Real Life' is now regarded as a classic and was certainly inspirational at the time of its release in 1978. The first single from the album was "Shot By Both Sides" and was their biggest selling single. Magazine moved away from the punk sound of the time and had a more experimental side to them, however, "Shot By Both Sides" was more in that punk style and the chorus was partly borrowed from a previous 'Buzzcocks' song "Lipstick" and for that reason there is a writing credit to fellow Buzzcock Pete Shelley. So whether you call this punk or post-punk.... it was still one of the best songs of that time.
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