October 31, 2024 • 6 mins
Tracey caught up with original member, Buzzcocks frontman Steve Diggle ahead of their NZ tour next week
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Bold a sides podcast. The story's behind just great rock,
lovely to meet.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Likewise, we've literally been talking about the buzz Cox all
week here on the radio station because we've given away
tickets to your tour. So exciting to have you coming
back down this way.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah, I mean we're really looking forward to it. Yeah,
it's been a while now, and then we're looking forward
to coming to the news ead and to do this show,
which is on fire at the moment. So we're really
looking forward to it, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Of course, and obviously last time you were down here
you had Pete with you. What's the nostalgia like for
you now? When you revisited places that you were last
the year with Pete.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It will be a little bit weird. I mean you
kind of have to get on and removing it. But
there will be moments when I got to the power
station and I think last time I was here with
peteing christ Church, as when I was with Pete, I
think we've got very drunken. Christ Church actually helped them
the show. He won't be with me this time. I
remember it was out till daylight. It was a heavy night.
(01:04):
In the First World War, they said if a man
goes down, You've got to carry on, you know. And
I've done a lot of grieving and stuff and all that,
and you still keep moving on with it. Really now
the band's evolved into what it is now, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I just want to touch on a word you use there,
the word relevant. I mean, you guys have stayed so
relevant in the fact that you've influenced so many bands
that we still play on the radio today. I mean
I think of bands like Green Day and Billie Idol,
Pearl Jam. Now do you realize you're you're going to
be here in New Zealand the same weekend as Pearl Jam?
Obviously the basis chief and Mint is a massive fan
of yours. He always covers sit around at home. Is
(01:40):
there any chance that they much and I put your
show or you might turn up at theirs while you're here.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
I didn't know it was good funny enough. File was
in the stage, so Garli came backstage. A father of
the support banded and he then got a message from
any and the air decembinies video by the guys old
Illo Steve. I've been watching you, you know, seeing what
you're doing and all that, he was going to come
to our Philadelphia. He said, I couldn't make it in
(02:06):
the end, but it catch you up somewhere and I
send him back there, catch you on their old brother
so much. I didn't know there was going to be
there when we're there, So who knows. Eddie always turn
to power shows if he can, and I'll do the
same the other way. That'd be amazing. I'll get him
onto the why Car touch it with me?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Yeah, yeah, try and organize that. And I want to
and another band of that same sort of era, Nirvana.
I mean, they were massive fans of yours as well,
and there's such good footage from the nineties of you
guys hanging out backstage with Nirvana, and obviously that was
just a few weeks before Kurk died. Tell us some
of your memories of Kurt Cobain, who was hugely influenced
(02:46):
by you guys.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Well, we had an albumow called The Trade Set Transmission.
So we had all these televisions on this tour and
I'd smash them every night. So we're doing in Boss.
I smashed the television. I come off the stage and
the toll movies, said Navarma. They walked off the State
Kurt Dave Ron, Chris Novasla Kirk came up to me
(03:09):
instead that I love the way he smacked the televisions.
And from there on in we still kept in touch
a bit, and then when they came to Europe, we
said there was a call, and so we played rhythm
on their last tour, you know, and we went back
from there and then you know, shot himself. But we've
gone well on that tour, you know. And he loves
(03:29):
the bus coops and stuff. You know, I'd be sutting
the bus with him. He loves the vocal sound on
harmony in my head and you know, because it was
quite rasty like his voice. It's a ways so you
can see. I said I smoked twenty cigarettes to get
that heavy vocal sound because I heard John Lennard did
on Twist and Show, you know, I mean I heard
you too said there was influenced by it was I
(03:52):
think they honed up for us when they were seventeen
in Ireland. You know, wow, I missed them. I was
in a pub around the corner Tink Guinness. But that's
the and and people like ari. But then we became
a kind of bands banded away by default. I mean
so many bands had to say we heard the bus couch,
then we went off and did our own band. You
know the amount of bands that like we've inspired to
(04:15):
go and do their own thing or influenced bands at
the beginning, it was amazing, really, And also he was
one of the first to make, if not Lee, first
to make an independent record in those days. Yes, because
we thought we'll get a record deal, so we thought
we're making most on commercial music possible. In nineteen seventy six,
nobody had heard songs like that, we're on spiral, scratch,
(04:37):
boredom and this kind of thing, and it sounded terrible
but beautiful. We thought if we went to a record
company in London that love us out of the building.
So it was seen as a stroke of genius, but
it was also a stroke of necessity that we said,
if we can family of parents, you can make us
sound on records. So that's what we did. And the
cannon in the history of bus coos.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh yeah, I mean you were definitely leaders and pand coming.
I love your quote that the day that you guys
had six pistols in town, they're Manchester and you open
for them. Your quote was that was the day the
punk rock Atom was split.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Absolutely and another one from that time because the Stakes Pistols,
who have known all the journalists came down to view
the Pistols and we're surprised that the band from Manchester
doing this kind of thing in a different way.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I think Liam Gallagher even calls you guys the second
best band from Manchester. What do you think about this
big Oasis reunion tour and all the hype around this.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
I mean Liam actually lives at the back of me,
it doesn't. Yeah, I'm known for years around here and
we've had drinks you know. Also no no, well as well,
you know, being a Manchester band, but they live in
London like me, so you know, it's been very complimentary.
Liam Maziboll he would say the second best band money
(05:53):
the first, but but I'll take that from him and
he's kind of, you know, a good mate really and
he's a fellow monk. That's the thing.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Well, Steve, you were hey, look our time as and
I know this, we've got to get on because you've
got the next one to get onto. But we're so
excited to have you guys coming back to the country
for three shows. You've got to be here November seventh, eighth,
the night. Make sure you reach out to the Pearl
Jam guys and see if you can get them to
come along to the show. Thank you so much for
taking the time to talk to us, and we'll see
you here in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
It's a pleasure. We're looking forward to it. Thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Okay, bye.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
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lovely to meet.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Likewise, we've literally been talking about the buzz Cox all
week here on the radio station because we've given away
tickets to your tour. So exciting to have you coming
back down this way.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah, I mean we're really looking forward to it. Yeah,
it's been a while now, and then we're looking forward
to coming to the news ead and to do this show,
which is on fire at the moment. So we're really
looking forward to it, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Of course, and obviously last time you were down here
you had Pete with you. What's the nostalgia like for
you now? When you revisited places that you were last
the year with Pete.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It will be a little bit weird. I mean you
kind of have to get on and removing it. But
there will be moments when I got to the power
station and I think last time I was here with
peteing christ Church, as when I was with Pete, I
think we've got very drunken. Christ Church actually helped them
the show. He won't be with me this time. I
remember it was out till daylight. It was a heavy night.
(01:04):
In the First World War, they said if a man
goes down, You've got to carry on, you know. And
I've done a lot of grieving and stuff and all that,
and you still keep moving on with it. Really now
the band's evolved into what it is now, you know.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I just want to touch on a word you use there,
the word relevant. I mean, you guys have stayed so
relevant in the fact that you've influenced so many bands
that we still play on the radio today. I mean
I think of bands like Green Day and Billie Idol,
Pearl Jam. Now do you realize you're you're going to
be here in New Zealand the same weekend as Pearl Jam?
Obviously the basis chief and Mint is a massive fan
of yours. He always covers sit around at home. Is
(01:40):
there any chance that they much and I put your
show or you might turn up at theirs while you're here.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
I didn't know it was good funny enough. File was
in the stage, so Garli came backstage. A father of
the support banded and he then got a message from
any and the air decembinies video by the guys old
Illo Steve. I've been watching you, you know, seeing what
you're doing and all that, he was going to come
to our Philadelphia. He said, I couldn't make it in
(02:06):
the end, but it catch you up somewhere and I
send him back there, catch you on their old brother
so much. I didn't know there was going to be
there when we're there, So who knows. Eddie always turn
to power shows if he can, and I'll do the
same the other way. That'd be amazing. I'll get him
onto the why Car touch it with me?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Yeah, yeah, try and organize that. And I want to
and another band of that same sort of era, Nirvana.
I mean, they were massive fans of yours as well,
and there's such good footage from the nineties of you
guys hanging out backstage with Nirvana, and obviously that was
just a few weeks before Kurk died. Tell us some
of your memories of Kurt Cobain, who was hugely influenced
(02:46):
by you guys.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Well, we had an albumow called The Trade Set Transmission.
So we had all these televisions on this tour and
I'd smash them every night. So we're doing in Boss.
I smashed the television. I come off the stage and
the toll movies, said Navarma. They walked off the State
Kurt Dave Ron, Chris Novasla Kirk came up to me
(03:09):
instead that I love the way he smacked the televisions.
And from there on in we still kept in touch
a bit, and then when they came to Europe, we
said there was a call, and so we played rhythm
on their last tour, you know, and we went back
from there and then you know, shot himself. But we've
gone well on that tour, you know. And he loves
(03:29):
the bus coops and stuff. You know, I'd be sutting
the bus with him. He loves the vocal sound on
harmony in my head and you know, because it was
quite rasty like his voice. It's a ways so you
can see. I said I smoked twenty cigarettes to get
that heavy vocal sound because I heard John Lennard did
on Twist and Show, you know, I mean I heard
you too said there was influenced by it was I
(03:52):
think they honed up for us when they were seventeen
in Ireland. You know, wow, I missed them. I was
in a pub around the corner Tink Guinness. But that's
the and and people like ari. But then we became
a kind of bands banded away by default. I mean
so many bands had to say we heard the bus couch,
then we went off and did our own band. You
know the amount of bands that like we've inspired to
(04:15):
go and do their own thing or influenced bands at
the beginning, it was amazing, really, And also he was
one of the first to make, if not Lee, first
to make an independent record in those days. Yes, because
we thought we'll get a record deal, so we thought
we're making most on commercial music possible. In nineteen seventy six,
nobody had heard songs like that, we're on spiral, scratch,
(04:37):
boredom and this kind of thing, and it sounded terrible
but beautiful. We thought if we went to a record
company in London that love us out of the building.
So it was seen as a stroke of genius, but
it was also a stroke of necessity that we said,
if we can family of parents, you can make us
sound on records. So that's what we did. And the
cannon in the history of bus coos.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh yeah, I mean you were definitely leaders and pand coming.
I love your quote that the day that you guys
had six pistols in town, they're Manchester and you open
for them. Your quote was that was the day the
punk rock Atom was split.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Absolutely and another one from that time because the Stakes Pistols,
who have known all the journalists came down to view
the Pistols and we're surprised that the band from Manchester
doing this kind of thing in a different way.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I think Liam Gallagher even calls you guys the second
best band from Manchester. What do you think about this
big Oasis reunion tour and all the hype around this.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
I mean Liam actually lives at the back of me,
it doesn't. Yeah, I'm known for years around here and
we've had drinks you know. Also no no, well as well,
you know, being a Manchester band, but they live in
London like me, so you know, it's been very complimentary.
Liam Maziboll he would say the second best band money
(05:53):
the first, but but I'll take that from him and
he's kind of, you know, a good mate really and
he's a fellow monk. That's the thing.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Well, Steve, you were hey, look our time as and
I know this, we've got to get on because you've
got the next one to get onto. But we're so
excited to have you guys coming back to the country
for three shows. You've got to be here November seventh, eighth,
the night. Make sure you reach out to the Pearl
Jam guys and see if you can get them to
come along to the show. Thank you so much for
taking the time to talk to us, and we'll see
you here in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
It's a pleasure. We're looking forward to it. Thank you
so much.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Okay, bye.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
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