Hail, Hail Rock'n'Roll
Nick Tosches, Spin, August 1990
NOW THAT the 1980s, whatever the fuck they were, are, like the great Liberace himself, dead and gone, can't we get this whole dumb business of rock'n'roll out of the way once and for all?
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