Night Flight - Snub TV (Episode 2)
: 25 minutes
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synopsis
Welcome to Snub TV, Night Flight's exclusive look at England's independent music scene. Host Brenda Kelly introduces "Grebo Rock" the new wave of English music with Pop Will Eat Itself who cannibalize Sigue Sigur Sputnik's "Love Missile F1-11," Scottish alt-rock band The Soupdragons, Wire, and UK's premiere female rap crew, Cookie Crew. Snub was created by Fran Duffy and produced in the UK by Brenda Kelly and Peter Fowler (who met while working at Rough Trade Records). It documented the indie and alternative music scenes of London and beyond for Night Flight between 1987-89.
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