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Frontman TJINDER SINGH talks to James Walsh about a band whose unconventional approach hasn’t always got the plaudits it deserves
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SUE TURNER is compelled by a history that shows how far a country can turn in on itself to collude with abuses of power
RON JACOBS is persuaded by the parallel drawn between Charles Manson and Donald Trump
CORNERSHOP aren’t like most other bands. If they were farming machinery, they’d be a combine harvester — albeit one built from scratch from a dizzying variety of other equipment.
Their career has taken in everything from punk to funk, disco to dub and all manner of musical destinations besides.
“Being not so easily pinned down has had its problems. But it has made for a more interesting career,” says Tjinder Singh, Cornershop frontman for 20 years and more.
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