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Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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Pivotal
Surely
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History

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