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It’s a Finn-Finn situation

FINN, by The Finn Brothers (Lester)

Had it not been for Chris Bourke’s thorough 1997 biography of Crowded House, Something So Strong, most people would have been unaware of the fraught background to the band’s 1991 third album, Woodface.

Early rejection of Neil Finn’s material by their American record company resulted in anger and arguments and ultimatums.

At the same time, however, Neil

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