Erazerhead: Teenagers In Lust
Carol Clerk, Melody Maker, 24 July 1982
IT WAS in the winter of 1978 that vocalist Lee Drury had his first traumatic encounter with the cruel forces of fate. At the time, he didn't have a lot to worry about. He was broke, like everyone else, but getting by and having a good time with his band the Corvettes.
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