Lust In Space: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Simon Witter, NME, 16 January 1988
Stardate 88.Warp factor 10. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are preparing to pervert the planet, "hit it to hell in the bread-basket", and, er, do naughty things to the devil. Spacehack SIMON "Shatner" WITTER beams down for a slab of sonic sexiness.
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