THE TRUTH ABOUT: Steve diggle - The Untold Story

“We were part of the Manchester punk explosion – The Sex Pistols and the Clash were exciting and glamorous, we were quite avant garde”: Steve Diggle on the Buzzcocks’ surprising legacy and why he still relies on a 50-year-old solid-state amp

With the classic-era guitarist at the helm, U.K. punk-rock originals the Buzzcocks are nowhere near calling it quits

Guitar World · Jul 7

‘We invented karaoke!’ – how Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley swapped his punk-pop crown for synths, Spectrums and sexual censorship

PLAYBACK: Hits like ‘Ever Fallen in Love’ made the Mancunian punk’s sensitive bard – until he recast himself as a queer-pop electro pioneer and found himself banned by the BBC. Stevie Chick revisits a musical trailblazer

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

“The Moors Murderers’ Manchester was the same as our Manchester”: Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle on growing up next door to Myra Hindley and Ian Brady

The guitarist and co-founder says he had a close shave with the notorious killers as a kid

Louder · Aug 24, 2024