Steel Pulse: No Jah-Babble In-A Birmingham
Peter Silverton, Sounds, 22 April 1978
REGGAE IS HIP. Punks said it was OK way back and how the parasitic shower of hustlers and sycophants who comprise the music biz are catching on. Starting the big climb up the white rock candy mountain, (Steel Pulse are) now headlining gigs at smoothie London venues.
– The Leveller, March 78
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