UNCUT

BUZZCOCKS

Sonics In The Soul

CHERRY RED

7/10

Mancunian punk perennials show there’s life after Pete Shelley.By Dave Simpson

CAN there really be a Buzzcocks without Pete Shelley? The singer-songwriter, who died in 2018, fronted the band for 41 years, writing or co-writing hundreds of songs including such copper-bottomed classics as “What Do I Get?” and “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’tve)”. His death leaves a massive hole. And yet, lest we forget, Shelley himself stepped into a similar space

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