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.
VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"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
VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
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
VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
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