Bauhaus: University of Surrey, Guildford
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 24 May 1980
TAKE RISKS and you win some and you lose more than you would if you didn't. Bauhaus declared their intentions with the title of their first song, 'Double Dare', but on this occasion their stance was as foolhardy as the Light Brigade daring the Russian artillery to blow their heads off.
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