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One song, 'Poptones', was written from the perspective of a real-life rape victim - the perpetrators were eventually identified when police found a cassette of the inane pop music that they would play while committing their crime still in their car stereo.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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'Poptones', all from 'Metal Box', each striking a miraculous blend of spontaneity, spikiness and 'flow' - the open, free spirited yin to the brutal yang of the Sex Pistols.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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On "Poptones" especially, it feels as discomfortingly modern as ever.
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Home / Undercover 2009 Spring / Summer "Poptones" Collection
Hypebeast 2009
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In our ongoing series of subversive American Bandstand performances, here's a video clip of Public Image, Ltd. performing Poptones and Careering on American Bandstand in May, 1980 97 mb of mpg goodness.
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Poptones: A lost local post-punk classic gets the reissue treatment from a new label - and the band reunites to celebrate World in Motion: Popular local '90s rockers New World Spirits reunite this weekend Is There a Doctor in the House?
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Poptones: A lost local post-punk classic gets the reissue treatment from a new label - and the band reunites to celebrate World in Motion: Popular local '90s rockers New World Spirits reunite this weekend Is There a Doctor in the House?
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Poptones: A lost local post-punk classic gets the reissue treatment from a new label - and the band reunites to celebrate World in Motion: Popular local '90s rockers New World Spirits reunite this weekend Is There a Doctor in the House?
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But then came another setback - the Poptones label imploded, leaving "Exits" without a home and the band with only 6,000 copies of the record.
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But then came another setback - the Poptones label imploded, leaving "Exits" without a home and the band with only 6,000 copies of the record.
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