Lead singer of Buzzcocks Pete Shelley Dies at 63*

Thank you so much for that, it is so obvious now you have pointed it out.
How can I of not realised that hebbin is heaven.

Seriously I hope the OP is not as thick as his post suggests he is...

 

Thick? Tis but a joke, good sir.

 

'have not realised', not 'of not realised'.

As you say, there's always hope...

 

R.I.P.

 

The BIT was a great place to score real old fashion acid and was certainly a significant factor in the local music scene.

1976 and the Rivington Festival, very hazy memories of Here & Now and I'm told Peter was there.

Then the 1976 Deeply Vale which foreshadowed the travelers festivals of the Rave period, Gong, Tractor, The Fall and acid, a places where those on the fringes congregated. These images convey the feel.


OMG @ 1.25,my girlfriend's walking away with food and I'm in the background scratching my eyebrow never seen that before

 

one of my favorite

 

RIP to one of the great homosapiens.

 

I saw all of them, including Sham, but not the first time round. People forget there was a major punk revival in the 80s, when many bands reformed.

PUNK ROCK REVIVAL

By John Cooper Clarke

the rip-off riff's authentic ring
a singer who can't really sing
can only mean one f00king thing
punk rock revival

affect the look of a man obsessed
predisposed to the predistressed
now you know you're properly dressed
punk rock revival

wear your hair the wrong way round
spike it up in a vaseline crown
button up your button down
punk rock revival

PVC and nylon fur
and D-rings are de rigeur
the way we are is the way we were
punk rock revival

 

I loved Buzzcocks singles as they each arrived, and the third album, A Different Kind of Tension, is their album masterpiece in my book.

I saw them twice in the 80s/90s at Brixton Academy, once with Mike Joyce on drums and once with the returned John Maher. I had tickets to see them at the same venue in April 1994, but fate cruelly intervened.

Saw them promoting various albums after that, the sets a mixture of new material with heavy helpings of the old tunes. One day I was cruising the HMV store near Oxford Circus and they did a free in-store show, packed with the usual energy and quality.

Next saw them at the Academy in 2012 at one of the Back To Front shows - was that really six years ago next May??

Buzzcocks “Back To Front” @ O2 Academy Brixton, London

Pete Shelley's first two post- Buzzcocks solo albums are also very good, while the third dropped a bit in quality. My best friend caught a 1981 or 1982 solo show performed with tapes in a small club in Oxford that he says was excellent.

 

I play his XL-1 album as often as the best Buzzcocks releases. This is a damn shame. I saw him play about 12 years ago and the band jumped around like kids.

 

Excellent, must read article on the band by Simon Reynolds in today's Pitchfork:

Remembering Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley, The First Sensitive Punk | Pitchfork

 

Agree, although I have to say that I don't consider their post-reunion albums (the ones I've heard) to be a significant step down. I listen to A Different Kind of Tension, Trade Test Transmissions and Flat-Pack Philosophy without ever being tempted to skip a single song.

Thanks for posting this. Great article.

 

Last interview from The Quietus a few years back

 

Grant Hart last year and this year Pete Shelley, my heroes are dying

 

Something's Gone Wrong Again. R.I.P. Pete.

 

"Ever Fallen in Love" was covered in the Shrek 2 movie and soundtrack, so hopefully that helped him financially somewhat. RIP Pete.

 

Published on Buzzcocks’ official Facebook page.
Let's get Buzzcocks 'Ever Fallen In Love' to Number 1 this week in tribute to Pete Shelley
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Good, long interview + audience Q&A with Pete from earlier this year. Mark E. Smith's sister makes a surprise cameo at 1:03.00 to ask a question and she's as spirited as her brother was.

 

Nice. Thanks.

 

9 minutes in and this is brilliant.

 

Some stunning lines in this. It's the sound of despair very well articulated:



'I've fallen from favour while trying to savour experience
I'm seeing things clearly but it has quite nearly blown my mind
It's the aim of existence to offer resistance to the flow of time'

 

Also

'Where in the world are we? Everything's fake, nothing's real'



I think A Different Kind of Tension is an incredible album. Pete Shelley's songs are intense. Steve Diggle's Mad Mad Judy sounding out of place is the only flaw to me.

 

I agree but Steve's take on You Know You Can't Help It makes it all worth it.

A Different Kind of Tension and Singles Parts 1,2,3 are my fave Buzzcocks recordings. (I like all the other albums tho)

 

Without turning this into a political thread, this one hits a little too close to home these days:

 

No Brian and Michael?