The Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley: An Interview w/ The Original Queer Punk

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @potentialfrenzy96
    @potentialfrenzy96 9 лет назад +113

    Met Pete in 1991 my band opened up for the Buzzcocks at the MIlk Bar in Jacksonville Fl The entire band were the nicest people I ever met in the music business. He was so kind to our band that I will never forget it. He made my High School Musical Fantasy come true all because he and the band we just nice and friendly. Thank you! Pete!!!!

    • @seanmacgeoghegan3402
      @seanmacgeoghegan3402 7 лет назад +8

      David Higgins. Pete gets no recognition in his home town of Leigh (which is a pretty macho place) despite his international recognition and people like yourself grasping his special place in modern culture.

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 6 лет назад +4

      Hi m8 I will miss Pete Shelley from the Buzzcocks. I'm a mega big Human League fan myself. Who lv seen play live 18times live in total. And I have been lucky enough to have met the Human League Sweet ♥️ s IE Joanne Catherall ♥️ and Susan Sulley and Phillip Oakey 2 face to face and 5 times in Joanne Catheralls case. Who's partly responsible 4 the best night of my life so far . Even though the free taxi home from Brighton 2 Portsmouth where I live in and play Chess 4 on the night in question wasn't planned.

  • @PaulChapman1bz
    @PaulChapman1bz 5 лет назад +54

    The smile at the end is golden. Rest peacefully, Pete Shelley.

    • @AV9000x
      @AV9000x 2 года назад +3

      He can't read your comment. He's dead!

    • @AV9000x
      @AV9000x 2 года назад +1

      @Trixie K Keep it to yourself next time, you HPV princess.

  • @chrisinfidel
    @chrisinfidel 2 года назад +9

    I had the pleasure of supporting Buzzcocks with our band back in the early to mid noughties in Lincolnshire.
    Have to say that Pete was a real gentleman and remembered my name from the first support.
    Together we played the last gig at Cleethorpes Winter Gardens (before it's demolition) and I mentioned to Pete that the stage decor hadn't changed since the 1976 Anarchy Tour, to which he pulled a picture out of his pocket of the stage and them playing and we both agreed that it had not changed. RIP Pete, nice man!

  • @jamesholland2519
    @jamesholland2519 6 лет назад +82

    A talented, modest and lovely bloke was Pete Shelley. How different to the manufactured narcissistic fools who followed.

    • @leonkingsley4467
      @leonkingsley4467 3 года назад +1

      I realize I'm kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to watch new movies online ?

    • @justusyael6708
      @justusyael6708 3 года назад

      @Leon Kingsley i watch on FlixZone. Just google for it :)

    • @piercealec1971
      @piercealec1971 3 года назад

      @Leon Kingsley i would suggest FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

    • @hankjavion7657
      @hankjavion7657 3 года назад

      @Leon Kingsley Lately I have been using FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)

  • @pilarzj
    @pilarzj 6 лет назад +32

    I was cranking Singles Going Steady in the afternoon while doing some shit around the house. Then I got the news about Pete that evening ( I read the news today, oh boy....") . Hope Pete knows how much he meant to us music geeks ( I'm 60). Buzzcocks ( and Homosapien) were sheer fun. And he's such a nice guy to boot....RIP

    • @BoudicaJ
      @BoudicaJ Год назад

      We had a bad couple of years didn't we? Bowie and Pete I mean

  • @motorcop505
    @motorcop505 9 лет назад +44

    Peter Shelley is a legend, regardless what your sexual preference is. This shows that he is humble and has a lot of class, too. As a radio DJ back then I loved playing the Buzzcocks and Peter Shelley's solo work. Homosapien is still one of the best songs of the 80's, as is You Say You Don't Love Me. What a great guy.

    • @pauleyles9536
      @pauleyles9536 6 лет назад +2

      I wonder if Pete Shelley from the Buzzcocks was a good Chess player. Like I am.

  • @superfuzzymomma
    @superfuzzymomma 6 лет назад +44

    This man could write a hook like nobodies business. Safe Journey, Sir.

  • @kbinco
    @kbinco 6 лет назад +40

    RIP Pete Shelley. The music will live on forever.

  • @jackiebrown7229
    @jackiebrown7229 5 лет назад +9

    Absolutely loved Pete Shelley. Met him in the 80's and a nicer guy you couldn't get. Thanks for the fab songs that kept me awake at night. ❤️

  • @PatrickAlanMcL
    @PatrickAlanMcL 11 лет назад +70

    As well as being an iconic songwriter, what a nice guy.

    • @LaughingStock_
      @LaughingStock_ 7 лет назад +9

      Yep - the kind of guy that would be a pleasure to share a pint with.

    • @beastieboy9286
      @beastieboy9286 6 лет назад +2

      Martin Hugh met him and jammed with him what an absolute pleasure then bumped into the whole band with john robb at oxford road station in manchester legends but john robb (goldblade) was the least friendly

    • @ciaranriley5028
      @ciaranriley5028 6 лет назад +4

      Yep Patrick iconic songwriter who was underated in the UK

  • @guyinsf
    @guyinsf 8 лет назад +33

    The Buzzcocks wrote melodies that other punk bands could only dream of.

  • @nedih1968
    @nedih1968 6 лет назад +17

    Make the most of these guys and bands while they are around, we reminisce when it’s too late. RIP

  • @ChrisWrightOM1
    @ChrisWrightOM1 5 лет назад +17

    Pete Shelley bought me a gin and tonic in around 1993.

  • @jonathanmitchell9886
    @jonathanmitchell9886 6 лет назад +17

    Pete Shelley is great: so unpretentious and down to earth. It's the same quality that's always been evident in his songwriting.

    • @Metal_Horror
      @Metal_Horror Год назад +1

      He totally emphasizes that he's just an everyday guy. Very humble. Inspiring gyy

  • @guydwelly
    @guydwelly 10 лет назад +23

    A really frank and pleasant interview. Good work. Just shows what a humble talent the great Pete Shelley reall is.

  • @chrisnagy1429
    @chrisnagy1429 6 лет назад +23

    Yay. Pete Shelley. RIP dude. Saw you 3 times and always had fun. Who cares if your gay, you're just normal. I loved all your stuff. Homosapien album blew me away as all those ep's and the Telephone Operator album, brilliant. You are sorely missed my brother. Some of the best lyrics ever. I hope to get a good eulogy right someday for you. You are definitely still alive in my heart.

  • @bryanclouse9579
    @bryanclouse9579 4 года назад +7

    He wrote the soundtrack of my teen years...and I am straight. RIP Pete, your music lives on.❤

  • @carlomarkx3430
    @carlomarkx3430 11 лет назад +71

    didn't know he was gay bi or whatever. doesn't really matter. I still love me some buzzcock.

    • @elvicare35
      @elvicare35 9 лет назад +3

      +Carlo Markx The music?

    • @A2Z83
      @A2Z83 6 лет назад +5

      Shelley got banned by the bbc for his song Homosapien because it was gay.

    • @UrbanSpaceman100
      @UrbanSpaceman100 5 лет назад +1

      wahey...!!

    • @PaulChapman1bz
      @PaulChapman1bz 5 лет назад +4

      @@A2Z83 Yet if it was released today it'd probably be on the radio one playlist immediately.

    • @johndotcue
      @johndotcue 4 года назад +3

      Yeah he wrote many of his songs about dudes he fell in love with.

  • @gordonjohnston9865
    @gordonjohnston9865 9 лет назад +18

    Pete Shelley, legend. He put this particular interviewer in his place.

  • @ciaranriley5028
    @ciaranriley5028 6 лет назад +21

    I'm gonna miss you Pete thank you for memories

  • @exeuroweenie
    @exeuroweenie 6 лет назад +6

    Buzzcocks were amazing live.Dearly departed Shelley winked at me once and did "Breakdown" as per my request.

  • @gavhinds8190
    @gavhinds8190 6 лет назад +30

    R.I.P. Pete..

  • @Morra5472
    @Morra5472 3 года назад +4

    I simply love his "On your own"... Its and old track yeah and i feel that Pete was before his time for sure.

  • @elliotprice278
    @elliotprice278 6 лет назад +7

    So glad I got to see him front the Buzzcocks, RIP Pete

  • @4Mr.Crowley2
    @4Mr.Crowley2 8 лет назад +12

    Does the interviewer understand how closely linked NEW WAVE (not "electronica") and punk were in the late 70s?! How revolutionary the early new wave aesthetic was?! Also, he sounds like he read about Kraftwerk on Wikipedia.

  • @primalengland
    @primalengland 2 года назад +1

    Just put a video up on my channel celebrating a tribute just installed in Pete’s old town of Leigh in Lancashire. I knew Pete as a kid. We lived round the corner from each other. We also played briefly in a band before he met Howard at Bolton College and formed Buzzcocks. RIP Magpie. (His boyhood nickname)

  • @jeffkharpoharpo3472
    @jeffkharpoharpo3472 6 лет назад +7

    "Rest in Peace " Pete Shelly Your music lives on!!

  • @mikethebloodthirsty
    @mikethebloodthirsty 5 лет назад +9

    The Buzzcocks were up there with The Fall, What the F*** happened in Manchester that so many great bands came out of it???.

    • @PaulChapman1bz
      @PaulChapman1bz 5 лет назад +3

      Literally nothing. A stagnant city with few prospects gives creative people the time to nurture brilliant art.

  • @dawnlonergan7124
    @dawnlonergan7124 3 года назад +2

    One of the most talented musicians I've ever seen. I used to frequent his brother Gary's record shop in Leigh. Saw the Buzzies live many times. Sadly missed. RIP

  • @Novadrome
    @Novadrome 6 лет назад +18

    Rest in peace, legend.

  • @tobyharris9233
    @tobyharris9233 8 лет назад +12

    Great musician from a legendary band.

  • @GNeuman
    @GNeuman 13 лет назад +26

    An absolute hero for the bi-community........

    • @palominox64
      @palominox64 2 года назад +2

      Hero to the punk and the rock community. If it was the 80's and your club, disco or house party didn't spin the Buzzcocks your club disco or house party wasn't shit. Any buzzcocks or Pete Shelly song came on, the entire building rushed to the dance floor in frenzy. He's canon.

  • @Ojb_1959
    @Ojb_1959 6 лет назад +9

    UNDERRATED BUT HIGHLY RATED IN MY MIND & A MUSICAL GENIUS IS PETE SHELLEY PERIOD.

  • @pilarzj
    @pilarzj 6 лет назад +30

    All roads lead to Bowie........

    • @joseaquino8773
      @joseaquino8773 5 лет назад +1

      *Lou Reed

    • @johndotcue
      @johndotcue 4 года назад +4

      @@joseaquino8773 Lou, Bowie, and Iggy. All three of them.

    • @glitch373
      @glitch373 4 года назад +3

      I mean if you wanna do the flow chart properly it'd go Lou --> Bowie --> Iggy

    • @carnivalimusic
      @carnivalimusic 9 месяцев назад

      Elvis Presley?

  • @nyquilcoma645
    @nyquilcoma645 11 лет назад +22

    Bought "Singles Going Steady" in 78/79? Can't remember. Never looked back. Pete's the King of melodic punk pop. Known he was gay for decades. Never bothered me, why should it bother you? Wrote some of my favorite tunes.

    • @garyemoss3260
      @garyemoss3260 9 лет назад +2

      Interesting didn't know the album came out in the USA as a introduction to Buzzcocks 2 years before it was release (as a greatest hit's,) in the UK in 1981.

    • @elvicare35
      @elvicare35 9 лет назад

      +Nyquilcoma Yeah, like Elton John, if it's good music......

  • @tomcross3000
    @tomcross3000 2 года назад +1

    such a grounded, down to earth artist as were and are his bandmates. those of us who have been up close, know what i mean, and those are many because they were out of the world generous. we ache for pete shelley

  • @Thecrazyvaclav
    @Thecrazyvaclav 2 года назад +2

    Top bloke, top band, classic catchy songs, I really hope Pete knew how much he was loved by his fans

  • @midwichyouthclub
    @midwichyouthclub 6 лет назад +5

    I love Pete Shelley - would love to make an electronic album with him.

  • @BoudicaJ
    @BoudicaJ 8 лет назад +5

    I love Pete...my fave band for 35+ years

  • @maximusmaxwell4392
    @maximusmaxwell4392 6 лет назад +18

    pete looks like a randy farmer from devon

    • @1959ticktock
      @1959ticktock 6 лет назад +3

      So he does. And I should know!

    • @sgillespie13
      @sgillespie13 6 лет назад +2

      He looks like the dark underbelly of the Archers.

    • @alipanez1973
      @alipanez1973 5 лет назад +2

      Aren't they the best kind?

  • @darrenlee1938
    @darrenlee1938 6 лет назад +6

    RIP. Lovely bloke genius writer

  • @Paul.in.Ireland
    @Paul.in.Ireland 6 лет назад +13

    Rest well mate....

  • @godsvoice1109
    @godsvoice1109 3 года назад +3

    My Record collection is up for sale. Except for one record. An unused copy of the album, Homosapien. Just sitting there to remind me of early memories of me dancing with my Dog to that song when no one was at home. I find it quite interesting that homosexuals seem to write the nicest love songs.
    I wonder if people notice that.

    • @Morra5472
      @Morra5472 3 года назад

      His whole solo album back in those days is brilliant. Sad that "Homosapien" was banned by most channels... But hey that is Punk!-

    • @godsvoice1109
      @godsvoice1109 3 года назад

      @@Morra5472 Any reason it was banned for. ? It’s just that I’ve got the sex pistols song , ‘God save the Queen’, on my mind at the moment, and that wasn’t banned.

    • @girlsmakegraves
      @girlsmakegraves 2 года назад

      @@godsvoice1109 the BBC for one didnt like it alluding to gay sex

  • @LisaOpal
    @LisaOpal Год назад

    I was part of a club that revolved around a pop television show in Australia called Countdown. It was one of the most viewed shows on Australian television in the 70's and 80's, and a lot of kids that were in the ''Countdown club'' were gay. When Countdown played Pete Shelley's ''Homosapien'' music video, the viewers took to it immediately and the song zoomed all the way up into the Australian Top 10. The gay kids that were in the closet were determined to see the song become a big hit in Australia. Months later, they gave Joe Jackson's ''Real Men'' the same push and it too became a massive hit in Australia.
    ''Homosapien'' is an important song to a lot of people.

  • @nexioseptimus5099
    @nexioseptimus5099 7 лет назад +5

    From the late 1800s to around the end of WWII, the label 'punk' was a derogatory term meaning "queer" ... etymologyonline says "worthless person; underworld slang first attested 1904, with overtones of 'catamite'". (It is attested all the way back to the 1700s with the meaning 'prostitute', then shifted to male prostitutes, thence 'gay male' in general.) As with all marginal groups, what started out as an insult became a badge of honor: queer, nerd, bitch, whatever your thing is, *own* it, because then they can't hurt you with it anymore. So 'young punk' went from doubly dire insult to an identifying name for the set of all people who don't belong in a set.
    Pete Shelley was punk squared. And he managed to stay human. Serious respect.

    • @singmetosleepidontwanttowa7492
      @singmetosleepidontwanttowa7492 5 лет назад

      Wow I didn't I now this thanks 🌈

    • @s.gharavi1614
      @s.gharavi1614 4 месяца назад

      Yeah, no one thought that at the time. No one. Punk literally has no direct link to homosexuality. That so many musicians and artists are homosexual, including punk rockers, was an association made much much later.

  • @userscn
    @userscn 8 лет назад +8

    he's fabulous. so kind and thoughtful.

  • @petebest22
    @petebest22 Год назад +1

    What a lovely down to earth guy Pete was , so sad he's not with us anymore 😔

  • @michelleley45ley65
    @michelleley45ley65 2 года назад +1

    Love you ,Pete...always great! Take care of Austin!

  • @martinmartin8871
    @martinmartin8871 6 лет назад +3

    RIP thanks for the music!

  • @shaunw9270
    @shaunw9270 Год назад

    Sixteen Again is one of my favourite songs. The melancholy! One can feel sixteen again at any age 😊❤

  • @manoloxines9113
    @manoloxines9113 6 лет назад +7

    May you rest in peace LEGEND!

  • @b4itcools
    @b4itcools 10 лет назад +13

    I like the realness of this interview. Above average every day cock from Manchester that doesn't brag or claim anything that ain't true here. Humility with a hammer.

    • @stevenredd
      @stevenredd 10 лет назад +6

      For real. And to think, I listened to this as a confused teenager in Idaho and he was queer like me. LOL Life's funny ennit?

    • @elvicare35
      @elvicare35 9 лет назад

      +stevenredd Er ah, isn't that innit?

    • @stevenredd
      @stevenredd 9 лет назад

      I think it depends on where yer frum

  • @jawkneekat
    @jawkneekat 13 лет назад +6

    What a sweet genius. Thanks.

  • @BillStreeter
    @BillStreeter 6 лет назад +4

    RIP Pete! Sad to hear of his passing!

  • @cpfcselhurst8159
    @cpfcselhurst8159 6 лет назад +4

    Love bites classic 2 nd album rip

  • @bertsbooks2505
    @bertsbooks2505 10 месяцев назад

    Spoke to him a couple of times, he was a lovely fella.

  • @sharonrodgers1136
    @sharonrodgers1136 7 месяцев назад

    I’ve got Pete Shelley’s autograph on a lot of albums and singles I met him at QUI in Glasgow where his guitarist was not able to appear and he had a backup guitarist and that turned out to be sSlash from guns and roses

  • @latinhouseparty
    @latinhouseparty 6 лет назад +11

    Rest in peace

  • @chickenzalfrezi
    @chickenzalfrezi 6 лет назад +1

    FML.....never saw this coming. 😦 rip, legend.

  • @mickdevlin
    @mickdevlin Год назад +1

    Probably the loveliest man who ever lived.

  • @nobletrashspencer
    @nobletrashspencer 8 месяцев назад

    An absolute genius. Huge influence to my band noble trash. ❤

  • @jambutty2218
    @jambutty2218 3 года назад +2

    Must be really hard, having to explain songs you wrote when younger. That were possibly just words that rhymed.

  • @keith-leecastle6700
    @keith-leecastle6700 6 лет назад +3

    Come on...Genius....Can you imagine..1976 and gay!

  • @BRMBug
    @BRMBug 10 лет назад +6

    Huh. Never knew he was a gentleman who prefers gentlemen. Interesting interview.

    • @IAmTheBestMang
      @IAmTheBestMang 6 лет назад +5

      @@JoseGonzalez-lb5mv He's bi, not gay.

  • @deadlift99
    @deadlift99 11 лет назад +8

    absolute hero full stop

  • @nickrophiliac7469
    @nickrophiliac7469 6 лет назад +1

    I once saw Erasure in the mid 80s (though could've been the Communards- same venue, similar period) in London, supported by a group called Buzz. They were three guys, guitar-playing singer, other guitarist & bassist, backed by sequenced drums and other bits, including live concert crowd applause/cheering sounds. My friends & I thought they were shit. It's only recently occurred to me that it might've been Pete Shelley and others doing a rock/electronic crossover thing. I do wonder...(?)

  • @vinceiswatchingyou
    @vinceiswatchingyou 6 лет назад +1

    This guy will live forever. RIP

  • @carnivalimusic
    @carnivalimusic 9 месяцев назад

    Can’t hear the audio clearly.

  • @carlospagi
    @carlospagi 8 лет назад +11

    Ace bloke.

  • @Teeb2023
    @Teeb2023 Год назад

    It's unfortunate that Kraftwerk's music gets labelled as "cold", mainly due to The Robots and so on. There is much "warmth" in plenty of their lesser-known songs. Radioland, Tanzmusik, etc...

  • @Christopher1889
    @Christopher1889 2 года назад +1

    Make a statement in Life. RIP Pete.

  • @edmundot
    @edmundot 6 лет назад +6

    RIP genius

  • @ricardoa.mendoza8487
    @ricardoa.mendoza8487 2 года назад +2

    I hate to hear when a band is called "underrated". The Buzzcocks were light years ahead of others. As time goes by people will better understand the key role that The Buzzcocks played in molding many of the acts that followed. Personally, I would place them at the same level as The Clash and the Sex Pistols.

  • @steve261brown
    @steve261brown 6 лет назад +4

    LEGEND. RIP.

  • @angelicskin7756
    @angelicskin7756 6 лет назад +2

    class band and a great singer,rip

  • @1981desiderata
    @1981desiderata 12 лет назад +6

    true punk

  • @bowecho
    @bowecho 6 лет назад

    Oh Pete. I adore your music.

  • @pointnozzleaway
    @pointnozzleaway 6 лет назад

    Makes No matter to me....Awesome guy...gonna miss his music influence !

  • @Metal_Horror
    @Metal_Horror Год назад

    Such a cool guy and what a musician.

  • @craigjones5207
    @craigjones5207 6 лет назад +2

    R.i.p.thanks the legend!!

  • @cquilty1
    @cquilty1 6 лет назад +2

    Camp as christmas is the lad!

  • @dixgun
    @dixgun 6 лет назад +5

    He always seemed more “ally” like Gary Numan and David Bowie ... basically heterosexual guys who weren’t afraid of their feminine sides, who found acceptance in gay clubs when they were young and so they were thought of as bisexual .

  • @Fractalite
    @Fractalite 2 года назад +2

    Fascinating to read about the connections between the gay scene and early Punk scene and how they evolved together with mutual ideals , so far removed from the aggressive leather studded mohawk style of punk that became the later stereotype.

  • @cpt.dr.hawkeye1740
    @cpt.dr.hawkeye1740 2 месяца назад

    Underrated genius

  • @freezerjoe
    @freezerjoe 3 года назад +1

    I love Pete Shelley

  • @jblucio3177
    @jblucio3177 14 лет назад +6

    I was only a baby when he was with the Buzzcocks, now that I hear it, I think that his group was great, alond with sex pistols david bowie the cure most of all, were all great dureing the punk movement : )

  • @Orrphan
    @Orrphan 3 года назад

    Wait.. Pete Shelley was in the buzzcocks, he was gay, he died???? Didn’t know any of this. Assumed he was German for some reason with a couple songs and one big hit.

  • @jamesshields6721
    @jamesshields6721 Год назад +1

    humble: genius

  • @user-fh1rz1uq6c
    @user-fh1rz1uq6c Год назад

    Good interview

  • @merboyontiveros5297
    @merboyontiveros5297 6 лет назад +2

    Love him

  • @dstdvl
    @dstdvl 11 лет назад +1

    he looks like Freddie Jones!

  • @stephenroche5107
    @stephenroche5107 6 лет назад

    Pete you will be sadly missed why do the good die young R.I.P !

  • @ronfrancois
    @ronfrancois 6 месяцев назад

    What a cute chat

  • @thesoundlikechameleons2082
    @thesoundlikechameleons2082 Год назад

    Was Pete gay then? I was never aware of this.

  • @72megasnoopy
    @72megasnoopy 2 года назад

    Pete Shelly from Leigh .
    Nr Manchester

  • @owensjl65
    @owensjl65 6 лет назад +5

    Part of my life gone

  • @pault8470
    @pault8470 8 лет назад

    I never knew he was gay ...then again I was only a kid when I went to see them

  • @johnnys-left-earring
    @johnnys-left-earring 2 года назад

    i miss him

  • @whitedwarf13
    @whitedwarf13 11 лет назад +3

    Horrible in what sense? Seems like a great interview to me.

  • @keith-leecastle6700
    @keith-leecastle6700 6 лет назад

    A true beauty..