Nirvana/Tad/The Cateran: SOAS, London
Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 4 November 1989
Half the bloated business moguls in Britain have never heard of them. They were not invited to appear at the Smash Hits poll-winners party – surely Most Very Horrible Thing, at least – but Tad are one of the greatest, ball-breaking experiences in the known universe... Roy Wilkinson dodges swinging axes
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