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Rocking on

A decade before the ascension of our Lorde to Grammy heaven, one of our most successful musical exports was the hard-rocking Datsuns out of Cambridge.

With their energetic thrash and youthful enthusiasm,, made the cover of (bannered as “heroes of the new rock revolution”), appeared on Jools Holland’s TV show, recorded an acclaimed debut album … Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl said, “The Datsuns are what the world needs.”

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