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Trash: The Story of the New York Dolls

Kris Needs, Sounds, 25 June 1977

THE ONE gig I'm never ever gonna forget happened in early 1974 at the opening night of the Rainbow Room on the sixth floor of Biba. For a while it was the tackiest, trendiest and most extravagantly chic place in town, a technicolour dream palace of mirrors, garish decoration, bright lights and clientele to match.

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