Michael Hann

The weakest link

Those looking for danger should avoid Bobby Gillespie and see instead the addled, horrible, uproarious Swedish punk band Viagra Boys

issue 01 June 2019

  • Primal Scream

    Scala, and touring until 10 August

  • Viagra Boys

    Studio 9294, and touring until 15 November

May was a cruel month for those middle-aged liberals who treasure their old alternative rock heroes. There was Morrissey, appearing on American TV wearing a For Britain badge. There was XTC’s Andy Partridge tweeting that ‘the holocaust is not holy writ, it isn’t a religion, it can be historically revised’.

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