Glam Rock: Scary Monsters, Super Freaks #1
Stephen Dalton, Uncut, November 1998
THE FREAKS ARE OUT IN FORCE TONIGHT. Squeezed into lurid outfits, hair dyed every artificial hue imaginable, braying and squealing and jostling for position.
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