{"id":894,"count":3,"description":"Feb 1976\r\nPete Shelley real name Peter McNeish (born 1955 - died 2018), Howard Devoto real name Howard Trafford (born 1952). They decide to start a band and chance upon a headline: \"It's The Buzz, Cock!\"\r\n\r\nApr 1, 1976\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, Howard Devoto - vocals, Garth Davies (Smith) - bass, Mick Singleton - drums. Notes: One gig. No released recordings.\r\n\r\nJul 20, 1976 - Feb 1977\r\nPete Shelley - Starway guitar, Howard Devoto - vocals, Steve Diggle (born 1956) - bass, John Maher - drums\r\n\r\nMar 11, 1977 - Oct 7, 1977\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar\r\nJohn Maher - drums, Garth Smith - bass\r\n\r\nNov 1977\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, John Maher - drums, Barry Adamson (on loan from MAGAZINE) - bass\r\nBarry Adamson filled in on bass while they held auditions for a permanent bassist. This lineup played 6 dates in November to complete a tour. No released recordings.\r\n\r\nNov 1977 - Mar 6, 1981, (reformed) 1989, (reformed again) Jan 29 - Feb 18, 1992\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, keyboards, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, John Maher - drums, Steve Garvey (born 1958) - bass\r\nThe reformed group toured, but released no studio recordings. In 1992 they performed 11 gigs in Europe. There were no studio recordings.\r\n\r\nJan 31, 1990 - Dec 22, 1991\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals\r\nSteve Garvey - bass, Mike Joyce (ex VICTIM, ex SMITHS) - drums\r\n\r\nApr 21 - May 7, 1992\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Steve Garvey - bass, Steve Gibson (ex ICICLE WORKS) - drums. Ten gig tour in Australia and New Zealand. No released recordings.\r\n\r\nAug 25, 1992 - Apr 21, 2006\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals\r\nTony Barber - bass, Phil Barker - drums\r\n\r\nApr 21, 2006 - December 6, 2018\r\nPete Shelley - guitar, vocals, Steve Diggle - guitar, vocals\r\nTony Barber - bass, Danny Farrant - drums\r\n\r\nDecember 6, 2018 - present\r\nSteve Diggle - guitar, vocals, Chris Remington - bass\r\nDanny Farrant - drums, Mani Perazzoli (touring) \u2013 guitars, backing vocals","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/buzzcocks\/","name":"Buzzcocks","slug":"buzzcocks","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}