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Black Grape: Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 22 July 1995

BLACK GRAPE are currently the hottest new property in British rock. Even prior to their first single, acres of music press coverage had signalled the return of Shaun Ryder, whose previous band, Happy Mondays, invented the gnarled punk-funk known as "baggy" and taught an entire generation of indie/rock fans how to dance.

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