Pete Shelley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pete Shelley
Occupation	Punk Singer
Date Of Birth	Apr 17, 1955(1955-04-17)
Age	69
Date Of Death	2018-12-06
Birthplace	Leigh Creek
Country	Australia
Birth City	South Australia
Horoscope	Aries

Pete Shelley Biography

Pete Shelley is one of the most popular and richest Punk Singer who was born on April 17, 1955 in Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia. British musician and singer who was frontman of the punk group The Buzzcocks, the group which released the smash hit “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve).”

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Shelley developed a different personal image from many of his rebellious 1970s punk contemporaries, telling Melody Maker in 1978, “I won’t be nasty. We’re just four nice lads, the kind of people you could take home to your parents.”

Shelley’s solo debut album Sky Yen was recorded in 1974 but remained unheard until it was released on 12″ vinyl on Shelley’s own label, Groovy Records, in March 1980. It was recorded as a continuous piece of music using a purpose- built oscillator, and used layered electronics and playback speed manipulation to achieve its experimental feel. Rooted in electronic music, it has been compared with krautrock. Also released on Groovy Records was the soundtrack LP Hangahar by Sally Timms and Lindsay Lee, which included Shelley as a musician, and an album by artists Eric Random, Barry Adamson and Francis Cookson under the name Free Agents. Groovy Records did not release any other records.

The younger sibling is who is named Gary. The couple was together for a while. Greta Shelley from the time of his death in the year 2018.

Pete Shelley Net Worth

Pete Shelley is one of the richest Punk Singer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pete Shelley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at his time at the University of Bolton.

The duo of The Buzzcocks broke up in 1981. They briefly reformed in 1989.

Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)” in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song “Homosapien” charted in the US in 1981.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Pete Shelley Dating?

According to our records, Pete Shelley married to Greta Shelley. As of December 1, 2023, Pete Shelley’s is not dating anyone.

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In June 1986 Shelley released the single “Never Again”, followed by the album Heaven and the Sea. In 1987 he followed the album with a new song, “Do Anything”, for the film Some Kind of Wonderful. He composed the theme music for the intro of the Tour de France on Channel 4, which was used from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Facts & Trivia

Pete Ranked on the list of most popular Punk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Pete Shelley celebrates birthday on April 17 of every year.

Shelley recorded a new version of “Homosapien”, called “Homosapien II”, in

1989. The single featured four mixes of the new recording. He played with various other musicians during his career, including the Invisible Girls who backed punk poet John Cooper Clarke. Shelley also formed a short-lived band called the Tiller Boys. He briefly reunited with Howard Devoto to make the LP Buzzkunst, released in 2002. Shelley appeared on the 2005 debut EP by the Los Angeles band the Adored, who toured with Buzzcocks the following year.

What did Pete Shelley died of?

Shelley moved to Tallinn, Estonia, in 2012 with his second wife, Greta, an Estonian, preferring the less-hectic pace there to London where he had lived for nearly thirty years. He died there of a suspected heart attack on the morning of 6 December 2018. His brother, Gary McNeish, announced his death on Facebook.

How old was Pete Shelley when he died?

63 years (1955–2018)

Is Pete Shelly dead?

December 6, 2018

Who wrote the Buzzcocks songs?

Buzzcocks are one of the definitive British punk bands. They formed in Bolton, 1976 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley alongside Howard Devoto.

Who sang the song Gee Baby?

Peter Shelley