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- ↑ "Interview with Greg Cowan of THE OUTCASTS: "People aren’t Punk, its only music"", 2004
- ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits: 1980 -1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0 9517206 9 4
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (1999) "The Outcasts", in The Great Alternative & Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 0 86241 913 1
