Magnum Appreciation Thread

Magnum are an English hard rock band. They were formed in Birmingham by Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley in order to appear as the resident band at the Rum Runner nightclub in the city. Magnum have undergone several changes in personnel over the years; however, the core of Catley and Clarkin remain.

Kingdom of Madness (1978)
Magnum II (1979)
Chase the Dragon (1982)
The Eleventh Hour (1983)
On a Storyteller's Night (1985)
Vigilante (1986)
Wings of Heaven (1988)
Goodnight L.A. (1990)
Sleepwalking (1992)
Keeping the Nite Light Burning (1993)
Rock Art (1994)
Breath of Life (2002)
Brand New Morning (2004)
Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow (2007)
Into the Valley of the Moonking (2009)
The Visitation (2011)
On the 13th Day (2012)
Escape from the Shadow Garden (2014)
Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies (2016)
Lost on the Road to Eternity (2018)
The Serpent Rings (2020)






Edited by geekfreak - March 09 2021 at 13:51

Got off the train after On A Storytellers Night but they were huge with my friends in our teens, must have played Chase The Dragon to death back in the day.

The artwork imho is superb

Lost on the Road to Eternity. ( what’s your favourite song)


Mine is Welcome to the Cosmic Cabaret

Edited by geekfreak - March 10 2021 at 08:22

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Saw them at an infamous 'turd in a skiff' gig at Redcar Coutham Bowl around that time.

geekfreak wrote: chopper wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Saw them at an infamous 'turd in a skiff' gig at Redcar Coutham Bowl around that time.  I feel we need to hear more about this. Absolutely

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - March 10 2021 at 10:04

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: geekfreak wrote: chopper wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Saw them at an infamous 'turd in a skiff' gig at Redcar Coutham Bowl around that time.  I feel we need to hear more about this. Absolutely Redcar was a fairly rough area of Northern England when I was growing up in the area. The Coatham Bowl was a small all standing venue where many of the bands coming through the area played. This particular Magnum gig in the early 80's was notable because someone stole a pedal off the front of the stage during the Magnum gig. Magnum stopped playing and insisted it be returned. At the start it was quite fun with rowdy drunken banter from the crowd and plastic beer glasses being thrown around. After about 10 minutes of this we saw a plastic beer glass fly overhead with a turd in it. That was the moment that we decided it was the right time to leave the gig.

Rough areas where in most cities back in the day! I grow up in one too. But thank you for sharing the event with us.

The 2004/2007 albums which album is your favourite?

I quite like 80s Magnum.    On a Story Tellers Night is a good old 80s AOR album.   I dont think Vigilante and Wings of Heaven are as good, but are still 2 albums worth owning if you like the 80s AOR sound.    The title track of Vigilante is great, Wings of Heaven has some good songs on aswell.