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There's too much emphasis on backstory and personal stuff in music now - it's not going to make the music better if I hear that you did karate for the six months leading up to it.

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Alex Scally
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: July 15
Guitarist
Musician
Baltimore
Maryland
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