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KURT ON COVERING THE BOSS

“WE did a cover of ‘Downbound Train’ for , and that turned out beautiful. You bring it down to we covered ‘Wages Of Sin’. I tried to do it back in 2007 or 8. The earliest Violators, including Adam [], played on it. It’s been a special song for a long time. It’s a song where you think ‘I don’t want anyone else to do this song anytime soon.’

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