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Hollywood Dream, The Thunderclap Newman Story: Pete Townshend, a Band of Outsiders, and the Birth of British Indie Music
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“We were the best worst band. We died but we died in style.” – Speedy Keen
Thunderclap Newman stunned the music world in the summer of 1969 with the success of their wonderfully odd debut single ‘Something In The Air’, which ousted none other than the Beatles from the top of the charts. They followed up with an LP described by Nik Cohn as “one of the finest, most truly bizarre albums of the era” before disintegrating just a few months after its release. This is the story of one of the most u...