The Flamin Groovies: Flamin' Groovies Now
Peter Silverton, Sounds, 15 April 1978
LIKE SO many other people, the first time I caught an eyeful of the Groovies in the flesh was when they were supported by The Ramones at the American Independence Day bash at the Roundhouse eighteen months or so back.
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