Fun-Da-Mental: Bummer Holiday
Steven Wells, NME, 8 July 1995
The last time FUN-DA-MENTAL took a journalist to Pakistan, the writer came home a jibbering wreck and the band split. A return trip anyone? Bribes/blackmail/strict orders could convince only one man to make the journey – STEVEN WELLS, the strongest bottom in rock journalism. From Islamabad to Rawalpindi this is his five day roughage guide to diet, driving and soiled pants. Bring you own bog roll...
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