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I spent my life working before I started band. I worked construction, landscaping. I worked in kitchens, cleaned dishes. I worked demolition.

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Zachary Cole Smith
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: November 7
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Guitarist
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New York City
New York
Construction
Kitchen
Spent
Worked
Landscaping
Band
Demolition
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Kitchens
Working
Cleaned
Life
Dishes

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