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Alabama 3: The Brixton Connection

Simon Witter, The Times, 13 January 2001

The theme tune for the hip gangster drama The Sopranos is set to shoot into the UK charts this month and catapult the band behind the music, Alabama 3, into the mainstream. A world away from the neurotic Mafia hitmen portrayed in the series, these south London misfits have at a stroke become the dons of America’s seamy underbelly and the toast of its musical connoisseurs.

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