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The Soft Boys: A Can Of Bees (Two Crabs)

Ian Penman, NME, 5 May 1979

TAKE THE "mystery" out of rock'n'roll and you're left with an evaluation of current rock'n'roll that relies upon the recognition of traditional principles or objects. "That's what I call rock music." The practice is confronted head-on without analysis, so that rock's 'mythology' remains authentic and unimpeachable.

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