Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63

Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63

Postby dutchman » Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:29 pm

Buzzcocks lead singer Pete Shelley has died at 63 of a suspected heart attack

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The punk band are best known for their hit, Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've).

Their management told the BBC that Shelley died on Thursday in Estonia where he was living.

BBC music correspondent Lizo Mzimba said Buzzcocks, who formed in Bolton in the 1970s, were regarded as more polished, but musically no less influential, than the Sex Pistols.

The band have tweeted saying Shelley was "one of the UK's most influential and prolific songwriters and co-founder of the seminal original punk band Buzzcocks".

His music inspired generations of musicians over a five-decade career with his band and as a solo artist, they said.

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