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I Mother's Finest: Black Radio Won’t Play This Record (Polydor) Okay. okay, black people really can play heavy rock music. The most remarkable fact about Mother‘s Finest, a black, five-piece rock band. is that they are still able to use their skin as a marketing tool so far down the colourful crossover road. They’re black. they break butt. Black Radio. . . is a cool album — now can we all just enjoy it? "lite fact is, Mother‘s Finest are a far more accomplished heavy
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32 The List 31 July - 13 August 1992