Sinead O'Connor: Skinhead And Scum-Stampers; A Short Sharp Shock
Neil Perry, Sounds, 2 January 1988
That's how emancipated Irish singer SINEAD O'CONNOR dealt with a record company suggestion that she should 'tart herself up'. NEIL PERRY comes to terms with the lioness' roar and cobra venom behind her fragile features
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