Steve Diggle
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Steve Diggle | |
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 Diggle with Buzzcocks at the Cropredy Festival in August 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stephen E Diggle |
| Born | 7 May 1955 Manchester, England |
| Genres | Rock, punk rock, pop punk |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Website | stevediggle |
Stephen E Diggle (born 7 May 1955)[1][2] is an English guitarist and vocalist in the punk band Buzzcocks.
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
Diggle was born on 7 May 1955 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Manchester,[3][4] and grew up in the Bradford[4] and Rusholme areas of the city, where he was a mod.[5] After attending Oldham College,[6] he worked in a foundry, but was dismissed for refusing piece work, causing a strike.[7][8]
Buzzcocks[edit]
He attended the Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall, in June 1976. Their manager Malcolm McLaren introduced him to guitarist Pete Shelley and vocalist Howard Devoto, who were looking for a bassist for their band, Buzzcocks.[9] John Maher joined as drummer and six weeks later, Buzzcocks played their first concert. Steve played bass at several concerts and on the Spiral Scratch EP. Howard Devoto left Buzzcocks shortly after the EP was released, which prompted the band to reshuffle – Pete Shelley becoming lead vocalist as well as guitarist and Diggle switching from bass to guitar.
Steve Diggle wrote several songs for Buzzcocks, including "Autonomy", "Fast Cars" (co-written with Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley), "Love Is Lies" (perhaps the first Buzzcocks song featuring an acoustic guitar), "Sitting Round At Home", "You Know You Can't Help It", "Mad Mad Judy", "Airwaves Dream", and, perhaps his most famous song, "Harmony in My Head", a Top 40 hit in 1979.
Early solo career and Flag of Convenience[edit]
After Buzzcocks split in 1981, Diggle was briefly a solo artist, releasing the 50 Years of Comparative Wealth EP (with the guest participations of fellow-Buzzcocks Steve Garvey and John Maher) the same year. In 1982, he formed a new band, Flag of Convenience with ex-Buzzcock John Maher. Ex-Easterhouse drummer Gary Rostock played on Diggle's 2000 album Some Reality, released on Diggle's own label, 3:30 Records.[10] In 2013, Diggle also appeared in the British punk-pop comedy Vinyl, playing himself.
Discography[edit]
Solo albums[edit]
- Some Reality (2000, 3:30)
- Serious Contender (2005, 3:30)
- Air Conditioning (2010, 3:30)
- Inner Space Times (2016, 3:30)
Compilations[edit]
- The Best of Steve Diggle and Flag of Convenience – The Secret Public Years 1981–1989 (1994, Anagram)
- Here's One I Made Earlier – Best of Steve Diggle, Flag of Convenience, F.O.C. and Buzzcocks F.O.C. (1995, AX-S)
- Wheels of Time (2016, 3:30) (Four-CD box set featuring all four Diggle solo albums)
Singles and EPs[edit]
- 50 Years of Comparative Wealth E.P. (7-inch EP) (1981, Liberty)
- Heated and Rising EP (1993, 3:30)[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ Guglielmi, Federico; Rizzi, Cesare (2002). "Steve Diggle". Grande enciclopedia rock (in Italian). Giunti. p. 107. ISBN 9788809028524.
- ^ Buzzcocks Discography. BUZZCOCKS #1.0 July 20, 1976 – Feb 1977 (...)Steve Diggle (born 1955) – bass
- ^ Diggle, Steve [@stephen_diggle] (8 April 2020). "@chonburi_fc @flyingmonkphoto @GCPunkNewWave @NewWaveAndPunk @PunKandStuff @LazyStardust1 @Buzzcocks I was born st marys hospital Manchester and lived in longsight , then Bradford In Manchester" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Maximum Harmony : Steve Diggle Interview" (PDF). Buzzcocks.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Diggle, Steve. Harmony In My Head
- ^ "The Oldham College". Oldham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ Gavan, David. "Steve Diggle interview (April 2018)". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ Simpson, Dave; Hodgkinson, Will (12 June 2002). "Punk: How was it for you?". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Time to mind the Buzzcocks – they're back!". The Independent. UK. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ McGartland, Tony (2017). Buzzcocks - The Complete History. Bonnier Zaffre. ISBN 9781786065209.
- ^ "Hiljaiset Levyt: PUNKNET 77 – Steve Diggle". Hiljaiset.sci.fi. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ McGartland, Tony (2017). "Steve Diggle and Flag of Convenience: Solo Discography". Buzzcocks: The Complete History. London: Music Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-1786062741.
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