“A friend who was with me said, ‘Jesus, you could play guitar as good as that,’” recalled Bernard Sumner. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘The kind of songs that artists spend their whole careers striving towards’ ... (L-R) John Maher, Steve “Paddy” Garvey, Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle and some Woolies shoppers. It was recorded live, its cover was a Polaroid photo and the band and manager, Richard Boon, released it themselves. Buzzcocks’ story should have ended there: in a very punk move, frontman and lyricist Devoto almost immediately quit the band, declaring punk “old hat”. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pete Shelley: Homosapien – videoIronically, it arrived just as Buzzcocks’ 70s records had become hugely influential.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2018 13:40 UTC