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Suede: While My Guitarist Swiftly Leaves

John Harris, New Musical Express, 30 July 1994

What a guffing idiot, eh readers? You're the genius guitarist in SUEDE, you've just finished your second album and then... you bugger off amid rumours of nervous breakdowns and irrational behaviour. JOHN HARRIS details the rift between BERNARD BUTLER and BRETT ANDERSON, leading up to their split, and ponders the future of Britain's biggest guitar hopes.

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