Pete Shelley - Homosapian

I first heard this song in the 90s on a collection of 80s New Wave CDs. I knew Pete Shelley as the lead singer of the Buzzcocks but not his solo work.

This song is amazing.

I still remember hearing a Buzzcocks song for the first time - it was "Orgasm Addict" and it grabbed me and never let go.

Equally I still remember hearing the Buzzcocks on the radio back in December of 2018 . . . and then another song right after. I just went, "Oh no . . . "

Sad to lose him, so great to have had him.

Magazine - Shot by Both Sides

This song alone should cement Magazine's place in Rock and Roll history:



The riff might sound familiar - if so, it's because Pete Shelley wrote it and gave it to his former Buzzcocks member and Magazine founder Howard Devoto. He then used it for the Buzzcock's song Lipstick:



Howard Devote gets songwriting credit on that one, and Pete Shelley on "Shot by Both Sides." Can't go wrong with that kind of post-split collaboration.