Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer songwriter guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Diggle. They are regarded as an important in...
Overleverne i Buzzcocks fik rystet Cannonball Festival godt og grundigt igennem.
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6 November 1978 Robin Denselow reviews Buzzcocks at the Hammersmith Odeon
Buzzcocks perfected pop-punk before it even existed. Their best songs contained the nervy balance between happy and sad: smiling and frowning weren’t an either/or, but layers of a single gloriously conflicted expression.
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