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Early UK DIY
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Indie rock.
Early UK DIY movement
The BBC documentary Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie remarks that the self-publication of the Spiral Scratch EP by Manchester punk rock band the Buzzcocks, on their independent record label New Hormones on 29 January 1977, was a pivotal moment in the development of indie rock, as well as the wider English independent music scene. Writer Kevin Dunn's Global Punk highlights how the Buzzcocks' debut EP inspired a wave of independent DIY releases across the United Kingdom: "...the EP literally showed how one could make a record, with the details of the recording process (e.g., number of takes and over-dubs) and pressing costs printed right on the record cover."