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I mean there's certainly a lot of progressive rock and metal that exists at the underground level, which has its own vitality, as it should. But it seems to have lost its ability to really charge up the hill.
Billy Corgan
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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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