#buzzcocks uk

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DISHING OUT ALL THE HITS IN '76: "BOREDOM," "TIMES UP," "FRIENDS OF MINE," "YOU TEAR ME UP," ETC...

PIC INFO: Spotlight on early BUZZCOCKS (with Howard Devoto), rehearsing in St Boniface's church hall, Salford, UK, c. August 1976, just down the road from the band's original rehearsal space (Howard's basement flat). The move was reportedly suggested by one of Howard's neighbours.

Source: https://x.com/flyingmonkphoto/status/1431178176420581378.

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"OUT NOW ON NEW HORMONES" -- CLASS OF '77.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the advert for BUZZCOCKS' seven inch EP "Spiral Scratch," originally released in January 1977, which ran in the UK's "SOUNDS" musical publication on August 18, 1979. This ad ran for the repressing of the EP, which was released with the words "vocals Howard Devoto." New Hormones (Manchester, UK).

Source: https://x.com/SoundsClips/status/1692469432491155849.

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FIRST WAVE UK PUNK IS ALWAYS GREAT, BUT IT'S "MOTÖRHEAD MONDAY" TODAY, SO...

PIC INFO: "Nostalgia for an age yet to come" -- Spotlight on a hand-drawn BUZZCOCKS concert poster, on Wednesday March 28th 1979, performing live at Friars Aylesbury (music club), Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK + the mighty MOTÖRHEAD, with GIRLSCHOOL (supporting), on Saturday March 31, 1979 (their landmark "Overkill" LP was released earlier that month).

Anyway, never seen this one before, and I wonder how much crossover appeal the MOTÖRHEAD gig carried with the BUZZCOCKS gig three days prior. In the end. After all, the Motörmasters were definitely construed as leaning more heavily into NWOBHM territory in '79, than the Buzzcocks angsty brand of power pop.

Sources: https://devorahostrov.blogspot.com/2017/07/while-buzzcocks-toured-usa-in-support.html.