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The Following of 84/85 The Russian Cowboys

Review of Brockwell Park

The Reporter was Jane Simon in Sounds 11th Aug 84

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I've long admired Joolz, and my opinion of her rocketed after her performance Under Fire. Before she had even begun, the first flat green missile clunked at her feet and she snapped into action. "I'll tell you this, wanker, and I tell you this now," she bellowed at the perpetrator, "If you're such a coward you have to hide in a crowd and chuck cans, you ain't a man".

An enormous roar of applause went up at this, the hail of beer cans slowed to an uncertain trickle and the moron quotient contented itself with trying to shout her down. Fat chance.

Her new single, `The Kiss`, is about Casuals, but you could change the words "Pringle sweaters" to "leather jackets" or "Dr Martens" for an accurate description of gang mentality, loyalty and incidentally, growing up, in any camp. `Tattooist` also gave the mob something to think about not too far removed from their own sweet selves, but `At Dawn` (about the miners) wasn't about them at all, and therefore `boring`.

At the end of each piece, Joolz looked them in the eye and barked a single command: "Clap!" They clapped. They cheered. They lost. Joolz won. Every time.

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