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LETTER FROM BRITAIN

Martin Fry has one long piece of hair, like a badly cut fringe, that lies across his nose, almost blocking his vision in one eye. 'Fry is 23, over six feet tall and has a fair bit of acne," observes the NME reporter. He also Passes comment on ABC’s popularity with the fresh-faced and open-minded Human League and Ant fans...”

July 1, 1982
Penny Valentine

LETTER FROM BRITAIN

TEENAGE KICKS

Penny Valentine

Martin Fry has one long piece of hair, like a badly cut fringe, that lies across his nose, almost blocking his vision in one eye.

'Fry is 23, over six feet tall and has a fair bit of acne," observes the NME reporter. He also Passes comment on ABC’s popularity with the fresh-faced and open-minded Human League and Ant fans...”

ABC make compact, melodic electronic pop records, real singles like “Poison Arrow with memorable choruses like the sound of colored sweets in a.tall jar. It is no surprise that their first album will be produced by Dollar’s Trevor Horn. Well, not much of one...

Dollar are both blond and look like hairdressers. A girl and a boy with a string of hits - (unmemorable), they have always been photographed to look like those shots of Rod and Britt. Very pretty, very clean limbed, very Aryan. When they do their songs live they look like they’re committing incest.

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