The Undertones: The Reluctant Debutantes
Paul Morley, NME, 26 May 1979
"When the group first started I suppose it's like a phase, y'know, ye want to be a fireman or ye want to be a policeman. I wanted to be a pop star. It's nearly happened. Well, partly."
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