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THE DUO’S FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM SEES THEM ON FINE FORM, SUPPLEMEN
The accessibility, affordability and portability of synthesizers in the late 70s had a profound effect on popular music, particularly in the UK, where the likes of Ultravox!, Gary Numan and OMD reshap
hen Soft Cell were art students at Leeds Polytechnic, Marc Almond wrote a song in the vein of Ziggy Stardust about a fictional band breaking up. Four years later, when Soft Cell had been informed by t
John & Yoko/ Plastic Ono Band Power ...
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Suede London Southbank Centre Nineties icons present ...
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