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Bolton; a spanktastically massive town. Roughy 10 miles North West of Manchester. Bolton; technically in Greater Manchester, lies in a dip surrounded by some lovely scenery: Rivington, Edgerton and a large recreational park inhabited mainly by the underbelly of society that we have come to call townies, chavs, scallies or just general shit heads. Bolton; home also to a band (well a few bands, a lot really). Hailing from the muddy backwaters of Bolton, however, are the unfortunately named Bookstore who play a collected concoction of dirty music with hints of 80's punk and influences ranging from Joy Division, The Arcade Fire, The Raveonettes, John Frusciante, Pixies, Queen Adreena, Devo, Grey Matter, Interpol, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Placebo, The Catheters, Dead Kennedy’s, Falco, Fugazi, Iggy and the Stooges, POISON (of course) and Smashing Pumpkins. It’s got that modern pop grunge element to it, but you may disagree with the whole of the above, finding it total bollocks, but have ...