The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

byBob Fischer
November 14, 2024

The Go! Team’s Ian Parton looks back on his complex relationship with ‘Ladyflash’, the breakthrough single from their debut album, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

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The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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Bob Fischer

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

Berlin ‘The Metro’

The The ‘This Is The Day’

Japan, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’, (Virgin Records)

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Renegade Soundwave ‘Biting My Nails’

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The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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