Buzzcocks

The Manchester band Buzzcocks formed in 1976 and travelled south to appear at London's 100 Club Punk Special, the festival that helped knit the early scene together. Their self-financed EP 'Spiral Scratch' became one of the foundational do-it-yourself releases of British punk, proving a band could press its own record without a label. They later refined punk's blunt force into tightly wound, melodic songcraft.