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Them's Fine Young Cannibals There!

Karen Schlosberg, Creem, 8 August 1986

"WE'RE THE hip uncles, that's what we're going for," says Roland Gift when asked to describe the Fine Young Cannibals' image. "All the kids can come 'round and talk to us because we can listen with an objective ear. We treat them like human beings and not like sons or daughters."

Total word count of piece: 1259

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