Graeme Thomson

‘We knew there was greatness in these songs’: Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks interviewed

Graeme Thomson talks to the overtly rock'n'roll front man about orgasms, boredom and life after Pete Shelley

Steve Diggle in 1979: Buzzcocks' love songs were far more radical than most punk. Image: Camera Press / Paul Slattery

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