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Buzzcocks: 30 - Buzzcocks
30 years of hormones and heartbreak on one riotous album
Over 30 years since Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle thrust forth their new Buzzcocks supporting The Clash on the White Riot tour, their time seems to have come as survivors from the Class Of ’76 who’ve kept their power, integrity and energy, going on the rampant rendition of one of rock’s greatest catalogues captured here at last December’s storming gig at London’s Forum.
The set was a blistering, career-straddling epic, reaching back to early anthems such as Boredom, Orgasm Addict and What Do I Get, while stretching forward to last year’s Flat-Pack Philosophy album. Buzzocks always tried to push sonic boundaries, with the ferociously complex rhythms of Operator’s Manual and Moving Away From The Pulsebeat, while never diluting their guitar attack or lovelorn pop sensibility so beautifully expressed on gems the likes of Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t Have). In the middle of punk’s nihilistic whirlpool, songs like You Say You Don’t Love Me were pretty brave. Bassist Tony Barber and drummer Danny Farrant are suitably unflinching, while Shelley and Diggle are obviously having the time of their lives along with the crowd. A magic night.
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Reviewed by Kris Needs
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