...whatever your politics, some fine speeches at the funeral of George HW Bush. A nice send off.
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...whatever your politics, some fine speeches at the funeral of George HW Bush. A nice send off.
Alan Whittle
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Pete Shelley, lead singer of The Buzzcocks, reported dead of a heart attack. (63).
Great band, great voice. RIP.
Great band, great voice. RIP.
Great band very much of the time sad news RIP
Alan Whittle
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Yes, some top, original tracks. Apropos nothing at all, for years I thought they did
"I'm in love with the girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Check-Out Desk" (it was The Freshies) but it SO sounds like Pete Shelley on lead vocals.
bigjonny
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Yes sad news , "What do I get ?" is a great song.
Wow, they were still touring recently too.
Didn’t even know he was that old.
One of the sounds of my teen years
Love bites -brilliant album, I wore it out as an LP.
Eggsyblueskin
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Very sad day. One of my favourite bands who I’ve been lucky enough to see many times from 77 to recently. Will be sorely missed.
Gutted but grateful for the memories.
Gutted but grateful for the memories.
Love Bites, first album I ever bought. Loved the Buzzcocks RIP Pete lad.
That sucks. RIP These guys were huge in my early life. My buddy in 5th grade (age 10??) was one of those kids who had older, very hip siblings and cool parents. So when his high-school aged brother/sisters threw a party, me and my buddy were allowed to sit in the periphery. I recall they had the buzzcocks on the turntable--A different Kind of Tension--and really digging it. I was later able to see them in 1984 or about them, and they are still in heavy rotation as of late. I find it funny that their songs are catchy pop-masterpieces, but in the era they were written in, they were called punk.
RIP
Shelley had such a unique sounding voice, he still sounds like like a 15 year old whacking off in his bedroom. They made punk easy to get into.
Just a couple of years ahead of my time but they were a massive influence on so many of the band's of my youth.
centralTon
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Sad news. First saw them at the old Glasgow Apollo supported by Joy Division, happy days. RIP.
The first band I was in used to play "Boredom". In fact it was pretty much the first song we learned to play together.
So many perfect songs in their catalogue. They drew from a wider range of influences than many of their contemporaries and had a such a great ear for melody. Should've been much bigger than they were.
So many perfect songs in their catalogue. They drew from a wider range of influences than many of their contemporaries and had a such a great ear for melody. Should've been much bigger than they were.
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