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Funny, honest and touchingly philosophical; the autobiography of the Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle.
From bass player to lead guitarist, member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks alive since he first met Pete Shelley in 1976. Together they would ignite the Manchester music scene, kickstart indie and become one of the best loved and most influential punk groups of all time.
Following Shelley’s untimely death in 2018, Autonomy is Diggle’s definitive inside account of their shared musical legacy and complex friendship through the band’s rise, fall, and rise again – from their punk origins supporting Sex Pistols with original singer Howard Devoto to Top of the Pops, the excess of success, break-up, reformation and life beyond bereavement.
Funny, honest and touchingly philosophical, it is also Diggle’s very personal story of working class escape, dreams, redemption and loss – an ultimately heroic survivor’s tale from an irrepressible rock’n’roll spirit.
—Will Sergeant, Echo & the Bunnymen
"A fascinating read, not least because Steve’s is the quintessential punk rock story."
—Paul Hanley, The Fall
"Training a lens of rare acuity on interpersonal dealings, misbehaviours, songwriting and lyrical fuel".
—MOJO
" A perfect time capsule of what it was like to be at the very beginning of one of the most impactful genres of rock in generations".
—New Noise Magazine
"A deeply personal memoir from one of the founders of the UK punk scene who helped change the music - and outlook - of a generation for good.
—Outside Left