Pete Shelley, lead singer of iconic punk rock band The Buzzcocks, has died at 63 of a suspected heart attack, according to BBC News. Shelley passed away on Thursday in Estonia where he was living. Born in Leigh, England on April 17, 1955, Shelley grew up in a working class nuclear family. His mother was an ex-mill worker and his father was a fitter at the nearby Astley Green Colliery. He helped raise his younger brother, Gary. In 1975, Shelley met Howard Devoto at the Bolton Institute of Technology and formed the Buzzcocks after seeing the Sex Pistols perform in London. A year later, they would be opening for the punk rock outfit in Manchester. By 1977, the band self-released their first EP, Spiral Scratch, on their own New Hormones label. However, Devoto would leave shortly after to form ...
