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BUZZCOCKS
Manchester, GB
* 7/1976

Line-Up (2019):

Steve Diggle - voc,g
Chris Remington
Danny Farrant

Former Members:

Howard Devoto (voc, 7/76-3/77); Pete Shelley (voc,g, 7/76-2/81, 1990-cca 4/06)

Garth Smith (bg, 3/77-7.10.77); Barry Adamson (bg, 11/77); Steve Garvey (bg, cca 12/77-2/81, 1990-?); Tony Barber (bg, cca 1993-cca 3/03)

John Maher (ds, 7/76-2/81, cca 1992); Mike Joyce (ds, 1990-cca 1991); Phil Barker (ds, cca 1993-cca 3/03)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Another Music In Different Kitchen produced by: Martin Rushent	10.03.1978	United Artists		15
2.	Love Bites	9/1978	United Artists		13
3.	A Different Kind Of Tension	14.09.1979	United Artists		26
4.	Singles Going Steady	11.12.1981	United Artists
5.	Buzzcocks, Pts. 1-3	1984	IRS
6.	Total Pop	4/1987	Weird Systems
7.	Many Parts	1988	Restless Retro
8.	Lest We Forget (MC)	10/1988	R.O.I.R.
9.	Live At The Roxy Club April '77	9/1989	Absolutely Free
10.	Product (2CD/4LP box set)	11/1989	EMI
11.	Operators Manual (2LP)	9/1991	EMI
12.	Entertaining Friends (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, March '79)	09.03.1992	EMI
13.	Trade Test Transmission	17.05.1993	Essential
14.	The Peel Sessions Album	6/1994	Strange Fruit
15.	Time's Up	7/1995	Dojo
16.	French	11/1995	Dojo
17.	All Set	29.04.1996	IRS
18.	Chronology	5/1997	EMI
19.	BBC Sessions - Archive Series	26.10.1998	BBC Music
20.	Paris Encore Du Pain	03.05.1999	Almafame
21.	I Don't Mind The Buzzcocks	1999	EMI
22.	Modern / A Different Kind Of Product	06.09.1999	Go Kart
23.	Ever Fall In Love	03.12.2002	Disky
24.	Buzzcocks produced by: Tony Barber	18.03.2003	Merge
25.	Buzzcocks: Inventory - Singles Box Set (14CD box set)	10.06.2003	Capitol
26.	Complete Singles Anthology	07.09.2004	EMI
27.	French et Encore du Pain: The Complete 1995 Paris	16.11.2004	Recall
28.	Small Songs With Big Hearts	23.08.2005	Dynamic
29.	Driving You Insane	04.10.2005	Recall
30.	Flat-Pack Philosophy	07.03.2006	Cooking Vinyl
31.	Hamburg 1981: Auf Wiedersehen	19.09.2006	Cleopatra
32.	Buzzcocks 30	26.11.2007	Cooking Vinyl
33.	Orgasm Addict Live	01.04.2008	Cleopatra
34.	A Different Compilation	06.06.2011	Cooking Vinyl
35.	What Do I Get?	07.06.2011	Secret
36.	Sight & Sound	01.10.2013	Parlophone
37.	The Way	17.11.2014	1234 Go!
38.	Access All Areas Live 1990	31.07.2015	Edsel
39.	British Live Performance Series	01.04.2016	Rainman
40.	Time's Up	10.03.2017

Pete Shelley:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Cinema Music And Wallpaper Sounds	1978	New Harmony
2.	Free Agents	1979	Groovy
3.	Sky Yen (mini LP)	4/1980	Groovy
4.	Homosapien produced by: Martin Rushent	16.11.1981	Genetic/Island		25
5.	XL-1	4/1983	Genetic/Island		42
6.	Heaven And The Sea produced by: Stephen Hague	6/1986	Mercury
7.	Buzzkunst & Howard Devoto	1/2002	Cooking Vinyl
8.	Platinum Collection	31.01.2006	WEA

Steve Diggle:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Here's One I Made Earlier	10/1995	Ax-s

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Spiral Scratch (Breakdown / Times Up / Boredom / Friends Of Mine) produced by: Martin Hannett	29.01.1977	New Hormones
2.	Orgasm Addict / Whatever Happened To	21.10.1977	United Artists
3.	What Do I Get / Oh Shit	20.01.1978	United Artists	37
4.	I Don't Mind / Autonomy	4/1978	United Artists	55
5.	Love You More / Noise Annoys produced by: Martin Rushent	7/1978	United Artists	27
6.	Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't Have / Just Lust	08.09.1978	United Artists	12
7.	Promises / Lipstick	17.11.1978	United Artists	20
8.	Everybody's Happy Nowadays / Why Can't I Touch It?	02.03.1979	United Artists	28
9.	Harmony In My Head / Something's Gone Wrong Again	7/1979	United Artists	28
10.	Spiral Scratch	17.08.1979	United Artists	23
11.	You Say You Don't Love Me / Raison D'Etre	05.10.1979	United Artists
12.	I Believe / Something's Gone Wrong Again (v USA)	10/1979	IRS
13.	Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore / Are Everything	29.08.1980	United Artists	61
14.	Strange Thing / Airwaves Dream	13.10.1980	Liberty
15.	Running Free / What Do You Know	01.12.1980	Liberty
16.	The Peel Sessions (Fast Cars / What Do I Get / Moving Away From The Pulsebeat)	1/1988	Strange Fruit
17.	The Fab Four EP (Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't've / Promises / Everybody's Happy Nowadays / Harmony In My Head)	10/1989	EMI	83
18.	Alive Tonight EP (Alive Tonight / Successful Street / Serious Crime / Last To Know)	4/1991	Planet Pacific
19.	Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't've / What Do I Get / Promises	10/1992	Old Gold
20.	Innocent	10.05.1993	Essential
21.	Do It / Trash Away / All Over You	09.08.1993	Essential
22.	Libertine Angel / Roll It Over / Excerpt From Prison Riot Hostage	02.05.1994	Essential
23.	Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't've / Promises	11/1995	Old Gold
24.	Spiral Scratch EP	1/2000	Mute
25.	Sick City Sometimes	01.12.2003	Damaged Goods
26.	Wish I Never Loved You / Don't Matter What You Say / Orion	20.02.2006	Cooking Vinyl
27.	Sell You Everything / Sixteen / Every Day & Every Night	21.08.2006	Cooking Vinyl
28.	Reconciliation / See Through You / Holding Me Down	04.12.2006	Cooking Vinyl
29.	Ever Fallen In Love	5/2012	EMI	98
30.	Spiral Scratch	27.01.2017	Domino
31.	Gotta Get Better	2/2020	Cherry Red
32.	Destination Zero	2/2020	Cherry Red

Pete Shelley:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Homosapian / Keat's Song	24.08.1981	Genetic/Island
2.	I Don't Know What It Is / Witness The Change / In Love With Somebody Else / Maxine	11/1981	Genetic/Island
3.	Homosapian / Love In Vain	4/1982	Genetic/Island
4.	Telephone Operator / Many A Time	21.02.1983	Island	66
5.	(Millions Of People) No One Like You	29.04.1983	Genetic	94
6.	Never Again / One One One 12" + Give It To Me	11/1984	Immaculate
7.	Waiting For Love / Designer Lamps	3/1986	Mercury
8.	On Your Own / Please Forgive Me ... But I Cannot Endure It Any Longer	5/1986	Mercury
9.	Blue Eyes / Nelson's Riddle	8/1986	Mercury
10.	I Surrender / I Need A Minute	11/1986	Mercury
11.	Homosapian. Pete Shelley Vs. Power, Wonder And Love	4/1989	Immaculate

Steve Diggle:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Shut Out The Lights / 50 Years Of Comparative Wealth / Here Comes The Fire Brigade	2/1981	Liberty
2.	Heated And Rising / Over And Out / Terminal / Wednesdays Flowers	11/1993	3:30

Videos:

1. Auf Wiedersehn (Live In Germany)
2. Playback - 9/1992, Picture Music International

Movies:

1. Love You More (10/2008, starring Pete Shelley)

WWW Links:

http://www.buzzcocks.com

Various:

20.7.1976 - first gig (support Sex Pistols)

disbanded 2/1981
reunited 1990

Compilation Appearances:

"Breakdown" / "Love Battery" on LP "Roxy, London WC2 (Jan-Apr. '77) Live Album" (6/77, Harvest)
"Here Comes The Nice" on LP "Long Ago And Worlds Apart - A Tribute To The Small Faces" (27.8.96, Nice)
"Ever Fallen In Love" on OST "24 Hour Party People" (8.4.02, London)
"What Do I Get?" on compilation "Acupuncture Rocks" (20.10.03)
"Ever Fallen In Love" on compilation "Teenage Kicks" (4.4.05)
"What Do I Get?" on compilation "John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed: 1977-1987" (9.10.06)
"Boredom (live)" on OST "Control" (1.10.07)
"Orgasm Addict" on OST "Choke" (23.9.08)

Tony Barber:

appeared on the SP:

Idha: Sorry Sorry (26.5.97, Creation)

Pete Shelley:

produced by LP:

Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias: Skite (1978, Logo)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2003	1		18	Pelmel
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	2	27.01.2000	7	Infokus
2000	5	09.03.2000	28		profile
2000	7	06.04.2000	35	Forum kritikum	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1976	32	07.08.1976	24
1977	26	25.06.1977	20	Albums	album review
1977	26	25.06.1977	39		gig review
1977	46	12.11.1977	32	Singles	single review
1977	50	10.12.1977	14		interview
1977	51	17.12.1977	17	Caught In The Act	gig review
1978	10	11.03.1978	27	Albums	album review
1978	10	11.03.1978	56	Caught In The Act	gig review
1978	30	29.07.1978	5	News
1978	36	09.09.1978	18	Singles	single review
1978	44	18.11.1978	17	Singles	single review
1979	4	27.01.1979	4	News
1979	8	03.03.1979	4	News
1979	8	03.03.1979	29	Singles	single review
1979	20	26.05.1979	35	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	31	18.08.1979	4	News
1979	34	08.09.1979	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	35	15.09.1979	19		interview
1979	35	15.09.1979	27	Albums	album review
1979	38	06.10.1979	45	Singles	single review
1979	39	13.10.1979	34	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	43	17.11.1979	35	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	45	01.12.1979	4	News
1980	28	23.08.1980	4	News
1980	29	30.08.1980	8	Single File	single review
1980	33	27.09.1980	4	News
1980	34	04.10.1980	16		interview
1980	39	08.11.1980	35	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	42	29.11.1980	4	News
1980	44	13.12.1980	16	Singles	single review
1981	49	05.12.1981	19	Albums	album review
1990	0	20.10.1990	32	Live!	gig review
1992	10	07.03.1992	4	News
1992	16	18.04.1992	33	Albums - Retroactive	album review
1992	38	19.09.1992	9	Advance - Periscope
1993	21	22.05.1993	4	News
1993	21	22.05.1993	27	Singles	single review
1993	23	05.06.1993	35	Albums	album review
1993	24	12.06.1993	13	Live	gig review
1993	25	19.06.1993	27
1993	30	24.07.1993	43	festival Phoenix
1994	9	05.03.1994	17	Live	gig review
1994	15	16.04.1994	37	Albums	album review
1994	17	30.04.1994	4	News
1994	18	07.05.1994	29	Singles	single review
1994	29	23.07.1994	39	Phoenix Festival '94
1994	33	20.08.1994	20	Live	gig review
1995	23	10.06.1995	36	Albums	album review
1996	26	29.06.1996	36	Live	gig review
1996	26	29.06.1996	49	Albums	album review
1997	22	31.05.1997	50	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1976	0	27.11.1976	50	On The Town	gig review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	25	20.12.1991	22	Live	gig review
1994	6	29.03.1994	7	Galerie
2000	4		34		profile, interview, discography
2002	6		7	Co víme, povíme	discography
2006	6		88	Live	gig review
2008	5		58	Record	album review
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	3		31	Rock&Roll
Sounds
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	30.06.1990	2	First Reports - Briefly