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Although ironically they tend to be far more progressive than the country's politics

Shared former industrial (esp. mining) heritage/working-class background aye, but in terms of culture, surroundings, national reputation/impact etc. there's no comparison. Gelsenkirchen is more of a Middlesbrough in that respect.

I don't love Shawshank. It's a bit of a Sgt. Pepper in these kinds of lists.

Aye, but the Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Lord Of The Rings and Fight Club are in the IMDB top 10, so what does that tell you?

I bet Toonraider would go for a bit of Iwan Thomas MBE, mind.

https://twitter.com/Iwanrunner/status/494566422895673345/photo/1 (I'm just posting this to give CT a foodgasm really. )

It's a great stadium like. Only interesting thing about the city frankly.

"Pies/sandwiches"?

That doesn't make it any better!

Looks like something for Mike:

Not a mental image I required.

Exclusive footage of the tube going in through Stevie's ballsack by mistake.

"How to resist shoving that tube in a little too hard when your patient calls you a Mackem"

Business as usual, in other words

Aaaaand there's your happy drug.

Never fully warmed to them tbh, didn't think they quite had the music to back up the talk. "Guerrilla Radio" and "Sleep Now In The Fire" are decent gym companions though.

Robb Flynn was a proper wally like, but aye, can't knock "Davidian" for its Mayfair dancefloor value (and I'll stand up for "The Burning Red" as being a consistently decent album too, for all they'd got a bit slick by then).

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#1993 Look at those lists for 1993 and 1994 man. Some cracking stuff. And some absolute shite.

I remember the NWOBHM relics in the letters pages getting all huffy when they started covering Nirvana and Pearl Jam, bless their little leather wristbands.

I read Kerrang!, but I presume that's not what you mean.

Steady now.

Yes! It's called... ....wait for it... ...I said wait for it... ... ..... ......... ....a bottle of white.