Andrew Snoid

Andrew Snoid born Andrew McLennan is a New Zealand musician, singer, and songwriter.

He was featured in bands such as The Plague, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam (briefly), Pop Mechanix,[1] The Swingers, and Coconut Rough.[2]

Snoid is best remembered as the writer and singer of the Coconut Rough song Sierra Leone, which was a big domestic hit in 1983, staying in the charts for 17 weeks.

Later years

In 2015, he was fronting his group Andrew McLennan & The Underminers, which included Piri Heihei on guitar and vocals, pianist Michael Larsen formerly with Jan Hellriegel, and on drummer Gary Hunt who had played with the Terrorways[3] and Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes.[4]


References

  1. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Pop Mechanix". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Coconut Rough". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Ponsonby News March 2015 Page 135 Playing at Garnet Station Tiny Theatre Archived 11 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Rip It Up June 1979 Page 6 Rumours, Auckland
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