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Village People: "Macho Types Wanted, Must Have Moustache"

William Shaw, The Face, April 1997

Young man! There's no need to feel down... Until you've heard the strange and tragic tale of the man behind the biggest disco sensation of the seventies. William Shaw recounts how the Village People went from being gay heroes to ironic icons to the inspiration for U2's 'Discothèque' video

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