NEW
HORMONES
A punk label, owned by The Buzzcocks and primarily
intended to be an outlet for their records. Its first release, the
'Spiral Scratch' EP, brought the band to the attention of United Artists, who
snapped them up; they went on to have a succession of hits on the United Artists
label. A reissue of 'Spiral Scratch' also entered the charts, on the
back of the UA successes, in 1979; reissues have paper labels (2) rather than
the original injection-moulded ones (1). Although the Buzzcocks were
gone, New Hormones soldiered on, releasing records by unsigned bands from the
local (Manchester) area until the end of 1982. A discography can be found on the
Punknet
77 site.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.