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I was listening to music to kind of pump myself up and get psyched up, like I was listening to Iron Maiden and Misfits and Dead Kennedys, and it was like my '80s Massachusetts parking-lot heavy metal and Guns N' Roses.

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Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
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Eli Raphael Roth
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