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Was (Not Was): Spies In The House Of Funk

Dave Zimmer, BAM, 2 December 1988

MASTERS OF funkified musical left turns, that was one way to describe Was (Not Was) after listening to their 1983 LP, Born to Laugh At Tornadoes, which featured an unlikely set of guest vocalists: Ozzy Osbourne, Mel Torme, Mitch Ryder and ex-Knack leader Doug Fieger.

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