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ON THE WALL OF FAME

The memories come tumbling back like so many falling dominoes picking up speed, fast becoming blurred moments in motion until – splat! – they stop with a sudden click in 1976 when The Poster was first spotted in a buddy’s bedroom. A year later it was everywhere.

Bedrooms. College dorm rooms. Garages. You could find The Poster plastered anywhere and everywhere: Cascading blonde hair, impossibly white teeth

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