page_title: Buzzcocks
section_title: Band members
hierarchical_section_title: Buzzcocks / Band members
caption_attribution_description: English: Buzzcocks; Cropredy Festival, August 13 2009
context_page_description: Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. 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".
  Devoto and Shelley chose the name "Buzzcocks" after reading the headline, "It's the Buzz, Cock!", in a review of the TV series Rock Follies in Time Out magazine. The "buzz" is the excitement of playing on stage; "cock" is northern English slang meaning "friend". They thought it captured the excitement of the nascent punk scene, as well as having humorous sexual connotations following Peter Shelley's time working in a Bolton adult shop. Per the band, there is no "the" in Buzzcocks.
  Devoto left the band in 1977, after which Pete Shelley became the principal singer-songwriter.
context_section_description: Current
  Steve Diggle – guitar, vocals (1977–81, 1989–present); bass (1976–77)
  Chris Remington – bass (2008–present)
  Danny Farrant – drums (2006–present)
  Former
  Pete Shelley – vocals (1977–81, 1989–2018; his death), guitar (1976–81, 1989–2018; his death)
  Howard Devoto – lead vocals (1976–77, 2012)
  Garth Smith – bass (1976, 1977)
  Mick Singleton – drums (1976)
  John Maher – drums (1976–81, 1989, 1992, 2012)
  Barry Adamson – bass (1977)
  Steve Garvey – bass (1977–81, 1989–92, 2012)
  Mike Joyce – drums (1990–91)
  Steve Gibson – drums (1992)
  Tony Barber – bass (1992–2008)
  Phil Barker – drums (1992–2006)
  Timeline
caption: Band photo, at the Cropredy Festival, 13 August 2009
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