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Thompson Twins
Living in squats in an unprepossessing area of London, the Thompson Twins had
unpromising beginnings. Unemployed and broke, Tom Bailey got his hands on some
instruments and, helped by a variety of other passing musicians, formed the
Thompson Twins, taking the name from the characters of two hapless detectives in
the comic strip, Herge's Adventures of Tin Tin. Merging post-punk energy with
African rhythms, the group had a fluid personnel, releasing their first album A
Product Of... in 1981. Their second album Set, released a year later, was
produced by Steve Lillywhite and include...
