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Bad Company: Revolt Into Style

Robin Katz, Phonograph Record, April 1977

LONDON — With Bad Company's four-month American tour set to kick off in Denver on April 25th, the group's personal assistants are taking bets on whether or not Paul Rodgers will continue the rigorous karate training which has absorbed his attention since Bad Company took time off at the end of last year. Decked in a kimono, the newly shorn Rodgers has visibly dropped both drink and weight. He intends to bring his karate teacher on the road for the European tour which pre-empts the American visit. The question is, how long will Eastern discipline intermingle with road-weary Western hijinks?

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