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Buzzcocks

Seminal UK Punk band formed by Pete Shelley (1955-2018) and Howard Devoto in Bolton in February 1976. They start the band and chance upon a headline: "It's The Buzz, Cock!" Apr 1, 1976: Pete Shelley - guitar, Howard Devoto - vocals, Garth Smith - bass, Mick Singleton - drums. - One gig. No released recordings. Jul 20, 1976 - Feb 1977: Pete Shelley - Starway guitar, Howard Devoto - vocals, Steve Diggle (born 1956) - bass, John Maher - drums Mar 11, 1977 - Oct 7, 1977: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, John Maher - drums, Garth Smith - bass Nov 1977: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, John Maher - drums, Barry Adamson (on loan from MAGAZINE) - bass - Adamson filled in on bass while they held auditions for a permanent bassist. This lineup played 6 dates in November to complete a tour. No released recordings. Nov 1977 - Mar 6, 1981: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, keyboards, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, John Maher - drums, Steve Garvey (born 1958) - bass - This is the line-up that released the 3 studio albums "[m=13253]", "[m=13303]" (both released in 1978), and "[m=13283]" (1979) as well as the classic singles compilation "[m=13268]" (with the exception that 2 songs feature Smith on bass instead of Garvey). They disbanded in 1981. (reformed) 1989, (reformed again) Jan 29 - Feb 18, 1992: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, keyboards, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, John Maher - drums, Steve Garvey - bass - The reformed group toured, but released no studio recordings. In 1992 they performed 11 gigs in Europe. There were no studio recordings. Jan 31, 1990 - Dec 22, 1991: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Steve Garvey - bass, Mike Joyce (ex VICTIM, ex SMITHS) - drums Apr 21 - May 7, 1992: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Steve Garvey - bass, Steve Gibson (ex ICICLE WORKS) - drums. - Ten gig tour in Australia and New Zealand. No released recordings. Aug 25, 1992 - Apr 21, 2006: Pete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Tony Barber - bass, Philip Barker - drums - This line-up recorded and released five albums: "[m=89019]" (1993), '[m=321902]" (1996), "[m=215559]" (1999), "[m=89031]" (2003) and '[m=89025]" (2006) In April 2005 Barker quit and was replaced Danny Farrant on drums. Barber quit in April 2008 and was in turn replaced by Chris Remington on bass. This line-up released the album "[m=712923]" in 2014. Pete Shelley passed away on December 6, 2018, and from then on theband continued with Mani Perazzoli as a touring member on guitars and backing vocals.