Tributes, References and Cover Songs
A number of bands continue to be influenced by his work. Momus recorded the tribute song "The Most Important Man Alive" for the Bungalow Records compilation Suite 98 in 1988. Devoto has collaborated with Mansun, appearing on their EP Being a Girl (Part One), and writing a song for the band's earlier EP Closed for Business. Mansun have also covered "Shot by Both Sides" live, and it was recorded in their fourth and final album Kleptomania. Also Radiohead and Jarvis Cocker have both covered "Shot by Both Sides". Both Ministry and Peter Murphy have covered Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me", whilst Morrissey has covered Magazine's "A Song from Under the Floorboards".
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