Key players in the birth of punk rock, Buzzcocks took the visceral energy of the
genre and replaced the snarling antagonism with joyously adolescent, breakneck
power pop. One of the first bands outside of London inspired by the burgeoning
punk scene, Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley arranged the Sex Pistols' legendary Lesser
Free Trade Hall gig in Manchester, 1976 before the band went on the road with
The Clash, signed to United Artists Records and had their first mainstream
single 'Orgasm Addict' banned by the BBC.
Centred around the songwriting partnership of front man Shelley and gu...