So glad I finally saw them. Excellent concert!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 6 September 2014 04:57 (nine years ago) link
ex+
I missed them the first time around but saw their first reunion gig, all four present and correct. Senseless Things were support, both excellent.
A perfect reunion gig, exactly as they were before they split, basically.
― Mark G, Sunday, 7 September 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
(actually, thinking about it, their first was in Manchester but the audience response was a bit 'cool' according to Pete Shelley, so, 2nd reunion gig. Still have it on cassette)
― Mark G, Sunday, 7 September 2014 12:03 (nine years ago) link
Is anyone seeing Buzzcocks at any of these shows:
13 Chicago RIOT FEST14 Detroit St. Andrews Hall17 Los Angeles The Fonda Theatre18 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up19 Denver RIOT FEST20 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory - Bang Fest
I wanted to pick up their new CD in Philly but they sold out before the show was over and the places to get it on import are charging $25+ with shipping.
If someone going to one of those shows doesn't mind picking up a CD for me, I'll PayPal the cost + shipping to send it to me. Please email me if you can assist!
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 12 September 2014 13:27 (nine years ago) link
I saw them last night in Minneapolis, didn't even check out the merch table. Fun, fun show - a little disconcerting to see bearded, polo-shirted Pete, but they were killin' it. Diggle is my new rock hero.
― Dick Clownload (Dan Peterson), Friday, 12 September 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
Buzzcocks ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at50BIRxd5A
― geordie racer, Friday, 12 September 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
Wait is this lineup the original four?
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
Sorry, the original, post-DeVoto four
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I see, Mark G was referring to an earlier reunion.
― Colossal Propellerhead (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:13 (nine years ago) link
Diggle is my new rock hero.
Yup, it was Diggle that amazed me with his Townsendesque posturing when I saw them a few years back. Juxtaposed with a not quite sombre, (but getting there) static Shelley, blasting out gem after gem.
Great fun.
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
Happy birthday, Pete, 61 today!
http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/gfx/HiRes-12335.jpg
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 April 2016 12:38 (eight years ago) link
Happy Birthday, Pete!
― Freakshow At The Barn Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 April 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
This band is so good.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 January 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
Yes.
― Mark G, Monday, 15 January 2018 08:03 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfKdzpta-Ss
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
Anyone rep for the post-reunion stuff? I could go for a nice cherry picking of the best bits.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 10 December 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
Why did they break up after A Different Kind of Tension? Never heard much of a story about this.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 10 December 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
They did three (double A-side?) singles after that. Substance problems was one contributing factor.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Discussion of the end of the first run here: Buzzcocks Are Everything
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link