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 
issue 16 January 2021

Steve Diggle hasn’t spent this long away from a stage in 40-odd years. For the Buzzcocks guitarist, like everyone else, 2020 was a year of thwarted plans. Instead of touring Britain and America, Diggle spent the year in ‘self-analysis’ and writing a new album. What else for an ageing punk to do? Except, of course, curate your legacy, grapple with the past.

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