Steve Diggle from the Buzzcocks and Flag Of Convenience

Published: Jan. 16, 2021, 8:21 p.m.

Episode 304:
\nThere's no boredom around here! On this episode, Damian is joined the LEGEND: STEVE DIGGLE from the godly Buzzcocks! Listen in as the two discuss the birth of punk in the UK, Krautrock, Gorilla Biscuits, touring with Nirvana & tons of other goodness! From "A conscientious objector to work" to punk icon: NOT TO BE MISSED!\xa0
\nAlso, grab that ESSENTIAL Buzzcocks singles boxset out now on Domino Records!
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\nAlso Touched On:\xa0
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\nInfluencing everybody
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\nSick of Yes
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\nThe Pistols and the Ramones
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\nForming two days before the Clash
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\nThe R and B influence of Pub rock
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\nThe slowness of everything in 70\u2019s music
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\nthe Kraut rock influence\xa0
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\nThrift store punks
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\nMalcolm McLaren\u2019s mistake completes the Buzzcocks
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\nPromises was a political song
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\npre-Buzzcocks\u2019 Buzzcocks demos
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\nThe Buzzcocks\u2019 practice space becomes Joy Division\u2019s \xa0
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\nJamming for the first album in a rehab centre
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\nAutonomy: An English person trying to sound like a German person singing English
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\n\u201cThe riff of Manchester\u201d
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\n\u201cI love those weird little bits you do in those songs!\u201d - Joey Ramone
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\n\u201cWe aren\u2019t entertainers!\u201d
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\nGetting paid not to play a biker bar
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\nthe 100 club
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\nthe Screen on the Green
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\nthe kids in Slaughter and the Dogs
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\nMorrissey cribbing notes
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\nHearing the Gorilla Biscuits\u2019 cover for the first time
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\nFlag Of Convenience
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\nMeeting with Seymour Stein and saying you wanna sound like the Stooges\xa0
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\nreforming the band
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\nTouring with Nirvana
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\nAND SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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\nBROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS\n
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