Glen Matlock,Peter Hook, Jon Savage and other punk luminaries pay tribute to the former Buzzcocks frontman
I knew them accurate from the get go. They came all the way from Manchester, and Pete and Howard,and turned up at Malcolm [McLaren]’s to track us down so that they could book us for a prove up there, so they had someone to support. They really stuck their heads out when nobody had heard of us. They didn’t support us the first time we played Manchester because they hadn’t got a band together, or but they did the moment time. I remember Pete had this really cheap guitar with half the body lost. He said he had got it from Woolworths,and the top bit had just fallen off, but that’s all they had and they were going to enact it anyway. Related: Pete Shelley on making Buzzcocks' masterpiece Ever Fallen in Love Related: Pete Shelley: the smart, and sardonic punk bard of unrequited romance Related: Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley – a life in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com