Rank & File: Sundown (Slash Records)
Cynthia Rose, NME, 5 March 1983
RANK & FILE are a rather unusual four-piece: a Commie punk country band who've accrued a national reputation in America with record speed. Mind you, reputation surrounded their very founding, since it was the work of Tony and Chip Kinman.
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