The ceremony was hosted by two high-profile Buzzcocks followers: Carl Barât of The Libertines and BBC Radio London presenter Gary Crowley.
Steve Diggle says, “It’s an important honour to be inducted into the Camden Stroll of Fame. Camden has at all times been a magical musical inspiration – like Buzzcocks’ music, the 2 have walked the trail of greatness.”
Carl Barât provides, “Large congratulations to the Buzzcocks on their inauguration into the Camden Stroll of Fame. They’re among the many true greats and the primary of their type, and it is just becoming that they need to embody part of Camden tangibly in addition to culturally.”
Additional tributes got here from Liam Gallagher and Paul Prepare dinner of the Intercourse Pistols.
Liam Gallagher: “Congratulations to Steve Diggle and the Buzzcocks for his or her inauguration within the Camden Stroll of Fame. Love the Buzzcocks, second best band to come back out of Manchester! MCFC LG x”
Paul Prepare dinner: “The Buzzcocks booked the Intercourse Pistols first present in Manchester telling us we’d be listening to about their band very quickly and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than the world was bombarded with hit after hit of distinctive pure punk energy pop power. So an enormous because of Steve and the boys for placing a smile on our faces. A effectively deserved star on the Camden Stroll of Fame.”
Buzzcocks commemorate the achievement by enjoying the Camden Music Pageant at present the place they are going to hit the Hawley Crescent Stage at 5pm. They can even return to Camden in 2024 for a particular present at KOKO on March twenty second. It’s going to see them carry out their seminal ‘Singles Going Regular’ in full, together with a number of fan favourites. The band proved that their stay powers are fully undiminished at Iggy Pop’s Canine Day Afternoon competition this summer time, the place they attracted an enormous cross-generational viewers throughout their set. Tickets for the KOKO present at the moment are accessible HERE.
There will likely be way more to come back from Buzzcocks in 2024. They’ll launch a forty fifth Anniversary Version of their traditional compilation ‘Singles Going Regular’ through Domino Information, and are additionally engaged on a model new studio album. Steve Diggle can even share his perspective of the band’s outstanding story with the discharge of his e book ‘Autonomy’.
Buzzcocks instantly set the usual for combining the push of punk with immediately addictive pop hooks with their first two albums, ‘One other Music in One other Kitchen’ and ‘Love Bites’, however it was their ‘Singles Going Regular’ assortment that actually cemented their status. Songs akin to ‘Ever Fallen In Love (With Somebody You Shouldn’t’ve)’, ‘Orgasm Addict’ and ‘What Do I Get?’ solid an affect over the next US alt-rock scene of the ‘80s and continues all through the up to date pop-punk world. After the tragic lack of Pete Shelley in 2018, Steve Diggle solid forward to launch ‘Sonics In The Soul’, the primary Buzzcocks album in eight years. It lived as much as the band’s storied legacy, as Traditional Rock praised “the sound of a band rebooted and reinvigorated” whereas Uncut’s assessment concluded, “there’s simply sufficient right here to steer the trusty outdated craft into new, uncharted waters, simply as Shelley needed.”
