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The Boyfriends: Dublin Castle, London

Simon Price, The Independent, 15 February 2004

THERE'S A STRONG case to be made that camp only has any mileage when used by heterosexuals. Martin Wallace, singer with rising unsigned London band the Boyfriends (who happens to be gay), knows this: 6ft plus, shaven of head, square of jaw, his floral shirt the only concession to femininity, although the teasing band name — Whose boyfriends? Each other's? — is perhaps another.

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