Martin Jackson (born 30 August 1955 in Manchester, England[1][page needed]) is a British drummer who has played with several bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with Magazine in 1978 with the release of the influential Real Life album, and Swing Out Sister in 1986, with the hit song "Breakout".
His earliest work was alongside Chris Sievey, with whom he formed The Bees Knees, recording unreleased material,[2] and The Freshies,[3][4] around the mid-1970s.
He took part in the recording of the "Shot By Both Sides" single which the band performed on Top of the Pops, and the album Real Life.
[6] In 1984, he teamed up with DJ Greg Wilson and keyboardist friend Andy Connell to create an album called UK Electro.
Connell and Jackson later collaborated with Design 9, alongside Steven Murray of the power-pop band Fast Cars and Haydn Rydings from Two-Tone Pinks but they left the project to form Swing Out Sister[7] with singer Corinne Drewery in 1985.