New York Dolls: The Guys In The Dolls
Michael Gross, NME, 25 August 1973
THE BACK room of Max's Kansas City is generally bathed in a pink glow of lighting effects. Depending on how much liquor you've consumed, it can become a time-bomb-like metaphor for life in the city.
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