More than just a punk band, the British Buzzcocks, who emerged from Bolton near
Manchester in 1976, created a unique style somewhere between arty rock and new
wave, and delivered several early classics including "Orgasm Addict", "What Do I
Get?" and "Ever Fallen in Love", scattered between the Spiral Scratch EP (1977)
and the trilogy of albums Another Music in a Different Kitchen (1978), Love
Bites (1978) and A Different Kind of Tension (1979). Emboldened by this status,
the punk scene's first independent band, which briefly featured singer Howard
Devoto (later Magazine), broke u...