Kingdom of Doves
Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 26 June 2009
DOVES ARE THE great survivors of Manchester Rock. Jimi Goodwin and brothers Jez and Andy Williams were schoolpals in Wilmslow and, since joining together as Sub Sub at the height of the rave era in 1989, they have seen every major Manchester band fall apart, change line ups or retire, exhausted.
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