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 "13253", "13303" (both released in 1978), and "13283" (1979) as well as the classic singles compilation "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: "89019" (1993), '321902" (1996), "215559" (1999), "89031" (2003) and '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 "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.