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I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.

Joe Perry

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Joe Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 10
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Anthony Joseph Pereira
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