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Slade: Bovver Boys Who Grew Their Hair And Got A Hit

Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 17 July 1971

SLADE, BRITAIN'S first skinhead band — were launched just over a year ago in the true tradition of eye-catching pop publicity. But the implications of their hard-case imagery was so stark, and foreboding, that it quickly resulted in the most unforeseen repercussions.

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