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Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed by singer-songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto in Bolton in 1976. They achieved commercial success with singles that fuse pop with rapid-fire punk energy, inspiring the power pop and pop punk movements; these singles were later collected on Singles Going Steady, an…

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Genres
Punk rock · pop-punk · new wave · power pop
Labels
United Artists · I.R.S. · Cooking Vinyl · ROIR · EMI
Members
Steve Diggle · Chris Remington · Danny Farrant
Origin
Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Past members
Pete Shelley · Howard Devoto · Garth Smith · Mick Singleton · John Maher
Spinoffs
Flag of Convenience · Magazine

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Buzzcocks

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related to Mainstream success · 36
Buzzcocks → After, Another Music, August, B-side, Different Kitchen, Don't Mind, Electric Circus, Elvis Presley, Entertaining Friends, Ever Fallen, February, Get, In December, In July, In May, It, Lipstick, Love, Love Bites, Love You More
related to Break-up and reunion · 33
Buzzcocks → After, Between, Blue Orchids, Buzzcocks Best, CD, Compact Disc, Convenience, Diggle, EMI, EP Alive Tonight, Flag, Garvey, Harris, In, Isle, It, John Maher Racing, Maher, Mike Joyce, Motivation
related to Legacy · 22
Buzzcocks → American, BBC, Bollocks, Britain, Dag Nasty, Dead Kennedys, Diggle, East Bay Ray, Here's, Hüsker Dü, Mancunian DIY, Mark Lamarr, Never Mind, Never Mind Joan Armatrading, Parquet Courts, Radiohead, Sex Pistols, Shelley, Smiths, Superchunk
related to Early years · 16
Buzzcocks → Air, Bolton Institute, By, February, Fellow, Howard Devoto, Howard Trafford, Jets, McNeish, Pete Shelley, Peter McNeish, Sister Ray, Technology, The, Trafford, Velvet Underground's
related to 21st century · 15
Buzzcocks → Another Music, Art, Buzzkunst, Devoto, Different Kitchen, EP Spiral Scratch, German, In, Kunst, Mute Records, Pearl Jam, Shelley, The, This, Time's Up
related to Shelley's death and aftermath · 15
Buzzcocks → December, Diggle, Estonia, In June, It, Pete Shelley, September, Shelley, Shelley Buzzcocks, Sonics, Soul, Steve Diggle, Tallinn, The, You've Changed Everything Now
related to Studio albums · 13
Buzzcocks → All Set, Another Music, Attitude Adjustment, Different Kind, Different Kitchen, Flat-Pack Philosophy, Love Bites, Modern, Sonics, Soul, Tension, The Way, Trade Test Transmissions
related to Musical style and influences · 11
Buzzcocks → AllMusic, Alternative Music, British, He, Mark Deming, Ramones, Shelley's, Steve Taylor, Stooges, The, Velvet Underground
Past members · 10
Buzzcocks → Barry Adamson, Garth Smith, Howard Devoto, John Maher, Mick Singleton, Mike Joyce, Pete Shelley, Phil Barker, Steve Garvey, Tony Barber
Labels · 5
Buzzcocks → Cooking Vinyl, EMI, I.R.S., ROIR, United Artists

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band shelley released album diggle punk devoto tour first number steve reached single 1976 music time drums albums pete uk

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BuzzcocksGenresPunk rock1.00infobox
BuzzcocksGenrespop-punk1.00infobox
BuzzcocksGenresnew wave1.00infobox
BuzzcocksGenrespower pop1.00infobox
BuzzcocksLabelsUnited Artists1.00infobox
BuzzcocksLabelsI.R.S.1.00infobox
BuzzcocksLabelsCooking Vinyl1.00infobox
BuzzcocksLabelsROIR1.00infobox
BuzzcocksLabelsEMI1.00infobox
BuzzcocksMembersSteve Diggle1.00infobox
BuzzcocksMembersChris Remington1.00infobox
BuzzcocksMembersDanny Farrant1.00infobox
BuzzcocksOriginBolton, Greater Manchester, England1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersPete Shelley1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersHoward Devoto1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersGarth Smith1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersMick Singleton1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersJohn Maher1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersBarry Adamson1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersSteve Garvey1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersMike Joyce1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersTony Barber1.00infobox
BuzzcocksPast membersPhil Barker1.00infobox
BuzzcocksSpinoffsFlag of Convenience1.00infobox
BuzzcocksSpinoffsMagazine1.00infobox
BuzzcocksWebsitebuzzcocks.com1.00infobox
BuzzcocksYears active1976–19811.00infobox
BuzzcocksYears active1989–present1.00infobox

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