Have Mersey: An Interview with The La’s’ Driving Force and Angriest Member Lee Mavers
Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, September 1991
JUST WHEN YOU think youve seen or heard everything that could happen in the music business, something like the Las imbroglio comes along. The Las in 1988 and 89 practically owned the music scene in their hometown of Liverpool, where there hadnt been so much excitement for a new Mersey band since four mop-topped lads created a mania of their own nearly 30 years ago.
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