Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by
singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve
Diggle. They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music
scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk
and indie rock. They achieved commercial success with singles that ... read more

Coachella 2012 Day 2 pics -- Buzzcocks, Squeeze, fIREHOSE, Godspeed, Bon Iver, Feist, Shins, Flying Lotus, SBTRKT, more

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Buzzcocks / Bon Iver / Squeeze "The earlier part of the afternoon felt a little sleepy. People waking up late after Friday, taking their...
Posted 16 April 5.03am — Comment on this

Terry Malts - Killing Time

Historically, punk is youth; vicious and rotten with the clipped, minimalist fury of Wire or the Buzzcocks: "I'm neurotic/That's what she says." Transplant this piss and ...
Posted 7 March 8.27am — Comment on this

Album Review: Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory

If you listened to Dylan Baldi’s Cloud Nothings project a year ago, you wouldn’t have predicted anything like Attack on Memory. Back then, Cloud Nothings was ...
Posted 26 February 7.35pm — Comment on this

Weird Dreams – “Little Girl”

London band “Weird Dreams” practice a certain loose, homespun form of guitar-centric indie-pop, like Real Estate if they had some Buzzcocks sharpness somewher...
Posted 24 February 10.10pm — Comment on this

My favourite music venue

Just like fans, musicians have their special places – ones they grew up with, ones important to their careers or ones with rich heritage. Johnny Marr, Hayden Thorpe...
Posted 27 January 2.18pm — Comment on this

The Library Is On Fire: Works On Paper

The Library Is On Fire makes lot of noise for a trio. Their new album Works On Paper sounds like it was recorded when grunge and early indie were ruling the music world...
Posted 19 January 8.03pm — Comment on this

Seven Ages Of Rock: Blank Generation - Punk Rock 1973-1980 (BBC Rockumentary)

A tale of two cities, London and New York and the birth of punk. Each city created a bastard child that marked the biggest and fundamental shift in popular music since E...
Posted 19 October 2011 1.20am — Comment on this

London PX – Orders E.P. 7″

Northern Londoners who formed in late 1979 under the influence of the mod scene as well as Gen X, Buzzcocks etc, but according to themselves they never managed to be R...
Posted 12 July 2011 11.09am — Comment on this

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (Rockumentary)

Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind is a documentary DVD released by Eagle Vision in March 2005, as part of the Classic Albums series. It features interviews speci...
Posted 22 June 2011 4.10am — Comment on this

Grime's 100 Club Moment

2003: Number 44 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicIt's somehow appropriate for its DIY ethics that the seminal moment in the histo...
Posted 13 June 2011 12.07am — Comment on this

Martin Rushent obituary

Music producer who worked with the Stranglers, Buzzcocks and the Human LeagueThe record producer Martin Rushent, who has died aged 63, established himself as a pivotal fi...
Posted 7 June 2011 6.30pm — Comment on this

Rock Family Trees - And God Created Manchester (BBC Rockumentary)

Series charting the musical and human dramas behind some of the best-known rock and pop groups in history.This programme looks at some of the best bands to come out of...
Posted 3 June 2011 6.43am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Buzzcocks songs in the past year.

  • Everybody's happy nowadays  3 plays
  • What do i get?  2 plays
  • Ever fallen in love  2 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Buzzcocks over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 70s 5 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 90s 2 plays
  3. Absolute Classic Rock 1 plays
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