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Rock'n'Roll Drives You Mad

Phil Sutcliffe, Q, December 1998

Stress, nervous exhaustion, clinical depression: a litany of mental maladies lie in wait for the endlessly-gigging, maniacally-drugging, heart-on-sleeve purveyor of rock'n'roll. Phil "Prozac" Sutcliffe dons leather straightjacket to survey the rocker's unique emotional landscape and profile pop's tragic psychic casualties.

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