Buzzcocks
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![Buzzcocks performing in Porto Alegre, Brasil, 2006.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Buzzcocks_in_Porto_Alegre,_Brasil2904.jpg")
![Left to right: Steve Diggle, Pete Shelley, Danny Farrant and Chris Remington, performing live at Hellfest 2013.](/Images/godic/202501/02/W0809-Hellfest2013_Buzzcocks_713062904.JPG")
![Current band photo, at the Cropredy Festival, 13 August 2009](/Images/godic/202501/02/The_band_photo_of_the_Buzzcocks2904.jpg")
Buzzcocks are an English punk band, formed in Bolton in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto.
They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and indie rock. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, described by critic Ned Raggett as a "punk masterpiece".