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Desaparecidos try to be the opposite of apathetic. There are so many young people in America that are apathetic.
Conor Oberst
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Conor Oberst
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 15
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Omaha
Nebraska
Conor Mullen Oberst
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