Adventures of Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures
April 23rd, 2010 by Brian White
Our love and admiration for Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures is no secret here on Why So Blu (see our other stories here, here and here). After all, any friend of Rob Zombie is a friend of ours. Last week, we broke a very exciting and insightful interview here on the site with Captain Clegg’s go go dancer Mistress Clegg (see here). So why would we depart from the Clegg train now? The answer is we WON’T. Continue reading ‘Adventures of Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures’
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