1955 - Pete Shelley
English singer, songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley from punk rock band Buzzcocks, who had the 1978 UK No.12 single 'Ever Fallen In Love, With Someone You Shouldn't've'. They made their first appearance in 1976 in Manchester, opening for the Sex Pistols. Shelley also had a solo career: his song ‘Homosapien’ charted in the US in 1981. He died of a suspected heart attack on 6 December 2018.

Pete Shelley


Shelley in Australia, 2013

Background information
Birth name: Peter Campbell McNeish
Born: 17 April 1955;Leigh, Lancashire, England
Origin: Bolton, England
Died: 6 December 2018 (aged 63); Tallinn, Estonia
Website: buzzcocks.com

Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song "Homosapien" charted in the US in 1981.

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Biography

Shelley was born to Margaret and John McNeish at 48 Milton Street, in Leigh, Lancashire. His mother was an ex-mill worker in the town and his father was a fitter at Astley Green Colliery. He had a younger brother, Gary. Shelley's stage name is inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley, his favourite Romantic poet.

Buzzcocks

Shelley formed Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto after they met at the Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in 1975 and subsequently travelled to High Wycombe, near London, to see the Sex Pistols. The band included bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher; they made their first appearance in 1976 in Manchester, opening for the Sex Pistols.

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Personal life and death

While Steve Diggle has suggested that Shelley's youthful same sex encounters were "a phase", Shelley continued to identify as bisexual in later life. He was married in 1991 and divorced in 2002. His son was born in 1993.

Shelley moved to Tallinn, Estonia, in 2012 with his second wife, Greta, an Estonian, preferring the less-hectic pace there to London where he had lived for nearly thirty years. He died there of a suspected heart attack on the morning of 6 December 2018. His brother, Gary McNeish, announced his death on Facebook.

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Martin Rushent produced 12 inch single from 1981

Martin Rushent


Rushent in February 2011

Background information
Birth name: Martin Charles Rushent
Born: 11 July 1948; Enfield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Origin: London, England
Died: 4 June 2011 (aged 62); Upper Basildon, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Genres: Punk rock, synthpop, new wave, electro, progressive rock
Occupation(s): Record producer, arranger
Instruments: Synthesizer, vocals
Years active: 1968–2011
Labels: EMI, Virgin
Associated acts: The Human League, The Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Fleetwood Mac
Website: Martin Rushent Myspace

Martin Rushent (11 July 1948 – 4 June 2011) was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and Buzzcocks.

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Discography

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