The Stars That Fame Forgot: P. F. Sloan
Rob Hughes, Uncut, August 2006
"P.F. Sloan gave us arguably the first real 'protest rock'. It wasn't folk music anymore, it was ROCK AND ROLL protest music. 'Eve of Destruction' gave rock music a conscience that has been here ever since." (Frank Black)
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