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Old 12-29-2017, 12:01 PM   #84 (permalink)
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well they signed to a major label because they were just hungry broke teenagers/20 somethings

then regretted it a lot as they got older

they become increasingly "save the world" actually

so regardless of their status as sellouts you're framing it wrong
**** didn't work out the way they wanted so they got their principles back? Those are some principles. If The Clash gave as much of a **** as they claim then they'd have either been Crass or wouldn't have wasted time in a rock band in the first place. Being in a political band is self-indulgent as ****.
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