The Clash/Buzzcocks/Subway Sect/The Slits: Harlesden Colosseum, London
Nick Kent, NME, 19 March 1977
NICK KENT comes out of hiding to offer himself as a 'punk' sacrifice to the ritualistic 'beat' of THE CLASH, THE BUZZCOCKS, THE SUBWAY SECT and THE SLITS...and hangs around to join in the ceremony himself. Well, sort of...
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