Making It: Last Exit
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 8 January 1977
Any band with fire in its belly sooner or later has to gamble on that make-or-break trip to London. This is an account of how Newcastles highly-rated Last Exit sounght fame and fortune in the Big City. A parable of our times by PHIL SUTCLIFFE.
Total word count of piece: 3897
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