Buzzcocks

Digitally Remastered Triple CD Box Set that takes the concept behind the album "Singles Going Steady" to the ultimate degree, presenting all the band's A and B Sides in one neat package. Credited as one of the original creators of punk alongside The Damned, The New York Dolls and The Sex Pistols, this collection works through all of the band's albums from 1978's "Another Music In A Different Kitchen" through to 1999's "Modern". The album also includes an interview with Buzzcocks songwriters Steve Diggle and Tony Barber as well as several live, demo & rare tracks.

After Lou Reed left the Velvet Underground in 1970, the band staggered on without him for a few years, with bassist Doug Yule taking over as their frontman. Someone once described 1973's Squeeze, a misbegotten Yule solo effort somehow issued under the name the Velvet Underground, as something like gin and tonic without the gin. The notion of a Buzzcocks album without Pete Shelley – the lead singer, main songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who died in 2018 – seems every bit as unlikely and ill-starred. However, Steve Diggle, who was the group's lead guitarist from 1976 onward, clearly isn't ready to give up on his life's work.

Singles Going Steady is a compilation album by the Buzzcocks, featuring their UK single releases from 1977-1979, along with their corresponding B-sides. In 2003, the album was ranked number 358 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

If you're looking for a sterling example of how much a band can change by replacing a single member, you might consider Time's Up, a collection of the earliest recordings of the Buzzcocks. Recorded live to tape in one afternoon in October 1976, five months after they played their first gig, the music documented by these rough demos is almost instantly recognizable as the Buzzcocks, with their minimalist pop-punk melodies and buzzy guitar lines.