Alternative TV: 100 Club, London
Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 6 May 1978
CON-TRA-DIC-TIONS... ATV are full of them. As in, how come they were awful when they played the Rainbow with the wonderful Spirit, yet managed to make this gig one of the best and most consistent I've seen them do? And why do they still continue to use lots of songs (live and on record) written by a guy who had to quit months ago for being too pop-orientated? Mark Perry, the enigma and his variations...
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