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Sounds From The Junkshop #87 - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster

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  "I wanna f**k your mother/It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it..."  - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster  - Celebrate Your Mother I've said a couple of times in the past when writing a Sounds From The Junkshop column that sometimes one of the most enjoyable things is revisiting a band whose records you've not heard for ages and remembering just how much fun they were. And listening back to Brighton nutcases the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's debut album Horse Of The Dog  was definitely one of those moments. Here's the thing about the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, right - their singer Guy McKnight basically looked like Richard Ashcroft's long lost evil and ultra-unhinged twin. Onstage, the man was frankly an utter lunatic, leaping around, screaming gibberish into the mic, climbing the rig, curling up on the floor and on one occasion I saw them, shoving the microphone down the front of his boxer shorts, picking it out again, sni...