Capitol Records

Buzzcocks

1 Releases

6 Tracks

Seminal UK Punk band formed by [a=Pete Shelley] (1955-2018) and [a=Howard Devoto] in Bolton in February 1976. They start the band and chance upon a headline: "It's The Buzz, Cock!"

Apr 1, 1976: Pete Shelley - guitar, Howard Devoto - vocals, [a=Garth Smith] - bass, Mick Singleton - drums.

- One gig. No released recordings.

Jul 20, 1976 - Feb 1977: Pete Shelley - Starway guitar, Howard Devoto - vocals, [a=Steve Diggle] (born 1956) - bass, [a=John Maher] - drums

Mar 11, 1977 - Oct 7, 1977: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, John Maher - drums, Garth Smith - bass

Nov 1977: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, John Maher - drums, [a=Barry Adamson] (on loan from MAGAZINE) - bass

- Adamson filled in on bass while they held auditions for a permanent bassist. This lineup played 6 dates in November to complete a tour. No released recordings.

Nov 1977 - Mar 6, 1981: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, keyboards, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, John Maher - drums, [a=Steve Garvey] (born 1958) - bass

- This is the line-up that released the 3 studio albums "[m=13253]", "[m=13303]" (both released in 1978), and "[m=13283]" (1979) as well as the classic singles compilation "[m=13268]" (with the exception that 2 songs feature Smith on bass instead of Garvey). They disbanded in 1981.

(reformed) 1989, (reformed again) Jan 29 - Feb 18, 1992: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, keyboards, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, John Maher - drums, Steve Garvey - bass

- The reformed group toured, but released no studio recordings. In 1992 they performed 11 gigs in Europe. There were no studio recordings.

Jan 31, 1990 - Dec 22, 1991: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Steve Garvey - bass, [a=Mike Joyce] (ex VICTIM, ex SMITHS) - drums

Apr 21 - May 7, 1992: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Steve Garvey - bass, Steve Gibson (ex ICICLE WORKS) - drums.

- Ten gig tour in Australia and New Zealand. No released recordings.

Aug 25, 1992 - Apr 21, 2006: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, [a=Tony Barber] - bass, [a=Philip Barker] - drums

- This line-up recorded and released five albums: "[m=89019]" (1993), '[m=321902]" (1996), "[m=215559]" (1999), "[m=89031]" (2003) and '[m=89025]" (2006)

In April 2005 Barker quit and was replaced [a=Danny Farrant] on drums. Barber quit in April 2008 and was in turn replaced by [a=Chris Remington] on bass. This line-up released the album "[m=712923]" in 2014. Pete Shelley passed away on December 6, 2018, and from then on theband continued with [a=Mani Perazzoli] as a touring member on guitars and backing vocals.