Splodgenessabounds: Help Stamp Out Splodgeness!
Garry Bushell, Sounds, 2 February 1980
MANY DISTRESSED Sounds readers have written to us about the alarming outbreaks of 'Splodgenessabounds' currently sweeping through lower class areas of South East London. This phenomenon reached a frightening pinnacle at the end of December when self-styled punk rock group the Damned had their Rainbow gig preceded by outrageous examples of rampant Splodgeness.
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