Penetration: Newcastle
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 21 May 1977
"TURN OFF the music we want to play," R the bassist yelled at the DJ and, before you had time to chuckle at the implications of that, Penetration forcibly entered you. Oooo, what in the name of Jean Genetalia? The sharp instrument was an item called 'Duty Free Technology' and it went judder-shudder-fuzz-buzz-growl-howl-stop and put me in mind of a road drill aimed from below at my private parts.
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