The Inmates: City Rhythms and Jailhouse Blues
Max Bell, NME, 3 March 1979
BILL HURLEY, lead singer with The Inmates, was definitely built for the job. Bill Hurley clocks in six foot solid from the ground, a hard workin' hard drivin' man who'll drive ya just as hard as he can. Visual statistics alone reveal a specimen constructed in the larger-than-life category. Obviously the geezer who decides these matters is an R&B fan...that seventh day of rest business was just a little joke.
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