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Brand X: Bristol Hippodrome

Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 30 September 1978

"BRAKES ARE locked. The steering is jammed!" Peter Robinson wrestled with the steering wheel as he drove like a Dalek around Bristol City centre last Friday. His co-pilot, drummer Chuck Burgi, could only laugh in the release of nervous tension that gripped Brand X as the echoes of opening night on their first British tour died away.

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