James: Seven
Phil Sutcliffe, Q, March 1992
A YEAR AGO, with Gulf War self-censorship at fever pitch, the Phonogram board would have needed sedation after the opening lines from 'Mother': "These wars are motherfuckers/How many sons will we kill today?".
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