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Al
Al
December 10, 2018 1:20 pm

Still love the early Buzzcocks albums (especially A Different Kind of Tension) and the Pete Shelley solo LPs Homosapien, XL.1, plus Heaven & the Sea are always a joy to listen to 30 years later ! R.I.P.

p.s. I hope you can post the 12″ of “On Your Own” in the future…

Karl
Karl
December 9, 2018 2:02 pm

An excellent songwriter, really british in its melodic sense. I saw them live in Paris in 2007, and it was still great. RIP

side3
side3
December 8, 2018 9:55 am

Singles Going Steady is one of the great albums of that era. RIP Pete.

Jay
Jay
December 7, 2018 11:45 am

Very sad news

Jermajesty
Jermajesty
December 7, 2018 11:15 am

Very sad. 🙁

OMAR
OMAR
December 7, 2018 9:47 am

RIP. XL1 was my favorite album by him.

Jeff
Jeff
December 7, 2018 5:48 am

Paul, it was your Burning The Ground site I heard the news about Pete Shelley first. I loved this guy. So many memories of his music, especially in the early days of New Wave. I’m very sad right now because so many of my beloved artists are leaving us. Thank you for posting his music on your site. I always feel it’s a tribute to artists that need and deserve preservation and another listen. You’ve got one of the biggest hearts around. Gosh, I have so much swirling around in my head. This is devastating news.

Jeff

GGNYC
GGNYC
December 7, 2018 2:14 am

Remembeing Pete Shelley as a teenager..bought his 12inch
Single “On your own”..hearing it first on radio 92.7 WLIR FM N.Y.
Great track..sadly missed😔

memoryboy
memoryboy
December 7, 2018 2:03 am

RIP Pete Shelley.
The Buzzcocks are one of my favorite bands.

Joey
Joey
December 7, 2018 12:50 am

R.I.P. Pete. The Buzzcocks were awesome. What a great songwriter. Now this is a man who’s death I will mourn.

Walter C
Walter C
December 6, 2018 8:52 pm

Very sad news! I love his “Homosapien” album but also “Buzzkunst” with Howard Devoto.

George
George
December 6, 2018 7:00 pm

I never heard Pete was sick! The first time I heard him, it was in – of all things to have Rock and Pop Music as a soundtrack (and I am not joking about this either) – a compiled gay porn video! (Also featured was Alan Parsons Project and the Steve Miller Band!

Bellenger1981
Bellenger1981
December 6, 2018 6:44 pm

R.I.P. I wasn’t completely familiar with all his work, but I love “Homosapien” and “Telephone Operator”. I just added the “Elongateddancepartydubmix” of “Homosapien” (very cool 12″!) to my USB flash drive (for my car) the other day, so it’s sad to see him gone at such a young age.