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Purple Hearts

Purple Hearts were often considered one of the best British mod revival groups. The Story of mod revivalists the Purple Hearts begins in 1977 when teenagers Jeff Shadbolt, Simon Stebbing, Bob Manton, and Nicky Lake formed in Romford Essex as The Sockets in 1977 before they even knew how to play their instruments (taking a cue from the then-prevailing DIY aesthetics of the punk rock movement) for the sole purpose of getting a support slot at a Buzzcocks gig at the East London Ploytechic, to debut their tounge-in-cheek Rock Opera 'Reg'. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Millions Like Us
7997
2Jimmy
4254
3Two Princes
3148
4Frustration
2928
5Gun of Life
2676
6Perfect World
2012
7Something You Can't Have
1744
8When I See You
1561
9Nothing's Left
1439
10Friends Again
1259

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