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- ↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ↑ "Copperhead | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 August 2021.
