Who is Pete Shelley? Peter Campbell McNeish, known to us as Pete Shelley, was born 17th April 1955 at 42 Milton Street, Leigh, Lancashire. Pete sadly died on the 6th December 2018 at his home in Estonia. News that shocked a nation, genius and gone, but as a fellow Leigh born man, and big fan (we call ourselves Leythers in good traditional northern dialect), we lost part of the family. Leigh is quite a close community and we are quite proud of our town folk who found success. It isn’t a long list but in my opinion Pete sits up there as the biggest and the best. I was 13 when Pete and Buzzcocks recorded and released the Spiral Scratch EP. Very changing times and something that was very influential and inviting to your typical 13 year old. Coupled with the fact that we knew Pete was from Leig...
