When we lost Pete Shelley in 2018, we also lost the chance to hear him tell the stories behind some of the songs we love so well… Or so it seemed. In 2020, recordings surfaced of a series of long, personal and in-depth interviews between Pete and close friend Louie Shelley. The two had spent hours discussing details of Pete’s life, moving song-by-song through Buzzcocks’ output to reveal his memories of the punk explosion and the influences on his songwriting. Now, to be published in print for the first time, and with the blessing of Pete’s estate, these conversations offer us the chance to hear one of the finest songwriters of a generation in his own words at last. The lovingly-produced book will also include photographs and colour plate sections with previously unseen photographs ta...
