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Swervedriver: the Duchess Of York, Leeds

Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 8 September 1990

THE MAJOR cool nature of this gig (the much-touted Chapterhouse in support) can be judged by the amount of serious hip-talk going on. A bloke in the loos claims to have Chapterhouse demos from "way back, when they were really good", while in a darkened corner two unscrubbed youngsters are recounting tall tales of being mugged while hitching around after Swervedriver, and one hairy geezer reckons he saw the band supporting My Bloody Valentine in front of three people in 1986. (Alright, I made that one up, but you get the drift!)

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