Iconic Band Return to Glasgow for the Launch of Their 35th Anniversary Tour ; Undertones Get Their Kicks Again
Evening Times › March 31, 2011
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IT'S regarded as one of the greatest pop singles ever. But for the Undertones' lead guitarist Damian O Neill, the group's seminal Teenage Kicks single was very nearly the end of the band, rather than the beginning.
As the group gears up for a 35th anniversary tour that starts at King Tuts tonight, Damian explained just how the classic anthem saved the group.See the full content of this document
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Iconic Band Return to Glasgow for the Launch of Their 35th Anniversary Tour ; Undertones Get Their Kicks Again
"Before we recorded Teenage Kicks we were at our lowest ebb" he says, still with a broad Derry accent.
"It was difficult to get going in Derry, as there weren't any other bands like us, and punk was just received as a joke there. We we...See the full content of this document
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