Snakefinger: Meet the Latest New Wave Cult Figure
Paul Rambali, NME, 19 August 1978
YOUVE SEEN the ads. You've been enticed, or not by the quirky graphics. Perhaps you've even bought the record, itself as quirky and improbable as the ad campaign. But the question remains: who is Snakefinger and what kind of niche is he trying to carve for himself in the popular subconscious?
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