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Detective: Detective

Mick Farren, NME, 16 July 1977

WHEN MICHAEL Des Barres was sojourning in London, going through the motions of Silverhead and other assorted, third division glitzkid antics, I always got the impression that he was more concerned with the comfort and notoriety of the rock star lifestyle than a real desire to use the music as a medium for actually saying anything.

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