The Jam: Dies' Ist Der Modernische Welt
Danny Baker, NME, 17 March 1979
AND IN THE beginning there was darkness. Then, it has been written, the Mood formed the Pistols, Clash, Damned, Stranglers, Vibrators and the Jam and it was good. It is now approaching three years since the genesis, and the high rise, dole queue, boredom revolution is a global business.
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