Sparklehorse: Manchester University
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 17 July 2003
SPARKLEHORSE'S MARK LINKOUS had a dramatic start to an enduring career. In 1996, he was briefly clinically dead after an overdose of Valium and antidepressants. Lying on a hotel bathroom floor with his legs pinned beneath him resulted in circulation problems that required weeks of surgery. At least the experience has fuelled Linkous's creative life force: a voyage into the heart of darkness that clutches upliftingly at the light.
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