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My Life In Music

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John Barleycorn Must Die ISLAND, 1970

Ever since I saw on TV when I was three, I wanted to be in a band. [] I went to the record shop with my uncle and I was gonna get something stupid like Jesus Jones and he was like, “No, you’re gonna get this!” I remember thinking the album cover was really dull and beige, but then I put it on and it was so thrilling. The first song is all mysterious and then it’s like, ‘Bam!’ It sounded so alive. Even now, on long drives on tour,

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