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Sneaker Pimps: It's Great in the States... Yeah?

Emma Warren, The Face, June 1997

The Chemical Brothers enter the Billboard album chart at Number 14. The Prodigy and Orbital play Lollapalooza. In LA kids breakdance to jungle. In Miami there's a rash of beanie hats and flares... UK club culture is going down a techno-storm in the rocktastic US. Allegedly. In search of the evidence, Emma Warren goes to Hollywood, where Sneaker Pimps are hobnobbing at The Saint's premiere.

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