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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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