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Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
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Almondsbury
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Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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