Todd Rundgren: Swinging To The Right And Being Left
Dave DiMartino, Creem, July 1981
THERE'S A STANDARD story about Todd Rundgren that you've probably already heard. It goes like this: He's great. An enormous talent. Can write songs blindfolded. Thousands of 'em. But he got weird. Put together a band. Band wasn't very good. He doesn't care. And that's that.
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