Split Enz: This May Be The Beginning Of The Enz
Steven X Rea, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 7 May 1982
BACK IN the '70s, the members of Split Enz sported sky-high pyramids of multicolored hair, decked themselves out in Fellini-esque clown suits, plastered their faces with gobs of death-white makeup and generally acted weird.
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