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Cows, Claw Hammer, Rocket From The Crypt: Roxy, Los Angeles CA

Mark Kemp, L.A. Weekly, 17 December 1992

IN MARKED contrast to Nirvana, Rocket From the Crypt's five clean-cut jocks looked like working-class heroes when they walked onstage Sunday night. They had short hair, neatly combed back with greasy kid stuff, and wore matching bowling shirts with black-and-white checker stripes Moreover, singer/guitarist John Reis came on with a grin, not a pout.

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