associated_acts years_active article_title past_members background genre origin name
the , public image ltd. , siouxsie and the banshees skids , magazine , slik , the zones 1983 & ndash ; 1988 the armoury show
 richard mcveigh dave lockwood ray weston jobson john mcgeoch russell webb john doyle ray group_or_band new wave , post-punk united kingdom the armoury show
the armoury show

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 .
