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Wayne Hussey

s one of the architects of goth, The Mission’s Wayne Hussey has earned the right to wear sunglasses at any time of the day. But that’s not the only reason he’s sporting shades when we meet in a pub on the outskirts of his childhood home town of Bristol in the middle of the afternoon. “Prescription,” he explains. “My eyesight’s always been poor. They look better than regular specs.” Hussey focused his peepers long enough to write , a hugely entertaining autobiography which charts his journey from clean-cut Mormon kid to wayward member of a pre-pop

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