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American revolution: Aerosmith, Boston, Kansas and co.

Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 25 February 1978

LIKE A FOREST fire, the flames of the new wave roared across the British rock scene, leaving behind a charred and blackened landscape. A few mighty oaks, burnt and blackened, are still standing, and green shoots now show through the smouldering embers.

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