Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle: "The harmony in my head was the sound of the crowd"
Amid a cornucopia of delights in the new issue of Uncut – in UK shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – there’s a deep dive into the making of Buzzcocks’ classic 1979 single, “Harmony In My Head”. Following a run of songs that were alternately candid and spiky, witty and melodic, lovelorn and catchy, it’s the only single of the post- Howard Devoto era to be sung by the band’s lead guitarist Steve Diggle and not by singer/guitarist Pete Shelley. Says Diggle, “I wanted to give Top Of The Pops a kick in the face”…
Source: uncut.co.uk