Paul Hanley used to be in The Fall – he played on, amongst other seminal releases, one of my favourite records, 1982’s Hex Enduction Hour, and with brother Steve, also a member of Mark E Smith’s hugely influential avant garde pop outfit, now hosts the Fall podcast Oh! Brother – but he really, really loves Buzzcocks, who happen to be one of my very favourite bands too. I enjoyed Paul’s first book Leave The Capital hugely, and so when I learned he was writing a book about Pete Shelley’s genius pop punk outfit, titled Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me), I was keen to get him on the podcast for a chat.

The book is due in April next year, but get on that pre-order now!

Watch this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLCgKF6YcZM&t=1042s

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