Disassociate!: The Associates
Paul Morley, NME, 9 October 1982
THE WHIPPETS have pissed on the carpet of Chris Parry's Office. Billy Mackenzie grins, a little wickedly; there's a nice little stain that should be there forever. Billy adores whippets. Good looks, he says, good personality, lively and friendly... he wouldn't mind being a whippet.
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