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Lloyd Cole & The Commotions: Cole Commotion

Bill Holdship, Creem, October 1985

DETROIT — As a youth in Glasgow, Scotland, Lloyd Cole was obsessed with American music, literature and movies. It only seemed natural, then, that American symbols of glamour and romance would figure predominantly in his own music when he formed the Commotions with several college chums two years ago.

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