Pete Shelley RIP

Tonight I type this with tears in my eyes and sadness in my heart on the news that the great Peter Campbell McNeish more commonly known as Pete Shelley, lead singer and guitarist of our beloved Buzzcocks has sadly died earlier today of a heart attack in Estonia where he now lives.

My heartfelt condolences go out to Peter's Family his current band mates Steve Diggle, Danny Farrant, Chris Remington and all of his former bandmates, friends and fans worldwide.

I last spoke to Pete at an event in Manchester earlier this year, a wonderful man who will be sorely missed by us all.

Peter Campbell McNeish RIP

1955-2018

Zig Zag Charts back in 1978

Some interesting positions for our favourite bands back in 1978.
 

Buzzcocks at The Electric Circus, 28 November 1976

Buzzcocks at The Electric Circus, 28 November 1976.

Not sure of the source for this pic and it might well be one of John Maher's from his scrapbooks that he's been posting via his @flyingmonkphoto Twitter account.  Incidentally if you love Buzzcocks (and if you don't why are you here?) then I would urge you to follow John's Tweets, they are a fantastic historical reference for Buzzcocks and related information.

Spiral Scratch Shirt

Thought I'd upload a few pics of my Spiral Scratch shirt for you to check out.  Hope you like it.

I wore it for the first time at the Buzzcocks gig 21/7/2017 at Uppermill Civic Hall.  Met the band after the gig backstage who liked it.

Ooh La La - Have I got an exclusive for you.

Check this out.

So there's this exhibition right of Buzzcocks (mk.1) and it will be up and running in Paris.

And they have expanded and exploded the box set and made it into bigger art.

And not only that but along with new re-imaged 'Spiral Scratch' poster from Malcolm Garrett (Yes! That Malcolm Garrett)and all of the items are on sale too.

This show actually opened last night and will close on Sunday the 26th of March the day after the Buzzcocks gig in Paris on the 25th but that's not all..........

On Sunday afternoon Pete Shelley, John Maher and Malcolm Garrett will actually be in attendance.

All the information can be found HERE at the official website and if you want to purchase the Poster you can do so HERE.

Buzzcocks - 40 Year Anniversary Box Set Arrives.

So, I'm down in London and I get the text from the courier your Buzzcocks box sets are due to be delivered today - Arghhh.

Fortunately I got back in time to take delivery and boy where these bad boys worth waiting for.  As collectors items go these are ace. 

Limited to just 1000 I got Boxes 233 and 235 One remains sealed and the other I have opened so you can see what's in it.

There's not many left though now so if you want one get online and order it from Domino records.

So here goes:

Times Up Vinyl LP.

7" Spiral Scratch E.P.
 

Downloads Postcard this allows you to get the MP3 and WAV files plus Breakdown Video from The Free Trade Hall gig 1976.

Booklet that has a great run down of the band at this time.

Shy Talk - Manchester Fanzine 

Various Postcards based upon Tickets and Flyers from Buzzcocks gigs.

Series of Photographs.

Repro Posters.

Repro of Spiral Scratch Master Tape Box Lid.

Badges.

Times Up CD.

Spiral Scratch E.P. CD.