Ash: Turn Up, Check In, Rock Out!
Steven Wells, Vox, December 1995
These days, most teenagers leave school and sign on. But not ASH – they play loud punk rock, trash hotels and party till they puke. Oh my God! says STEVEN WELLS.
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