Name: Love Bites
Brand: Buzzcocks

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-REWIG-127

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Includes 8 Page Booklet.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-01-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

887830012713

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

CD-REWIG-127

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Download code: No

Housed in Printed card outer sleeve with Printed inner wallet and 36 page “perfect bound” booklet.

0887830012720

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Buzzcocks

Genre US

Punk / Hardcore

Label US

Domino

Buzzcocks is a legendary punk rock band formed in February 1976 by Pete Shelley (real name Peter McNeish) and Howard Devoto (real name Howard Trafford). They quickly gained attention with their energetic performances, but it wasn't until July 1976 that they solidified their lineup. With Pete Shelley on guitar, Howard Devoto on vocals, Steve Diggle on bass, and John Maher on drums, Buzzcocks began making waves in the punk scene.

Over the years, Buzzcocks went through several lineup changes and hiatuses. Despite not releasing any studio recordings during certain periods, they continued to tour and captivate audiences with their raw sound and powerful lyrics. In 1992, they performed a series of gigs in Europe without any recorded material.

Pete Shelley's untimely death in December 2018 marked the end of an era for Buzzcocks. Throughout their career spanning over four decades, Buzzcocks left an indelible mark on the punk rock genre and influenced countless musicians. Their music continues to resonate with fans worldwide as a testament to their enduring legacy.

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Vinyl Singles

The Buzzcocks reissue their classic Love Bites. Available on Limited Heavyweight White Vinyl including a recreation of the classic Martin Garrett designed “Product” bag.

More musically accomplished, more obsessively self-questioning, and with equally energetic yet sometimes gloomy performances, Love Bites from 1978 finds Buzzcocks coming into their own. With Howard Devoto and his influence now fully worked out of the band's system, Pete Shelley is the clearly predominant voice, with the exception of Steve Diggle's first lead vocal on an album track, the semi-acoustic, perversely sprightly Love is Lies. Though the song received even further acclaim on Singles Going Steady, Ever Fallen in Love, for many the band's signature song, appears here. with its note-perfect blend of romance gone wrong; a weirdly catchy, treated lead guitar line; and Shelley's wounded singing, it deserves its instant classic status, but it's only one of many highlights. The opening Real World is one of the band's strongest: a chunky, forceful, yet crisp band performance leads into a strong Shelley lyric about unrequited love and life. Lovingly restored and re-mastered from the original ¼” tapes for the first time and come packaged in the original Malcolm Garrett designed sleeves with a booklet containing unseen images and extensive liner notes by famed writer, broadcaster, music journalist and cultural commentator Jon Savage.

CD - Housed in Printed card outer sleeve with Printed inner wallet and 36 page “perfect bound” booklet.

LP - Standard Heavyweight Black Vinyl with 8 Page Booklet and Download.

LP+ - Limited Heavyweight White Vinyl with 8 Page Booklet and Download. First Copies Come with Buzzcocks recreation of the classic Martin Garrett designed "Product" bag. 

Love Bites

Music US

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