Just Another Bunch Of Middle Class Kids With Silly Names And Spiky Haircuts: Pure Hell
Chris Salewicz, NME, 25 November 1978
"H-E-E-EYY..." Pure Hell drummer Spider Blaze tousles his Rita Hayworth red crop and slaps his right palm down on mine, giving me one of those Yanqui jive street greeting to which Im never quite sure how its best to respond.
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