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Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has been pretty much explored in rock and roll. At least in the western version of rock n' roll.

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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