Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks are an English punk band, formed in Bolton in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto.

They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and indie rock. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, described by critic Ned Raggett as a "punk masterpiece".

Devoto and Shelley chose the name "Buzzcocks" after reading the headline, "It's the Buzz, Cock!", in a review of the TV series Rock Follies in Time Out magazine. The "buzz" is the excitement of playing on stage; "cock" is Manchester slang meaning "mate" (as in friend/buddy). They thought it captured the excitement of the Sex Pistols and nascent punk scene.

Career

Early years

Howard Trafford, a student at Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton), placed a notice in the college looking for musicians sharing a liking for The Velvet Underground's song "Sister Ray".Peter McNeish, a fellow student at the Institute, responded to the notice. Trafford played electronic music and McNeish had played rock.

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Buzzcocks (album)

Buzzcocks is the seventh studio album by English pop punk band Buzzcocks. It was released on 18 March 2003 by record label Merge.

Critical reception

Buzzcocks has received a mixed-to-favourable response from critics. AllMusic opined, "If Buzzcocks doesn't reinvent this band, it does give their approach a bit of an overhaul, and the results make for an album which holds onto their strengths while lending a more mature perspective to their work; hard to imagine Rancid having anything this interesting up their sleeve twenty-seven years down the line from their first recording."Entertainment Weekly's review was favourable, writing "it's nice to hear that middle age hasn't diminished the songwriting skills of original 'Cocks Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle."

Stylus Magazine, on the other hand, gave the album their lowest possible score of F, opining that the album sounds like "third-generation Rancid".

Track listing

  • "Jerk" (Pete Shelley) – 2:21
  • "Keep On" (Shelley) – 3:19
  • "Wake Up Call" (Steve Diggle) – 3:19
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    Released 2013

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    Released 2011

    30

    Released 2008

    Flat‐Pack Philosophy

    Released 2006

    Driving You Insane

    Released 2005

    Small Songs with Big Hearts: London Rainbow ’79

    Released 2005

    The Complete French Sessions

    Released 2004

    The Complete Singles Anthology

    Released 2004

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    Released 2003

    Live

    Released 2002

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    Released 2002

    Live Tension

    Released 2001

    Paris: Encore du pain

    Released 2001

    A Different Kind of Tension

    Released 2001

    Singles Going Steady

    Released 2001

    Another Razor in a Different Face: Live NYC, 79

    Released 2000

    Modern

    Released 1999

    BBC Sessions

    Released 1998

    Chronology

    Released 1997

    All Set

    Released 1996

    French

    Released 1995

    Trade Test Transmissions

    Released 1993

    Lest We Forget

    Released 1993

    Entertaining Friends: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon March 1979

    Released 1992

    Operators Manual

    Released 1991

    Live at the Roxy Club April ’77

    Released 1990

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    Released 1989

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    Released 1989

    Love Bites / Another Music in a Different Kitchen

    Released 1989

    The Peel Sessions

    Released 1989

    A Different Kind of Tension / Parts 1, 2, 3

    Released 1989

    Another Music in a Different Kitchen

    Released 1988

    Love Bites

    Released 1987

    Parts 1–3

    Released 1981

    Razor Cuts

    Released 1979

    Best in Good Food

    Released 1978

    Time’s Up

    Released 1977

    Driving You Insane

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    by: Buzzcocks

    You know I don't like dancin'
    An' I don't like to bop
    Too much movement's exertion
    Makes me wish I could drop
    Dro' dro' dro' dro' dro' dro' drop
    An' I don't like french kissin'
    Cos you swallow my tongue
    And you think that you're oh so very old
    You only want me 'cos you think I'm so young
    Yo' yo' yo' yo' yo' yo' young
    All right
    No way
    An' I wish I was sixteen again
    Then things would be such fun
    All the things I'd do would be the same
    But they're much more fun
    Than when you're twenty wo' wo' wo' wo' wo' one
    All right
    No way
    An' I hate modern music
    Disco boogie pop
    They go on an' on an' on an' on an' on




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