Tom Verlaine: Electric Ballroom, London
Nick Kent, NME, 27 October 1984
WHY-OH-WHY has it consistently appeared to be solely rock critics plus these terribly self-absorbed young chaps who currently populate Britain's new ruling (middle) class of guitar bands who cherish the name and worth of Tom Verlaine?
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