Squeeze Loosens Up
Jon Young, Trouser Press, June 1980
REMEMBER HOW your parents used to attack rock 'n' roll by pointing out how disreputable most bands looked? It sure didn't help when they seized on a Rolling Stones album cover; although you harbored a secret desire to impersonate Keith or Brian, there wasn't much you could say.
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