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Gay Dad: "We're back. Don't tell your friends"

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 15 March 2001

TWO YEARS AGO, when Gay Dad were at their most hyped, lead singer Cliff Jones predicted that his band's name would be remembered as "either the greatest name in history or the worst you've ever heard". Posterity has yet to decide either way, but "Gay Dad" is still as provocative as it was in early 1999, when many in the music industry believed the newborn group would be the next Oasis.

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