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The Monsters in Alex Harvey

Mick Brown, Rolling Stone, 24 February 1977

BRUSSELS — Alex Harvey has a special way of saying hello. His body, which normally moves with the easy, rolling gait of the dancer and the street fighter, assumes a predatory tautness; his eyes shut down like blinds into narrow, dangerous slits of light and his lips tighten into a sadistic leer. Then, when he's sure he's put the fear of God into you, he'll smile. Perhaps.

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