Reply With QuoteBack when "pop punk" still had a good name.
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Sadly the Buzzcocks front man has died of a heart attack at 63. Great memories of the late 70s and their music.
RIP
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Back when "pop punk" still had a good name.
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Bugger. The holy trinity of single - Ever Fallen in Love, Promises and Everybody's Happy Nowadays are probably 3 of the best consecutive punk pup songs ever released by a band. A golden period, short lived but glorious.
Very sad to leave us so young. RIP Pete.
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Sad news
Got the "Spiral Scratch" EP when it first came out, and the first two albums on vinyl, plus some Buzzcocks collections on CD.
Good stuff!
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Very sad. The ultimate figure of the punk movement. Very underated song writer and musician. Forget the mohican look, real punks looked like Pete.
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Talented as Shelley was, that could only be Johnny Rotten.Originally Posted by jocksgloves
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Much as i like Rotten, he was a showman to me. Shelley encapsulated the anti-superstar ideal of the punk movement. Sounds pretensious, i know......
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I think he was more like the first Indie star really, didn't they put out the first real Indie records?
You say punk and I think Rotten, Vicious, Joey Ramone, Johnny Thunders, Pete Shelley is not who first comes to mind.
TBH I think the Buzzcocks original singer Howard Devoto was more "punk" than Pete Shelley.
Last edited by great_fire; 07-12-2018 at 10:58 PM.
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I suppose it depends on one's definition of punk. It's all rock and roll to me.
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Thought Homosapien was his best song.
Timeless
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