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The Undertones: Teenage Dreams, So Hard To Beat

Mick Houghton, Uncut, November 2008

For the Undertones, living the rock'n'roll dream meant visits to church and McDonald's, and adopting pigeons when they could've been partying with the Clash. But behind the teenage hits and the unworldly image, the Derry boys were struggling to grow up and going to war with their frontman — over who sat in the front of the van...

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