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New band of the day – No 686: Rollo Jean

With his strutting disco rock, this Bowie acolyte looks set to oust Mika and Scissor Sisters in the glam departmentHometown: Bristol.The lineup: Rollo Jean (vocals, music).The background: Once upon a time, more than the Beatles or the Stones, the Velvets or Dylan, when it came to exerting an influence on pop verging on hegemony, Bowie was the man. Thirty years ago, as unbelievable as it may seem today, nobody wanted to sound like the Beatles, Stones or Dylan (the Velvets, maybe), but every new a...

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15:34 on December 9 2009

New band of the day – No 686: Rollo Jean

Guardian Music — With his strutting disco rock, this Bowie acolyte looks set to oust Mika and Scissor Sisters in the glam departmentHometown: Bristol.The lineup: Rollo Jean (vocals, music... more info
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