DER ENGLISCHE PUNK-PIONIER PETE SHELLEY (BUZZCOCKS) IST GESTORBEN

Der am 17. April 1955 in Leigh geborene englische Sänger, Songwriter und Gitarrist Pete Shelley (Bild) ist am 6. Dezember 2018 in Estland gestorben. Bekannt wurde er als Sänger und Gitarrist der Punk-Band Buzzcocks und durch seine anschliessende Solokarriere.

Foto: Bruce (kingArthur_aus), https://www.flickr.com/photos/theholygrail/8671979094/in/set-72157633299374229, 2013 – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pete-shelley.jpg

Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63

BBC music correspondent Lizo Mzimba said Buzzcocks, who formed in Bolton in the 1970s, were regarded as more polished, but musically no less influential, than the Sex Pistols.

The band have tweeted saying Shelley was «one of the UK’s most influential and prolific songwriters and co-founder of the seminal original punk band Buzzcocks».

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46476369

Co-founder of seminal punk band suffered suspected heart attack

Speaking in 2006 about his views on music, Shelley told the Guardian: «I’m not interested in being able to play. A musician is like another brand of entertainer.

»There are plenty of musicians that I enjoy watching that are entertainers. But I wouldn’t want to be that, because the thing with an entertainer is that there is always that dishonesty, which is what punk tried to get rid of.

Kevin Rawlinson

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/06/pete-shelley-lead-singer-of-buzzcocks-dies-at-63

Punk pioneer

The Buzzcocks stood alongside the Clash and the Sex Pistols as pioneers of British punk. Shelley and Howard Devoto formed the band in 1975, and after Devoto left, Shelley took over as the lead singer and songwriter, his melodic sneer pairing perfectly with the Buzzcocks‘ breakneck guitar attack.

Jon Blistein

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/buzzcocks-singer-pete-shelley-dead-63-764253/

Ex-Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock remembers Shelley as «one of the very few originals of punk».

https://www.nme.com/news/music/buzzcocks-singer-pete-shelley-has-died-aged-63-2417448

Buzzcocks-Sänger Pete Shelley ist tot

Die Buzzcocks waren eine der wichtigsten Punkbands der späten Siebzigerjahre. Jetzt ist ihr Sänger Pete Shelley gestorben. Er wurde 63 Jahre alt.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/pete-shelley-saenger-der-punk-band-buzzcocks-gestorben-a-1242408.html

Audios / Videos:

The Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=51OB2YoC4sg

BUZZCOCKS – Ever Fallen In Love (1978 Top Of The Pops UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terg_LPT3X0

Buzzcocks – Promises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=wLZ6DmL1qSI

Buzzcocks Everybody’s Happy Nowadays (2nd Time) Top Of The Pops 22.3.79. Punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIqaBBLHpZ0

Buzzcocks – What do I get

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=-EEPvXlTUnU

The Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict – 1977 45rpm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Mi995ggFU

Mehr:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzcocks

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Nachträge vom 7.12.2018:

Mit dem Buzzcocks-Gründer ist ein grosser Songwriter gestorben

Gings noch pubertärer? Nein, gings natürlich nicht, und das war auch gut so. Denn die Buzzcocks aus Manchester erschufen so einige der unkaputtbarsten Songs der so kurzen wie stürmischen Punkära.

Benedikt Sartorius

https://www.derbund.ch/kultur/pop-und-jazz/punkpionier-pete-shelley-gestorben/story/18238220

Er brachte Sex und Liebe in den Punk

Er spielte das berühmteste Solo des Punk, sang die rasantesten Teenagerhymnen und beeinflusste alle, die laute Gitarren und Pop-Melodien vereinen wollten: Pete Shelley, der Sänger der Buzzcocks, ist tot.

Felix Bayer

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/pete-shelley-nachruf-auf-den-buzzcocks-saenger-a-1242431.html