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Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass clowns in music, and only worrying about money and image. I'm not interested in being a part of that.

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Justin Vernon
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: April 30
Guitarist
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Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon
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