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| | Guardian | Never mind the Buzzcocks |
 | | Morrissey stated that it was Devoto whom he had in mind when he wrote The Last of the Famous International Playboys, while Paul Morley claimed that Devoto introduced a "new literacy not just into punk, but into rock as a whole". |
 | | In the spring of 1976, in Manchester, Devoto co-founded the Buzzcocks with guitarist Pete Shelley. |
 | | Having left the Buzzcocks almost as soon as they released their first record, Devoto formed Magazine as a way of expanding the possibilities that had been opened by punk. |
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