The Bay City Rollers
Ian Fortnam, Uncut, May 1998
Ahh, those much-mimicked hedgehogian coxcombs; those calf-chafing, tartan-trimmed trews with half a yard of surplus flapping flare to spare; those cheery, cheeky chipmunk grins and those perilously seductive shang-a-langs.
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