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During rehearsals at St Boniface’s, Shelley’s guitar strap comes off and his guitar falls to the floor. He picks it up and throws it across the room, breaking it into two pieces.

After meeting a photographer called Phil Mason from the New Manchester Review, Devoto invites him to shoot some pictures of Buzzcocks during one of the rehearsals. ‘The band had been together for two months,’ recalls John Maher, ‘and played two gigs. Howard arranged for Phil Mason to come along to one of our rehearsals at St Boniface’s in Salford and conduct our first ever photo shoot. Prior to the session, Howard dug out a selection of clothes in an attempt to improve our image. Steve got the stripy cardigan. I was advised to replace my V-neck jumper with the jeans-style jacket. Howard’s polka-dot top was an inverted plastic carrier bag from a French supermarket, with slots cut for his head and arms. He didn’t offer any replacements for my flares and spoon shoes.’