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, [a=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, [a=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 "Another Music In A Different Kitchen", "Love Bites" (both released in 1978), and "A Different Kind Of Tension" (1979) as well as the classic singles compilation "Singles Going Steady" (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, [a=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, [a=Philip Barker] - drums
- This line-up recorded and released five albums: "Trade Test Transmissions" (1993), 'All Set" (1996), "Modern" (1999), "Buzzcocks" (2003) and 'Flat-Pack Philosophy" (2006)

In April 2005 Barker quit and was replaced Danny Farrant on drums. Barber quit in April 2008 and was in turn replaced by [a=Chris Remington] on bass. This line-up released the album "The Way" in 2014. Pete Shelley passed away on December 6, 2018, and from then on theband continued with [a=Mani Perazzoli] as a touring member on guitars and backing vocals.