That was typical back on those days as the copy was generally written by some old fart with a typewriter who couldn't give a hoot about some long-haired "rock and roll" band.
There’s a great outtake of Casey Kasem starting to read off the names of the members of U2 in their early days, and he gives up saying “WHO CARES?” “They don’t mean diddley squat!!!”.
The Sandals...