Andrew Snoid (born Andrew McLennan) is a
New Zealand
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musician, singer, and songwriter.
He was featured in bands such as
The Plague
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,
The Whizz Kids,
Blam Blam Blam
Blam Blam Blam were a New Zealand pop/rock/alternative band. Tim Mahon (bass) and Mark Bell (guitar, vocals) had been members of The Plague and The Whizz Kids. After losing their drummer Ian Gilroy to The Swingers in 1980, Tim and Mark joi ...
(briefly),
Pop Mechanix,
The Swingers, and
Coconut Rough.
Snoid is best remembered as the writer and singer of the Coconut Rough song ''Sierra Leone'', which was a big domestic hit in 1983, staying in the charts for 17 weeks.
Later years
In 2015, he was fronting his group Andrew McLennan and the Underminers, which included Piri Heihei on guitar and vocals, pianist Michael Larsen formerly with
Jan Hellriegel, and on drummer Gary Hunt who had played with the
Terrorways and
Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes.
Andrew McLennan is currently on a "World Tour at Your Place" with "Telling Tales" featuring Stephanie Crawford Kim Gruebner Nick Jones Tracey Collins and guests
Mark Bell Dave Bridgman and
Geoffrey Chunn
References
External links
Telling Tales website.
APRA Award winners
New Zealand new wave musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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