Winkies - Winkies
Chris Salewicz, NME, 12 April 1975
AND SO, AS if to pinpoint that they'd stuck a ring through the collective nose of every other pub rocker when it came to osmosing panache, The Winkies went and split up the week their first album was due to be shipped into the shops.
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