Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t've) by the Buzzcocks is not only one of the best classic pop punk songs ever, it’s also most likely the one with the most covers. We’ve collected 10 different versions. Which one do you prefer? Continue reading
The Exploding Hearts
While most classic punk bands released their best albums during their early years, there are several examples of more recent punk rock bands who had been around for a decade by the time they came up with their best material. There’s the Offspring, there’s Bankrupt, and there are the Dwarves. Continue reading
The Descendents were the Buzzcocks‘ equivalent on the early American hardcore punk scene: they were a lot more melodic than their contemporaries, and they were fronted by a nerd. But they were much more than that. They invented melodic hardcore (or melodycore), paving the way for NOFX, No Use For a Name, and almost every popular punk band in the golden years of Epitaph and Fat Wreck. Continue reading
The great thing about punk was that finally even totally uncool weirdos like the guys from the Buzzcocks got a chance to form a band and get on stage. And they proved that losers write the best pop punk songs.
They formed in Bolton, near Manchester in 1976. Their early output featuring Howard Devoto on vocals was distinctly different (less pop, more punk) from their classic sound defined by the high-pitched, whiny vocals of Pete Shelley and the more gruff voice of fellow guitarist/songwriter Steve Diggle. Continue reading