Pete Shelley Dead.

Sneech said:
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RIP Pete you were f***ing brilliant man


The Buzzcocks were right at the vanguard of new music back in the day, and they took punk in a different direction to the other bands on the scene. Unsung heroes in my eyes, and they were hugely influential if the massive amount of 'punk pop' bands that have followed, is anything to go by.
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Sitting here quite devastated - glad we saw them in the summer, always seemed to be so disinterested in what he was doing which allowed Diggle to entertain. They were different but like a lot of the early bands they had something else to offer. I wonder if the Manchester scene would have happened if it hadn't been for the Buzzcocks.
 


I swapped my copy of Everybody’s Happy Nowadays for my mate’s Kodak Instamatic camera.

RIP Pete. I was always convinced he was shagging someone at the BBC as they were never off Top of the Pops back in the day.
 
rip mate tawtlot including the ones he shouldn't have fallen in love with mate. cracking songwriter. manchester's lost a couple of goodns this year in him and mes there.
 
Never saw them live, but on all the interviews / documentaries he appeared in seemed a very likeable bloke and song writer to some of the most important music of the 80/90s. RIP

Stevie Freestein II said:
According to this (Tony Wilson in 24 hour party people) Shelley and devoto organised the 1976 sex pistols gig in Manchester.

42 people watching .... some great bands.

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Great film, buzzcocks paved the way for joy division/new order etc and a huge influence on music for the next 20 years
 
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Parkmaverick said:
Sitting here quite devastated - glad we saw them in the summer, always seemed to be so disinterested in what he was doing which allowed Diggle to entertain. They were different but like a lot of the early bands they had something else to offer. I wonder if the Manchester scene would have happened if it hadn't been for the Buzzcocks.
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You could probably make a case that Manchester may not have been regenerated the way it was ( and certainly as soon as it was ) without their influence. I can just hear Tony Wilson making that correlation and telling anyone who would listen how it was a fact.

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Sandboy said:
You could probably make a case that Manchester may not have been regenerated the way it was ( and certainly as soon as it was ) without their influence. I can just hear Tony Wilson making that correlation and telling anyone who would listen how it was a fact.

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I think that gig at the Lesser free trade hall cannot be underestimated - obviously not suggesting that Shelley and Devoto wanted anything more than to put a band on but those in the crowd went on to lay the foundations for PUNK outside of London, the indie scene, the Hacienda and eventually the Madchester scene.
 
Saw them at the Manor Quay (or whatever it's called these days) a few year ago - good turn. Sad loss - 63's nee age these days.

RIP

My mate's brother's band supported them back in the day. Me mate met Pete a few years ago and mentioned the fact. Pete asked what they were called. "The Carpettes" (pronounced like Laundrette). Pete replies rather camply, "ooooo the Carpettes, are they like pets for ya car?" :lol: :lol:
 
Sandboy said:
You could probably make a case that Manchester may not have been regenerated the way it was ( and certainly as soon as it was ) without their influence. I can just hear Tony Wilson making that correlation and telling anyone who would listen how it was a fact.

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Absolutely agree with that - without Shelley and Devoto, punk could have possibly never made it past Watford and could have been quickly forgotten
To me they were the disciples who took punk to all of us and as such, responsible for most of my favourite music.
His contribution to music and the rebirth of Manchester as a city can never be understated
 

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