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Jayne County: The Duchess Of York, Leeds

Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 2 September 1989

FLASHBACK TO 1977. Punk rock sets England ablaze and in a sweaty club somewhere near you a transvestite called Wayne County shrieks "If you don't want to f*** me, baby, P*** off," to the gasps of the spiky-topped Clash fans. FAST FORWARD to 1989, and Wayne's now post-op Jayne, and she's singing "F*** Orf" to, I kid you not, spiky-top and Mohicans into the Clash!

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