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====Fandom====
The band has a number of high-profile fans. Punk rock singer [[John Lydon|Johnny Rotten]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnlydon.com/interviews/pil04.html |title=Interviews &#124; 'The Public Image', January 2004 |publisher=John Lydon.Com |access-date=2012-11-14}}</ref> metal musician [[Kristoffer Rygg]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=127 |title=Stories: Ulver – Born Again From The Merciless Mother |publisher=Avant-garde Metal |access-date=2012-11-14}}</ref> [[Steven Wilson]] of [[Porcupine Tree]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cartiledgeworld.co.uk/wilson.html |title=Perfect 10: Steven Wilson interview and photograph |publisher=Cartiledgeworld.co.uk |access-date=2012-11-14}}</ref> [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] of [[Opeth]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadburn.com/2013/10/seminal-progressive-rock-pioneers-magma-confirmed-mikael-akerfeldts-curated-2014-roadburn-event/ |title=Seminal Progressive Rock Pioneers Magma Confirmed For Mikael Åkerfeldt's Curated 2014 Roadburn Event |publisher=Roadburn |access-date=2013-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217223942/http://www.roadburn.com/2013/10/seminal-progressive-rock-pioneers-magma-confirmed-mikael-akerfeldts-curated-2014-roadburn-event/ |archive-date=2013-12-17 }}</ref> [[Cattle Decapitation]] vocalist Travis Ryan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicbandwagon.com/interviews/cattle-decapitation-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302002441/http://www.sonicbandwagon.com/interviews/cattle-decapitation-interview/ |archive-date=20212020-1203-1502 |url-status=dead |title=Cattle Decapitation Interview|publisher=sonicbandwagon.com|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> magician [[Penn Jillette]], and Chilean filmmaker [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]] have all stated their admiration of the band.
 
In the 1980s, British World champion snooker player [[Steve Davis]] declared himself a passionate follower of the band since his youth and used some of his winnings to promote a series of concerts by Magma in London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/mar/07/snooker.features |title=My obsession |author=Lee Honeyball |work=[[The Observer]] |publisher=Guardian.co.uk |access-date=2012-11-14 |location=London |date=2004-03-07}}</ref>