Desert Island Discourse

Listeners, it's been a bad month. We're in distress, and we need a caress. So what do we get? Well, sleepless nights, to be honest. But also one of the world's best "greatest hits" albums: Singles Going Steady by The Buzzcocks. The Buzzcocks occupy a weird place in Punk orthodoxy. They're considered the progenitors of pop-punk, and have been covered by world-renowned sellouts like The Offspring and Green Day (bands that, incidentally, we love). But they were also there from the very beginning, their first ep is one of the most legendary DIY releases in the medium, and Kurt Cobain brought them on their last tour. If you want to look at them through the lens of "credibility", you have your work cut out for you. But this is Desert Island Discourse, where we believe two things: that credibility is for losers, and that The Buzzcocks are better than The Beatles. After founding member and incorrigible suffragette Howard Devoto left the band to start post-punk weirdos Magazine, Pete Shelley took over primary songw