Wah & Peace
Chris Roberts, Uncut, May 2000
NINE YEARS AGO, Pete Wylie, who is The Mighty WAH!, was considered hot. Again. He leaned on a railing in Liverpool. It gave way and he fell 20 feet into basement, breaking his back and chestbone. He came to, and a fireman asked him if he knew his name and address. "You should know my fucking name, mate," Wylie quipped.
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