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Monday, 14 October 2013

"The Clash Would Have Killed To Have Come From Derry" - A History Of The Undertones

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Recent fantastic BBC 4 documentary on the greatest Irish band there's ever been: The Undertones. Working class kids who conquered the charts by crafting perfect 3 minute teen-angst punk pop songs in the middle of what could, with some justification, be described as a war zone...
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