The Rods: Pack Men
Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 21 August 1982
WIMP ROCK. Every time you turn on the radio out here, there it is, hitting your ears with all the strength and power of a cotton wool ball, about as satisfying as an all-blancmange diet, about as much fun as films about children and puppies.
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