Curiosity Killed The Cat: Filthy Rich These Cat Chaps
Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 18 April 1987
Too naughty to be teeny-boppers, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT are nonetheless attracting attention for all the trad reasons goodlookers, dressers, er mates of Paula Yates, all that kind of thing. Paul Mathur attempts to establish some dignity in this torrid pop career.
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