I was really interested in seeing as many of the 70's punk bands as possible...but only the Buzzcocks came through for me. Poster Children opened.
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The best, rudest pop quiz ever.
harmony in my head ~ the buzzcocks (1979).
Singer Pete Shelley performing with English punk band The Buzzcocks at the Electric Circus, Manchester, 16th August 1978. He is playing a sawn-off Woolworth's guitar. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
When Howard Devoto left the Buzzcocks in 1977 to found Magazine, it left full control of the creative direction the band in the hands of Pete Shelley. The Buzzcocks’ first full album, recorded without any Devoto involvement, was Love Bites, released on September 22, 1978. A couple of months later, on November 14, 1978, the Buzzcocks took to The Old Grey Whistle Test to play two of its standout tracks. The appearance of the Buzzcocks on The Old Grey Whistle Test was something of an innovation for the show. Annie Nightingale, shown in this clip presenting the band, had already created history by becoming...
Nevermind the buzzcocks
Superb poster designed by Malcolm Garrett for the Buzzcocks single 'What Do I Get?'. (Scan from the Sublime brochure)
Discography for Buzzcocks, npunk band from Manchester, led by Pete Shelley, Howard Devoto and Steve Diggle
He was a pioneer of so much that is still relevant, from gender-neutral pronouns in rock love songs to early synth-pop
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katy . baker - skin heads and mods, Music = life. sham 69, misfits, dead kennedys, the who, the stone roses, the specials, madness, trogan records, the cramps, iggy pop, the buzzcocks, joy division, the jam, paul weller, the toots and the maytals, the beat, the clash... the list goes on.
Photographs by Phil Mason Spiral Scratch is the kind of record it’s easy to romanticise. It was recorded in relative obscurity during studio downtime by a then unknown Martin Hannett, funded by money borrowed from friends. While The Sex Pistols’ ‘Anarchy In The UK’ came out on EMI and The Clash’s ‘White Riot’ was released […]
Noel Fielding, star of The Mighty Boosh and former Never Mind The Buzzcocks panellist, might not seem like the typical choice to play the fourteenth Doctor Who but here's why he's perfect.
I was weak and easily led. In 1978, after enduring four or five years of wretched music made by men with long hair and beards and tendencies toward eonic guitar solos, I suddenly discovered that the only music worth hearing was made by clean-shaven men of limited musical proficiency. I embraced the Clash, the Pistols, the New York Dolls, the Ramones, and the Buzzcocks. I cut my hair and gave away some of my old records. I even threw out my copy of Jethro Tull's A Passion Playwhich, now that I think about it, wasn't that bad an idea.
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