Feature on tribute bands - Messiahs or Manipulators?

Metro Newspapers

'...The impassioned voice, the chiming guitar, the pulsing bass and the militaristic drumming evoke two decades’ worth of songs you know by heart. The transcendent chorus arrives, with the singer’s arm and heart extended to the crowd, “Oh, you look so beautiful, tonight!” But for some reason, the bassist is singing backup instead of the guitarist. In fact, the bassist looks too young. Come to think of it, the drummer and singer are too svelte, and the guitarist isn’t svelte enough...'

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