Buzzcocks were a British punk band formed in Bolton in 1976.
Howard Devoto and Pete 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 northern English slang meaning "friend".
By the end of the year, Buzzcocks had recorded and released a four-track EP, "Spiral Scratch", on their own New Hormones label, making them one of the first punk bands to establish an independent record label.
Devoto left the band in 1977 to form Magazine, after which Pete Shelley became the principal singer-songwriter.
Their original career produced three LPs: Another Music In A Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind Of Tension, each supported by extensive touring in the U.S.A. and Europe.
Their trademark sound were catchy pop melodies with punk guitar energy, backed by an unusually tight and skilled rhythm section. They advanced drastically in musical and lyrical sophistication: by the end they were quoting writer William S. Burroughs ("A Different Kind Of Tension"), declaiming their catechism in the anthem "I Believe" and tuning in to a fantasy radio station on which their songs could be heard ("Radio Nine").
In 1980, Liberty Records signed the band and released three singles.
After recording demos for a fourth album the band disbanded in 1981, when Shelley took up a solo career.
Band members:
Peter Campbell McNeish (Pete Shelley) - guitar, vocals
Steve Diggle - guitar
Stephen Garvey - bass
John Maher - drums
Howard Andrew Trafford (Howard Devoto) - vocals (April 1976 - February 1977)
Garth Smith - bass (April 1976 - November 1977).
"Spiral Scratch" is an EP and the first release by Buzzcocks.
The band, having no record label support, had to borrow £500 from their friends and families to pay for the record's production and manufacture.
The EP was released on 29 January 1977 on the band's own New Hormones label.
The EP is the only Buzzcocks studio release with original singer Howard Devoto, who left shortly after its release to form Magazine.
Tracklisting:
1. Breakdown
2. Time's Up
3. Boredom
4. Friends Of Mine
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"Another Music In A Different Kitchen" is the debut studio album by Buzzcocks, released in 1978 on United Artists Records. The album is reissued with four bonus tracks in 2001 on EMI.
Tracks:
1-11 LP Another Music In A Different Kitchen
12-13 7" Orgasm Addict, released in 1977
14-15 7" What Do I Get?, released in 1978.
Tracklisting:
1. Fast Cars
2. No Reply
3. You Tear Me Up
4. Get On Our Own
5. Love Battery
6. Sixteen
7. I Don't Mind
8. Fiction Romance
9. Autonomy
10. I Need
11. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
12. Orgasm Addict
13. Whatever Happened To... ?
14. What Do I Get?
15. Oh Shit
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Buzzcocks' "Love Bites" is their second studio album, released in 1978 on United Artists Records. The album is reissued with four bonus tracks in 2001 on EMI.
Tracks:
1-11 LP Love Bites
12-13 7" Love You More, released in 1978
14-15 7" Promises, released in 1978.
Tracklisting:
1. Real World
2. Ever Fallen In Love?
3. Operators Manual
4. Nostalgia
5. Just Lust
6. Sixteen Again
7. Walking Distance
8. Love Is Lies
9. Nothing Left
10. E.S.P.
11. Late For The Train
12. Love You More
13. Noise Annoys
14. Promises
15. Lipstick
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"A Different Kind Of Tension" is the third and final studio album by Buzzcocks, released in 1979 on United Artists Records. The album is reissued in 2008 on EMI.
Tracks:
1-12 LP A Different Kind Of Tension
13-14 7" Everybody's Happy Nowadays, released in 1979
15-16 7" Harmony In My Head, released in 1979
17-18 7" Are Everything, released in 1980
19-20 7" Strange Thing, released in 1980
21-22 7" Running Free, released in 1980
23 UK tape NME/Rough Trade C81, released in 1981
24-34 demo recordings
35 John Peel Show 18.10.1978, broadcast 23.10.1978
36-38 John Peel Show 21.5.79, broadcast 28.5.1979.
Tracklisting:
1. Paradise
2. Sitting Round At Home
3. You Say You Don't Love Me
4. You Know You Can't Help It
5. Mad Mad Judy
6. Raison d'Etre
7. I Don't Know What To Do With My Life
8. Money
9. Hollow Inside
10. A Different Kind Of Tension
11. I Believe
12. Radio Nine
13. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
14. Why Can't I Touch It?
15. Harmony In My Head
16. Something's Gone Wrong Again
17. Are Everything
18. Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore
19. Airwaves Dream
20. Strange Thing
21. What Do You Know?
22. Running Free
23. I Look Alone
24. You Say You Don't Love Me
25. I Don't Know What To Do With My Life
26. Harmony In My Mind
27. I Don't Know
28. Run Away From Home
29. The Drive System
30. Mad Mad Judy
31. Jesus Made Me Feel Guilty
32. Something's Gone Wrong Again
33. You Know You Can't Help It
34. I Believe
35. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
36. I Don't Know What To Do With My Life
37. Mad Mad Judy
38. Hollow Inside
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"Singles Going Steady" is a compilation album by Buzzcocks, released in 1979 on I.R.S. Records. The album is reissued in 2001 on EMI.
Tracks:
1-8 LP Singles Going Steady
9-12 bonus tracks
13-20 LP Singles Going Steady
21-24 bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
1. Orgasm Addict
2. What Do I Get?
3. I Don't Mind
4. Love You More
5. Ever Fallen In Love?
6. Promises
7. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
8. Harmony In My Head
9. You Say You Don't Love Me
10. Are Everything
11. Strange Thing
12. Running Free
13. What Ever Happened To?
14. Oh Shit!
15. Autonomy
16. Noise Annoys
17. Just Lust
18. Lipstick
19. Why Can't I Touch It?
20. Something's Gone Wrong Again
21. Raison d'Être
22. Why She's The Girl From The Chainstore
23. Airwaves Dream
24. What Do You Know
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Buzzcocks' "The Peel Sessions Album" is a compilation album, released in 1989 on Strange Fruit.
Tracks:
1-3 recorded 7-9-77
4-7 recorded 10-4-78
8-10 recorded 18-10-78
11-14 recorded 21-5-79.
Tracklisting:
1. Fast Cars
2. Pulse Beat
3. What Do I Get?
4. Noise Annoys
5. Walking Distance
6. Late For The Train
7. Promises
8. Lipstick
9. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
10. 16 Again
11. I Dont Know What To Do With My Life
12. Mad Mad Judy
13. Hollow Inside
14. E.S.P.
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"Live At The Roxy Club April '77" is a live album by Buzzcocks, released in 1989 on Absolutely Free Records.
The album was recorded 2 April 1977 at The Roxy, 41–43 Neal Street in London's Covent Garden.
Tracklisting:
1. Orgasm Addict
2. No Reply
3. Get On Our Own
4. Fast Cars
5. What Do I Get?
6. Friends Of Mine
7. 16
8. Time's Up
9. Oh Shit
10. Boredom
11. Love Battery
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Buzzcocks' "Entertaining Friends" is a live album, released in 1992 on EMI and I.R.S. Records. The album was reissued in 1996 on EMI Gold.
"Entertaining Friends" was recorded 31 March 1979 at The Hammersmith Odeon, London by Martin Rushent. The album was named after the "Entertaining Friends" tour of 1978, with cover art from Malcolm Garrett's posters of that tour. Mixed 5 and 6 December 1991 by Martin Rushent and Gareth Cousins at Abbey Road.
Tracklisting:
1. I Don't Know What To Do With My Life
2. I Don't Mind
3. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have)?
4. Sixteen
5. Fiction Romance
6. Harmony In My Head
7. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
8. Autonomy
9. Nothing Left
10. Noise Annoys
11. Lipstick
12. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
13. Promises
14. Orgasm Addict
15. What Do I Get?
16. Breakdown
17. Fast Cars
18. Oh Shit
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Joy Division were a British rock band formed in 1976 in Salford and Macclesfield, Greater Manchester.
They were incorrectly named Stiff Kittens on the flyer for their first gig alongside Buzzcocks and Penetration, but announced themselves as Warsaw at the start of their first performance.
Throughout 1977 they continued as Warsaw up to recording their first EP, but changed their name to Joy Division at the start of 1978, before self-releasing their debut 7" EP "An Ideal For Living".
The 7" EP drew the attention of the Manchester television personality Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label Factory Records.
Joy Division were scheduled to commence their first U.S./Canada tour in May 1980. After the suicide of Ian Curtis on 18 May 1980, the remaining members changed the band name and re-formed as New Order.
Band members:
Ian Curtis – lead vocals
Bernard Sumner – guitar, keyboards
Peter Hook – bass, backing vocals
Stephen Morris – drums, percussion.
"Unknown Pleasures" is the debut studio album by Joy Division, released in 1979 on Factory Records. The album was reissued in 2007 on London Records.
"Unknown Pleasures" was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport over three weekends between 1 and 17 April 1979, with Martin Hannett producing.
It is the only Joy Division album released during Ian Curtis's lifetime.
Tracks:
Disc One LP Unknown Pleasures
Disc Two The Factory, Manchester Live 13 July 1979.
Tracklisting Disc One:
1. Disorder
2. Day Of The Lords
3. Candidate
4. Insight
5. New Dawn Fades
6. She's Lost Control
7. Shadowplay
8. Wilderness
9. Interzone
10. I Remember Nothing
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Tracklisting Disc Two:
1. Dead Souls
2. The Only Mistake
3. Insight
4. Candidate
5. Wilderness
6. She's Lost Control
7. Shadowplay
8. Disorder
9. Interzone
10. Atrocity Exhibition
11. Novelty
12. Transmission
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"Closer" is the second and final studio album by Joy Division, released in 1980 on Factory Records, two months after the suicide of Ian Curtis. The album was reissued in 2007 on London Records.
"Closer" was recorded from 18 to 30 March 1980 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington, London.
Tracks:
Disc One LP Closer
Disc Two University Of London Union Live 8 February 1980.
Tracklisting Disc One:
1. Atrocity Exhibition
2. Isolation
3. Passover
4. Colony
5. A Means To An End
6. Heart And Soul
7. Twenty Four Hours
8. The Eternal
9. Decades
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Tracklisting Disc Two:
1. Dead Souls
2. Glass
3. A Means To An End
4. Twenty Four Hours
5. Passover
6. Insight
7. Colony
8. These Days
9. Love Will Tear Us Apart
10. Isolation
11. The Eternal
12. Digital
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"Still" by Joy Division, is a "posthumous" double album, consisting of previously unused studio material and live recordings. The album was released in 1981 on Factory Records and reissued in 2007 on London Records.
The song "Twenty Four Hours" was also performed live at Birmingham University, but was left off the CD release due to time constraints.
Despite not being listed on the sleeve, it appears on some LP pressings as track C6.
Tracks LP:
1, 5, 6, 7 recorded in April 1979 during sessions for the "Unknown Pleasures" album
2, 9 recorded in October–November 1979 during sessions for the "Licht Und Blindheit" single
3 recorded in January 1980 during sessions for the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single
4 recorded in October 1978 originally released on "A Factory Sample" in 1979
8 recorded in July–August 1979 during sessions for the "Transmission" single
10 recorded at the Moonlight Club London 3 April 1980
11-21 recorded at Birmingham University Live 2 May 1980.
Tracklisting:
1. Exercise One
2. Ice Age
3. The Sound Of Music
4. Glass
5. The Only Mistake
6. Walked In Line
7. The Kill
8. Something Must Break
9. Dead Souls
10. Sister Ray
11. Ceremony
12. Shadowplay
13. Means To An End
14. Passover
15. New Dawn Fades
16. Twenty Four Hours
17. Transmission
18. Disorder
19. Isolation
20. Decades
21. Digital
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Tracks 2007 reissue:
Disc One LP Still
Disc Two High Wycombe Hall Live 20 February 1980.
Tracklisting Disc One:
1. Exercise One
2. Ice Age
3. The Sound Of Music
4. Glass
5. The Only Mistake
6. Walked In Line
7. The Kill
8. Something Must Break
9. Dead Souls
10. Sister Ray
11. Ceremony
12. Shadowplay
13. A Means To An End
14. Passover
15. New Dawn Fades
16. Transmission
17. Disorder
18. Isolation
19. Decades
20. Digital
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Tracklisting Disc Two:
1. Sound Of Music
2. A Means To An End
3. Colony
4. Twenty Four Hours
5. Isolation
6. Love Will Tear Us Apart
7. Disorder
8. Atrocity Exhibition
9. Isolation
10. The Eternal
11. Ice Age
12. Disorder
13. Sound Of Music
14. A Means To An End
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"Warsaw" by Joy Division was the planned debut album.
The album is unofficial released in 1981 on RZM Productions and reissued in 1994 on Movieplay Gold. "Warsaw" contains all bootleg releases from the RCA sessions at Arrow Studios, Manchester, on 3 and 4 May 1978.
Tracks:
1-11 recorded at Arrow Studios, Manchester, May 1978
12 recorded at Britannia Row, March 1980
13-17 The Warsaw Demo, recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Manchester, 18 July 1977.
Track 1 is also known as "All Of This For You" and track 12 appeared on the 1980 "Komakino" flexi.
Tracklisting:
1. The Drawback
2. Leaders Of Men
3. They Walked In Line
4. Failures
5. Novelty
6. No Love Lost
7. Transmission
8. Living In The Ice Age
9. Interzone
10. Warsaw
11. Shadowplay
12. As You Said
13. Inside The Line
14. Gutz
15. At A Later Date
16. The Kill
17. You're No Good For Me
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"Preston 28 February 1980" by Joy Division, released in 1999 on NMC Music.
All tracks recorded live at The Warehouse in Preston.
Tracklisting:
1. Incubation
2. Wilderness
3. Twenty Four Hours
4. The Eternal
5. Heart And Soul
6. Shadowplay
7. Transmission
8. Disorder
9. Warsaw
10. Colony
11. Interzone
12. She's Lost Control
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"The Complete BBC Recordings" by Joy Division is a compilation album, released in 2000 on Strange Fruit and BBC Music.
Tracks:
1-4 recorded for the John Peel show 31 January 1979
5-8 recorded for the John Peel show 26 November 1979
9-10 recorded live for Something Else 1 September 1979
11 recorded for Radio One in 1979.
Tracklisting:
1. Exercise One
2. Insight
3. She's Lost Control
4. Transmission
5. Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. 24 Hours
7. Colony
8. Sound Of Music
9. Transmission
10. She's Lost Control
11. Ian Curtis And Stephen Morris Interviewed By Richard Skinner
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"Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979" by Joy Division, released in 2001 on NMC Music.
Tracks:
1-9 recorded live in Paris, 18 December 1979
10-12 recorded live in Amsterdam, 11 January 1980
13-16 recorded live in Eindhoven, 18 January 1980.
Tracklisting:
1. Disorder
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. Insight
4. Shadowplay
5. Transmission
6. Day Of The Lords
7. 24 Hours
8. These Days
9. A Means To An End
10. Passover
11. New Dawn Fades
12. Atrocity Exhibition
13. Digital
14. Dead Souls
15. Autosuggestion
16. Atmosphere
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"+ - Singles 1978-80" by Joy Division is a compilation box set, released in 2011 on Rhino Records. The box set contains 10 CD singles.
The original Joy Division non-album releases were spread over a variety of labels and of formats; 12" and 7" vinyl, 33 and 45 rpm, and all permutations thereof. They were first collected on the 10 track "Substance" LP and the 17 track CD version. There is only one extra disc, containing two tracks from "Closer", which were not released on a single at the time or thereafter.
Tracklisting:
1. Warsaw
2. Leaders Of Men
3. No Love Lost
4. Failures
5. Digital
6. Glass
7. Autosuggestion
8. From Safety To Where
9. Transmission
10. Novelty
11. Atmosphere
12. Dead Souls
13. Komakino
14. Incubation
15. As You Said
16. Love Will Tear Us Apart
17. These Days
18. She's Lost Control (12" Version)
19. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine Version)
20. Isolation
21. Heart And Soul
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