45 years ago today, Buzzcocks made their live debut opening for the Sex Pistols and Slaughter And The Dogs at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall, with Morrissey, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order), Mark E. Smith (Fall) and Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) in attendance. A different kind of tension. Read our review of an essential early-years Buzzcocks collection:
