NOV 10 — I did not cry although I wanted to. I know it probably means nothing to many of you out there but it was a memorable night for me. Sunday night, I saw the Buzzcocks; alive and well, in the flesh, in Kuala Lumpur.
It was worth the 30 years of waiting. It was in 1979 when I first heard of the Manchester band; the songs “Noise Annoys”, “Boredom”, “Orgasm Addict” and “Breakdown” were played over and over again on the Penang-based Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) radio station.
And whatever new singles they released, the late John Peel would play them on his BBC show which I could access on my old shortwave radio; despite the horrible crackling sound.




