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I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a rock song, I'd probably give it to the Pornographers, and I'd be excited to try to make it work.
Dan Bejar
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Dan Bejar
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 4
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Dominion of Canada
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