Pete Shelley, who died at the age of 63 on 6th December 2018, was an English
punk rocker known best as the lead singer and guitarist of the 1970s band
Buzzcocks.
Born Peter Campbell McNeish in the town of Leigh in Greater Manchester, he
recorded a solo album titled 'Sky Yen' in 1974 before joining college friend
singer-songwriter Howard Devoto to form Buzzocks in 1976 releasing their first
EP 'Spiral Scratch' in 1977. Devoto left in 1977 but with Shelley as lead singer
and main songwriter, they went on to have three albums on the UK Albums Chart
with several tracks making th...