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The 'Alternating Currents' Legacy Interview: Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Stourbridge's finest, fusing indie energy with a twin-bass attack, ready to detonate Cambridge, MA, July 1991.

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Amy McGrath
Aug 18, 2024
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Prologue

This stuff shouldn’t happen to bands. Unless you’re Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and in America for the first time. I couldn’t help thinking they forgot an item on their itinerary: an injury rider for the band and their close-knit road crew.

Singer Jonn Penney showed off the gash in his hand, the result of opening a beer bottle at a gig in New Jersey. Gu…

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