Andrew Snoid

Andrew Snoid born Andrew McLennan is a New Zealand musician, singer, and songwriter.

He was featured in bands such as The Plague, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam (briefly), Pop Mechanix,[1] The Swingers, and Coconut Rough.[2]

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 & 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[3] and Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes.[4]


References

  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Pop Mechanix". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Coconut Rough". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. Ponsonby News March 2015 Page 135 Playing at Garnet Station Tiny Theatre Archived 11 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Rip It Up June 1979 Page 6 Rumours, Auckland
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