Alan Vega: Collision Drive (Celluloid)
Barney Hoskyns, NME, 1981
AS THE mercurial Jukebox Babe starts to makes its steady impact as a 12-inch, here is an even grittier reinterpretation of The Great American Rock N Roll Dream, featuring this time not the mysterious Phil Hawk but a full garage-style rockabilly band, replete with drums and bass guitar.
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