Buzzcocks took punk's velocity and pointed it at heartbreak instead of politics, writing some of the era's sharpest, hookiest singles about romantic frustration and boredom. Pete Shelley's yelping, melodic vocals proved punk could be genuinely tuneful without losing any of its urgency. They more or less invented pop-punk as a distinct idea.

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1978

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