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Devoto leaves The Buzzcocks; he returns to school for a year, then forms Magazine. Buzzcocks record and released a four-track EP, Spiral Scratch on their own New Hormones label, making them perhaps the first punk group to establish an independent record label
The Buzzcocks are formed by guitarist/singer Pete Shelley (real name Peter McNeish) and singer Howard Devoto (real name Howard Trafford), both students at Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton)
Produced by Martin Hannett, the music is roughly recorded, insistently repetitive, and energetic
Buzzcocks record and released a four-track EP, Spiral Scratch on their own New Hormones label, making them perhaps the first punk group to establish an independent record label
The Buzzcocks are formed by guitarist/singer Pete Shelley (real name Peter McNeish) and singer Howard Devoto (real name Howard Trafford), both students at Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton).
The name "Buzzcocks" partially comes from the Manchester slang term cock meaning youngster.
and its use in the 1970s ITV drama serial Rock Follies which included the catch phrases "thats the buzz, cocks" and "give me a buzz, cock!".
The Buzzcocks release "What Do I Get"
The Buzzcocks release "Ever Fallen in Love?"
The Buzzcocks release "Another Music in a Different Kitchen"
The Buzzcocks release "A Different Kind of Tension"
Shelley and Devoto teamed up for the first time since 1976, producing the album Buzzkunst, a play on the German word for "Art"
Shelley and Devoto teamed up for the first time since 1976, producing the album Buzzkunst, a play on the German word for "Art"
Shelley re-records "Ever Fallen In Love" with an all-star group, including Roger Daltrey, David Gilmour, Peter Hook, Elton John, Robert Plant and several contemporary bands, as a tribute to John Peel
Shelley re-records "Ever Fallen In Love" with an all-star group, including Roger Daltrey, David Gilmour, Peter Hook, Elton John, Robert Plant and several contemporary bands, as a tribute to John Peel
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