"Stop watchin the MTV, it's ruinin your fuckin heads!" - Steve Diggle, 2009

And with that, the Buzzcocks blasted out one last powerchord to close out a nostalgic night of punk rock at the Corner Hotel.

Earlier, The Spazzys had warmed the crowd up with their Ramones throwback bubblegum punk, getting everyone in the crowd into the right mood. For many, it's easy to target the Spazzys because they are girls in a rock band playing simple music, but for a crowd who has gathered to see one of the greatest British punk bands of all time, their style of music was perfect. You could see people singing along as the Spazzy's ran through a set consisting mostly of tunes from their debut album, with Kat bringing the lead vocals while Ally and Lucy brought the harmonies. As they were closing with 'Sunshine Drive', it got me wondering just why you don't see them playing around Melbourne so much anymore.

The curtains drew on the Corner stage as the headliners were setup. The lights came up and allowed a better look at the gathered crowd. There was everything from teenager leather jacket types, through to the guys who used to be teenagers wearing leather jackets at actual Buzzcocks shows in the 70s. One thing was shared though; everyone was waiting eagerly in anticipation for those curtains to open again

When they did, a huge cheer roared from the crowd as Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle cruised onto the stage. The show tonight was billed as the "Another ...Bites" show, and so the set featured nothing but tracks from their two 1978 releases, 'Another Music in a Different Kitchen', and 'Love Bites'. It was still their bigger songs that received the best feedback though, with the first crowd freak out coming during 'Autonomy'. The diverse crowd also couldn’t seem to make up its mind on how to enjoy the show, and when a mosh pit would start up it would soon enough die when the old(er) women surrounding it started to disprove.

Shelley's voice was in fine form, but he just looked bored a lot of the time, only breaking out into smiles during the encore. Diggle on the other hand, was a great entertainer with a big bag of rockstar moves, posing and windmilling throughout. The homemade 'Steve Diggle' sign draped across his amp, combined with an all white outfit and a Rickenbacker, made it seem like you were there in the UK 30 years ago.

Their biggest hit 'Ever Fallen in Love' was placed around halfway through the set, and security suddenly had to deal with crowd surfers, as the mosh pit started to spread thanks to more liquored up punters piling in.

The encore though, is where the crowd got its real treat, back to back punk classics as the Buzzcocks turned the intensity up to 11. As Pete Shelley dragged out the opening lines of 'Orgasm Addict' ('Weeeelllllll... youuuuuuu...') the energy in the room lifted, and didn’t drop again through 'What Do I Get', 'Love You More', 'I Don't Mind', and finally a blistering rendition of 'Harmony In My Head'. As Diggle spat out the lyrics to his biggest song, Shelley took a back seat and finally seemed to be enjoying himself, as he watched Diggle crucify himself on a microphone stand as he had the crowd chant along to the chorus.

As the song finished Diggle unleashed his mass media tongue lashing (see above), and then the whole band stayed out and made it their personal mission to shake hands with anyone within reach.

Kat Spazzy had said during their set that 'Melbourne was in for a treat tonight', and to be honest, I can't say it any better.