Andrew Snoid

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Andrew Snoid (born Andrew McLennan) is a New Zealand musician, singer, and songwriter. [1]

He was featured in bands such as The Plague, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam (briefly), Pop Mechanix, [2] [3] The Swingers, and Coconut Rough. [4] 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. [5] [6]

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 [7] and Gary Havoc & The Hurricanes. [8]

In 2016 McLennan embarked 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. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andrew McLennan - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Pop Mechanix". Allmusic . Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Pop Mechanix". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Coconut Rough". Allmusic . Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Music Month flashback: Sierra Leone by Coconut Rough". NZ Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sierra Leone". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Ponsonby News March 2015 Page 135 Playing at Garnet Station Tiny Theatre Archived 11 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Rip It Up June 1979 Page 6 Rumours, Auckland Archived 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "WATCH: The Sound Sessions with Citizen Band and Andrew McLennan's Telling Tales". The Sound. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


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