Biography
1) Lionel White (1948-1998) -- born in Wilmington, DE and studied painting at University of Delaware. He moved to San Francisco in the early 70's where he became the stage persona, Snuky Tate. He performed at the Mabuhay Gardens and other punk venues -- often before, during, and after other bands' sets, sometimes unbeknownst to the promoter! In 1979, he released two 7"s on his own Blackmouth Music, "Who Cares?" and "He's The Groove (He's The Pope)". The latter was re-issued as a 12" dance single on various labels including Island Records.
Snuky moved to New York in the early 80's and was a regular at CBGB's and the downtown gallery scene. In 1982, he released the Babylon Under Pressure LP on Chris Stein's Animal Records.
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His band consisted of:
Snuky Tate - vocals/guitar
Juan Naux Maciel - guitar (briefly in Richard Hell and the Voidoids)
Mike Allison - bass
Billy Ficca (formerly of Television and other bands) - drums
Snuky Tate appeared in New York Beat Movie (aka "Downtown 81"), and he also appeared on TV Party (the underground NYC cable show).
2) A San Francisco Hardcore Punk band with an african american lead singer, with members of SF's Mutants.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.