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Hands On! Fine Young Cannibals

Mat Snow, Q, March 1990

They turned down top photographers, refused advertising offers, ignored invitations from the Hollywood glitterati (bar a dinner-date with Madonna). They scrutinized every detail of their output. And Fine Young Cannibals' reward has been vast success and a reputation for being awkward sods. "But why settle for second-best?" they ask Mat Snow.

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