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Can we do more? Yes. Should we do more? Yes,


Ian Johnson

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IAN MACKAYE I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.
IAN MACKAYE Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about...
IAN MACKAYE Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and crea...
IAN MACKAYE I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly ...
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