Al Capone Andrews has a story to tell.He tells of a group of four naive university students who get together one wet day in the seventies to form a rock band which becomes known as 'The Sublimated Urge'.On one of their first gigs off campus the boys are beaten up by town thugs and have all their instruments trashed.Forced to find farm work to save money for their new instruments and plan their revenge, the boys discover in themselves some prodigious song-writing talents. After the sudden death of their drummer Tilly, they discover that he'd lived a secret life that none of them knew about. After reading some of Tilly's jottings the band members begin to look within themselves for the hurt and guilt they are all feeling over Tilly's death. They discover an ability to compose meaningful and sensitive poetry - a quality they never knew they possessed.But the discoveries they make about themselves and about Tilly, lead them down some very dark roads, littered with the bodies of people just like themselves...
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