Buzzcocks - Harmony in My Head (The "Different kind of Tension" Demos 1979)

Title: Buzzcocks - Harmony in My Head: The "A Different Kind of Tension" Demos 1979
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Punk, Punk Rock Pop Punk, Manchester, England 8/26
Condition: New (BC) | Members: Pete S (55' - 18'), Steve D (55' - ), Steve G (58' - ), John M (60' - )
Cultural Facts:

1. Teenage Drummer: John Maher was only 16 years old when he joined Buzzcocks in 1976. He went from being a Manchester schoolboy to playing behind one of Britain's first punk bands almost immediately, and by his late teens he had already drummed on Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind of Tension.

2. Band Lore: Steve Diggle originally joined Buzzcocks as their bass player, not guitarist. After the early lineup shifted, he moved to guitar and gradually became Pete Shelley's major songwriting partner. “Harmony in My Head” was written and sung by Diggle himself, giving him the lead on one of the band's best-known singles rather than Shelley's familiar voice.

3. Punk After the Explosion: By the time these 1979 demos were made, the original British punk explosion was already fragmenting. Buzzcocks responded by becoming stranger rather than simply faster, while the members were still barely in their twenties. Within about a year the relentless recording, touring, financial problems and internal strain caught up with them, and the classic-era band split in 1981 despite having existed for only about five years.