The Embarrassment
Blake Gumprecht, Alternative America, Winter 1983
THE EMBARRASSMENT formed four years ago in Wichita from the ruins of several other bands – the Mainliners, Screamers, Lemurs, Bad Eggs, and the Clique.
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