The Year Skunk Broke: Skunk Anansie
Lucy O'Brien, Vox, September 1995
Two indie EPs have been enough to catapult Skunk Anansie from British cult status to the silver screens of Hollywood. VOX joins them for a lost weekend of sun, fun, fights and star-studded nights.
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