The Unearthing of Howard Tate
Cleothus Hardcastle, Rock's Backpages, 14 April 2001
"They had a thing in MOJO, like, Whatever happened to Howard Tate? Hes gotta be fuckin dead, man!"
– David Johansen, talking to Rocks Backpages, January 2001
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