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Originally Posted by xxxjay
Write shitty music, make your shows a traveling drug carnival? That's all they really did. Sure that made a shitload of money, but they still suck.
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Guess your bands should've paid closer attention too.
Here you go, no need to thank me...
You have already amused me enough that I should be thanking you for your drug carnival comment, or am I the only one that finds that laughably ironic?
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