Bootsy's Rubber Band: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Cliff White, NME, 1 July 1978
A MESSAGE from the Mothership: "If you ain't gonna get it on, take your dead ass home." Some did...some of those dead asses...they couldn't cope with the P-Funk, wayyy too cold, and split for calmer pastures. Their noses are gonna grow, no question. It's the Pinnochio theory.
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