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Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Hope Against Hype

Mal Peachey, Time Out, 8 March 1989

Sigue Sigue Sputnik were the biggest hype of the '80s, their huge hairstyles and huger lies sweeping all before them — until the backlash. Mal Peachey met SSS leader Tony James — chastened but threatening a comeback.

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