Pete Shelley

8 articles
Audio interviews
The Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley (2007)
Interview by Mark Petracca, Rock's Backpages audio, 2007
The Buzzcocks' frontman looks back at the formation of the band with Howard Devoto, and at Devoto's subsequent exit; talks about himself as a songwriter and looks at his subsequent solo career.
File format: mp3; file size: 41.2mb, interview length: 44' 52" sound quality: *****
List of articles in the library
Pete Shelley: Origin of the Species
Interview by Mick Sinclair, Sounds, 16 January 1982
Pete Shelley discusses humanity with Mick Sinclair ...
Pete Shelley: Homosapien (Genetic)
Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 16 January 1982
SO LET'S consider the evolution of Pete Shelley from would be schoolboy glam pop poet, to starstruck love besotted voyager at the helm of the ...
Pete Shelley: Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Interview by Betsy Sherman, Boston Rock, 21 January 1982
PETE SHELLEY last appeared in these pages just over a year ago, during the Buzzcocks' final tour. They recorded three singles which were to lead ...
Pete Shelley: Let Your Fingers Do The Talking
Interview by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 16 April 1983
PETE SHELLEY STRIKES UP A DIALOGUE OF HIS OWN ON THE LINE TO MARTIN RUSHENT'S COUNTRY STUDIOS. RICHARD COOK PLAYS TELEPHONE OPERATOR AND LISTENS IN. ...
Interview by Jim Green, Trouser Press, August 1983
Back when the much-saluted bywords of British punk were "rebellion," "relevance" and "gritty realism," Manchester's Buzzcocks brought something fresh, pithy and even humorous to their ...
Shelley-Devoto: The Odd Couple
Interview by Adam Sweeting, Uncut, April 2002
YOU HAVE BEEN parachuted into the middle of 1976. Text messaging, Hear'Say and Osama Bin Laden belong to an unknowable future, but The Sex Pistols ...
The Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley (2007) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Mark Petracca, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 2007
This is a transcript of Mark's interview with Pete. Listen to the audio of the interview. ...
see also Buzzcocks
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