The Buzzcocks
Ian Fortnam, music365.com, 1999
SINCE THEIR initial formation, way back in 1976, Manchesters Buzzcocks have attained a genuinely legendary status in the hearts and minds of both aficionados of the bravely struck guitar and connoisseurs of timeless pop classicism. And their singular history goes something like this.
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