Cockney Rejects: Greatest Hits Vol 1
Garry Bushell, Sounds, 1 March 1980
WHEN I first met Micky Geggus and Stinky Turner and heard their tape I knew there was something about it and them that said they were for real and were gonna mean a lot. But even when I was hooked and helping them get gigs I never believed they were gonna make an album this good, this real, this goddamn important.
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