BUZZCOCKSBIOGRAPHY“Electric charge to blow you in, to the arms of raging sin / Wanna ride the tempest wind’Buzzcocks ‘Senses Out Of Control’In a darkening musical landscape where viral fads and AI-generated fakery share chart-space with the self-absorbed products of the nation’s stage schools, Buzzcocks shine out as a gleaming beacon of hope.A constant, ever-evolving presence over the last 45years of pop culture, the band’s legendary status will be set in stone —literally —with their inclusion in the Music Walk Of Fame in September, joining an illustrious roll call including David Bowie, The Who, Madness and Amy Winehouse.The band’s never-better live shows, meanwhile, are electrifying reminders of rock music’s power to inspire, educate and inform. All delivered with an energy and conviction of a band half their age.“It’s my lifeblood,” says Steve Diggle —68 years young —of a non-stop touring schedule which over the summer will see them play to thousands of fans across Europe and the UK.“I’ve still got the fire in my belly. Some musicians get bored of being on the road, but I’m institutionalised. I’ve done 50-odd years of staying in hotels. It’s what I signed up for. Ever since I saw Bob Dylan in the back of a black taxi in (D.A. Pennebaker’s 1967 documentary) Don’t Look Back, I always wanted to live this kind of life —being interviewed in the back of a black taxi on the way to the studio.”While most of their punk peers are content to traverse the globe in jukebox-style revueshows, Buzzcocks continue to move with the times, attracting new fans wherever they go. A case in point being the huge all-ages crowd the band pulled at the Iggy Pop-headlined Dog Day Afternoon in July.“There’s not a lot of intellectual or emotional thinking in music these days,” observes Steve. “People are being controlled. They’ll watch a video of someone falling over a banana skin and think they’re being entertained. They don’t real
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