| "Looking back on it now, what's going on is like echoes of the Big Bang. You look around you in society and the culture; so many things would not have been the same if there never was punk rock. It's strange; it's like a science fiction novel. But to us at the time, it just sprung naturally." (Pete Shelley) | 
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If impact and influence are true
measures of a band's lasting greatness, Manchester's legendary Buzzcocks
should already be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Three bands from the now mythical 1976/77 British punk explosion set the benchmarks for everything that was to follow - Sex Pistols, the Clash and Buzzcocks. Practically inventing the independent record scene with their seminal self-financed EP Spiral Scratch, Buzzcocks instantly forged a unique relationship with their public. The band went on to break away from the Pistol's anarchy and the Clash's overt politicism, signing to United Artists on the day Elvis died and producing a string of hit singles that welded high-octane guitar, bass and drum power with heartrending personal statements of love won and lost or dismay at the modern world. more... |
Pete Shelley (vocals/guitar) Steve Diggle (vocals/guitar) Tony Barber (bass) Phil Barker (drums) Homepage Buzzcocks „It´s a buzz, cock.“ Thames TV Drama Rock Follies, zit. n. MOJO 2002 |
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