John Maher is a British former musician who was part of the punk and new wave scenes in Manchester, England, most notably as the drummer with Buzzcocks. Since retiring from the music scene he has become a car-repairing expert, who runs a company called "John Maher Racing", specialising in Volkswagen vehicles. Maher's father was from Ireland. In 1976, still a 16 year old schoolboy from St.

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  • John Maher is a British former musician who was part of the punk and new wave scenes in Manchester, England, most notably as the drummer with Buzzcocks. Since retiring from the music scene he has become a car-repairing expert, who runs a company called "John Maher Racing", specialising in Volkswagen vehicles. Maher's father was from Ireland. In 1976, still a 16 year old schoolboy from St. Bede's College, Whalley Range, Manchester, he joined punk band Buzzcocks, then led by Howard Devoto, who also was the lead vocalist. After the first Buzzcocks dissolving in 1981, he collaborated with Pauline Murray and formed along Steve Diggle (also of Buzzcocks) a band called Flag of Convenience, in 1982, but quit shortly afterwards. As for 1981, he was drumming in Wah!. After reuniting with Buzzcocks in 1989, he retired from music in 1992, after a tour, and returned to his Volkswagen business in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in the south of Manchester.
  • John Maher es un experto en reparaciones de carros inglés, quien en un tiempo se hizo conocido por haber formado parte de la banda punk Buzzcocks, a la cual perteneció de 1976 a 1981, y en su reunión, de 1989 a 1991. Nacido el 21 de abril de 1960, en 1976, a los 16 años y aún como alumno en la escuela católica de St. Bede, en Manchester, comienza a integrar Buzzcocks, entonces formados por Howard Devoto, en voz, y Pete Shelley, sólo en guitarra. Con ellos permanece hasta 1981, cuando la banda se separa por primera vez. Mientras, también había colaborado con Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls y Wah!. Luego de la separación de Buzzcocks, forma, junto a Steve Diggle, su compañero en esa banda, Flag Of Convenience, de la cual se separa al poco tiempo. Ahora, estña dedicado a las reparaciones de autos y maneja una compañía dedicada a ello, "John Maher Racing".
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  • 1976 – 1992
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  • John Maher is a British former musician who was part of the punk and new wave scenes in Manchester, England, most notably as the drummer with Buzzcocks. Since retiring from the music scene he has become a car-repairing expert, who runs a company called "John Maher Racing", specialising in Volkswagen vehicles. Maher's father was from Ireland. In 1976, still a 16 year old schoolboy from St.
  • John Maher es un experto en reparaciones de carros inglés, quien en un tiempo se hizo conocido por haber formado parte de la banda punk Buzzcocks, a la cual perteneció de 1976 a 1981, y en su reunión, de 1989 a 1991. Nacido el 21 de abril de 1960, en 1976, a los 16 años y aún como alumno en la escuela católica de St. Bede, en Manchester, comienza a integrar Buzzcocks, entonces formados por Howard Devoto, en voz, y Pete Shelley, sólo en guitarra.
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  • John Maher (Buzzcocks drummer)
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