In fact, as Fuse reports, one of the earliest acts to play the venue, Television, actually had to lie to Kristal and claim they played some country music in order to get the gig. From the early pub-rock bands that made their scratch on the stage, the earliest stabs at relevance from various art-school grads, the leather-clad sneers of punk royalty, and the bloody Sunday matinee shows from the hardcore and crossover groups who kept the club's spirit alive in the '80s, it was the beating heart of too many scenes to count. For this list, we compiled ten records from bands that exploded out of the punk and new-wave scene in the late 70s and 80s, most notably centered around the historic venue CBGB's. Photo Credit: . Learn More{{/message}}, {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. But as Marc Campbell writes at Dangerous Minds, the bar was half empty the night they played, and there was no sense among the patrons that they were watching history being made. Talking Heads, Blondie, and the Ramones . And heres how the legend goes: four guys in leather jackets took the CBGB stage on an August night in 1974 and played an entire set of songs in (wait for it) 12 minutes. Talking Heads, Blondie, and the Ramones all used it as a launching pad. According to Village Preservation, Kristal was born in New Jersey, he went to Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, served in the Marine Corps, and then worked as a professional singer in New York City. They had reunited for this lone gig as a tribute, benefit and. In December 2015, various news outlets reported on a rebranded CBGB "reopening" at Newark International Airport - as CBGB L.A.B. Blondie, "X Offender" (1977) 5. [21] Kristal and the BRC reached an agreement whereby CBGB would leave by September 30, 2006. CBGB was a New York City music nightclub. During "Elegie", her final encore, Smith named musicians and other music figures who had died since playing at CBGB. Heres how it works. When owner Hilly Kristal opened the bar, he gave it its name based on the music he thought would be shown onstage. In other words, a club that was known for being filthy and offering perhaps the worst chili ever known to man has been rebranded as an airport restaurant. Band members from left to right, Johnny Ramone, Joey Ramone, and Dee Dee Ramone. Left to right: Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, and Cherie Currie of the Runaways perform live on Aug. 2, 1976. In the 1970s, rock music had gotten progressive and theatrical, with songs often topping 10 minutes or more. In 2013, the former location of CBGB was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Bowery Historic District. The resulting music was a blend of poetry and stripped-down rock 'n' roll -- something that challenged the prevailing notion that punk applied to empty-headed brutes with nothing to say. Over the years, The Ramones and CBGB became inextricably linked to each other and the punk rock scene, but when the band took the stage for the first time, no one knew quite what to make of them. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). In 1973, while the future CBGB was still Hilly's, two localsBill Page and Rusty McKennaconvinced Kristal to let them book concerts. From the early 1980s onward, CBGB was known for hardcore punk. Worse, rumors swirled that the bands and patrons would often sneak into the kitchen and add various unsavory things to the chili. We called this music "street rock" and later "PUNK" - "come as you are and do your own thing" rock and roll. In the summer of 1975, CBGB attracted the attention of Britain's Melody Maker, when Kristal boldly staged a Festival of the Top 40 Unrecorded New York Rock Bands. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts onstage during CBGB's 20th Anniversary on Dec. 17, 1993. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. [36] CBGB's nomination as a landmark drew an explanation: CBGB was founded in 1973 at 315 Bowery, in a former nineteenth-century saloon on the first floor of the Palace Lodging House. Drop Dead Festival 2003. I would book a group of Boston bands into CBGB that Jimmy recommended, and he would do the same with the "Hot Club" in Philla. The group were an underground sensation for the first few years -- based on great songs like X Offender and Rip Her to Shreds -- incorporating a blend of punk, doo-wop, reggae and pop. While you might not be shocked to learn that the bathroom at a grimy club on the Bowery in New York City circa 1975 would be less than pristine, the conditions found in CBGB's bathroom were legendarily horrifying. In fact, Kristal himself admits that the venue didn't initially guarantee that bands would get paid though he gave them most of the door money to cover their expenses. They were outrageous and obscene, with excellent lyrics and music. Bands like Blondie and The Ramones had gone mainstream as the local music scene mutated and evolved. Three months after Appetite For Destruction landed, but before it broke big, GNR played an acoustic set at CBGBs Record Canteen, basically the storefront next door that (from the mid-eighties) doubled as a record shop, cafe and T-shirt outlet for non-paying customers. It wouldnt quite be the dripping walls of Kristals punk palace, but its near enough. These included Patti Smith Group, Blondie, Ramones and Talking Heads. I would book a group of Boston bands into CBGB that Jimmy recommended, and he would do the same with the "Hot Club" in Philla. It stands for the kind of music I intended to have, but not the kind of music that we became famous for: Country, Bluegrass, and Blues, Kristal said in a 1998 interview. They also showcased hundreds of bands in venues across the city. Here, were taking a look back at some of the venues most iconic performances of all time from some of the clubs most notorious patrons and performers. Officially closing its doors on October 15th, 2006, the New York stalwart was formerly a biker bar but later transformed under Kristal to become one of the most important venues in the country during the late 70s and 80s. Fueled by a driving punk and disco backbeat, infectious melodies and its lead singer, Deborah Harry, Blondie topped the charts selling millions of albums filled with big hit singles. People at CBGB thought The Ramones were a prank Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Adam Yauch, Mike Diamond and future Luscious Jackson drummer Kate Schellenbach were part of the original lineup. The Cramps were one of the original punk/rockabilly bands bouncing around in the mid 1970's. They created their sound and image by playing nightly at CBGB's, immersing themselves . Mercer refugeesincluding Suicide, The Fast,[15] Ruby and the Rednecks, Wayne County, and the Magic Trampssoon played at CBGB. Combined with the grimy conditions, it probably seemed wiser to get rid of the kitchen altogether rather than risk an epic case of food poisoning. Nearly finished, Smith and band playing "Gloria" alternated the chorus with echos of "Blitzkrieg Bop"by the RamonesHey! The crowd at the iconic venue do not suffer posers, fools, morons, or anybody else for that matter. CBGB's last several years had no formal bans by genre. New York, New York, United States. According to The Village Voice, Lisa Kristal Burgman eventually threatened to have a guardianship declared over her mother, which forced them to settle the suit. Reportedly Karen Kristal and her son Dana got some of the CBGB assets, and Lisa got everything else. The empty CBGB stage on Aug. 10, 2005, during the last month of its lease. No!!! In early October, Kristal's family and friends hosted a private memorial service in the nearby YMCA. 1. Hell's look -- spiked hair, dirty clothes and a safety pin here and there -- was almost as influential as his music; Malcolm McLaren singled out the singer as the main inspiration for his Sex Pistols. The Beat Hotel / Fantodf / Baby Monk / Eve To Adam / Ten Miles Of Venus / Mahwah. These same rules carried CBGB into the 1980s when its focus became hardcore punk music, which remained its style for the rest of the venue's history. New York, New York, United States. I've always liked all kinds but half the radio stations all over the U.S. were playing country music, cool juke boxes were playing blues and bluegrass as well as folk and country. Widely regarded as the place where punk rock was born, the club hosted some of music's most iconic bands, including the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Blondie, who all used the club's stage to forge their game-changing sounds. Kristal's son claims the policy meant to avert owing royalties to, "CBGB now a festival, could reopen in new location", National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Bowery Historic District, "Debunking CBGB myths: An interview with Dana, Hilly Kristal's son, "The Damned at CBGB: The Night Punk Was Officially Born in the USA", "NIGHTCLUBBING Archive by Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong. Atari Teenage Riot performing on Aug. 19, 1997. New York, New York, United States. Fall Out Boy / The Offspring / Strung Out / Chin Up Chin Up / Saosin / My American Heart / I Am the Avalanche / Hawthorne Heights / Funeral for a Friend / The . For more than 30 years, CBGB was shorthand for a cutting-edge music scene that was unpredictable, a little dangerous, and almost certainly unhygienic. They also showcased hundreds of bands in venues across the city. MSS 305", "Debunking CBGB myths: An interview with Dana, Hilly Kristal's Son, "CBGB doesn't have to pay $90,000 in back rent, judge rules", "Judge rules punk landmark CBGB doesn't owe back rent", "CBGB Brings Down the Curtain With Nostalgia and One Last Night of Rock", "CBGB St. Mark's shop closing at the end of June", The final CBGB settlement: Hilly Kristal's estate takes its last legal bow, "CBGB to Reopen as Restaurant in Newark Airport", "CBGB Is Reopening At Newark Airport, As A Restaurant", "A punk temple reborn: Would you like to see the $200 safety pins? We were all having a ball. No one was getting rich, but who cared, he said. As Diffuser notes, aside from Television and The Ramones, bands like The Beastie Boys, Patti Smith, Blondie, and The Talking Heads graced the tiny stage at CBGB long before they had record deals or were household names. As Diffuser notes, aside from Television and The Ramones, bands like The Beastie Boys, Patti Smith, Blondie, and The Talking Heads graced the tiny stage at CBGB long before they had record deals or were household names. Television, the Ramones, and . Almost instantly, Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome and the boys became part of the CBGB gang, and took the mantle as one of the most exciting and violent bands toregularly play the club. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. People often stop and take pictures of the inscription as well as the facade of the store. The Patti Smith Groups legacy of edge and artistry has inspired countless mainstream and alternative acts, not limited to R.E.M., Madonna, U2 and the Smiths. In 1966, Kristal opened his own restaurant, Hilly's, in the Village. Insane Rock Rumors That Are Actually True, Huge Stars Who Stepped Out of the Spotlight, Old Rock Stars Who Still Look Pretty Good, Rockers Who Go the Extra Mile for Their Fans, The Best Bands That Got Their Start at CBGB, Bands that achieved mainstream popularity after they played CBGB; mostly bands who played there in the '70s and '80s, While it was originally intended by its founder, Hilly Kristal, to feature, The band played its first two North American shows at the legendary venue on October 20 and 21, 1978. 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Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. (Image credit: Jack Vartoogian \/ Getty Images), Somebody fetch the Cillit Bang: the "legendary" CBGB toilets, (Image credit: Scott Gries / Getty Images), (Image credit: Roberta Bayley / Getty Images), (Image credit: Ebet Roberts / Getty Images), The Last Chord: the last poster, from the last night, (Image credit: Bryan Bedder / Getty Images), Ricky Warwick on The Almighty's wild and wonderful rock 'n' roll adventures: "We were the real deal. It originally relocated to Las Vegas after the rent dispute and a retail store called "CBGB Fashions" remained open in the Bowery location for a short time. CBGB was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in Manhattan. Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero and Johnny Blitz were their names. HO! Oct. 17, 2006. In 1978, new wave songwriter Elvis Costello would open shows for The Voidoids, while The Police played at CBGB for their first American gigs. This was intentional. Houston's independent source of CBGB. Hilly Kristal's singing career never quite took off, so he pivoted and began managing the legendary club Village Vanguard, booking some of the biggest names in jazz, like Miles Davis or John Coltrane. This is who I am, This is what "I" have to say!! Smith and her band were also the last ones to play CBGB when the club shuttered in the fall of 06. The first was that they had to load and unload their own equipment. According to The Advocate he eventually added "OMFUG" to the bar's name, which stood for "Other Music for Uplifting Gourmandizers." And 315 Bowery was an even less likely spot: The former site of a rowdy biker bar was small, dark, and in poor repair even then. Bands would scrawl their names on the walls, and CBGB's owner Hilly Kristal just left the markings there. As for the OMFUG, its origin is a little bit more peculiar. We started hearing the rumbling of punk rock in the mid-'70s out of the ever-grungy, long-shuttered, now-fabled Bowery bar CBGB. The muggers - or "jack rollers" were not as dangerous to ordinary people as they seemed. Ramones Subscribe to I Like Your Old Stuff on "HEY! Rock group Sick Fucks perform with dancers in torn nun's habits on April 1, 1978. ORIGINALITY (to me) WAS PRIME, TECHNIQUE TOOK SECOND PLACE. Many folks seem to believe that the Ramones took the stage at CBGB one night in the mid-'70s, played a few fast and loud tunes, and the entire punk movement emerged fully formed in a matter of days. The electric energy which pulsed through New York in the mid-to-late-seventies all seemed to congregate in the depths of the grim-ridden punk club CBGB. It was 40 years ago that a tiny country bar in a seedy part of Manhattan compromised its principles, started booking rock acts and altered the course of music history. A lot of people believe that OMFUG stands for something dirty, but the truth is, I felt that CBGB sounded so pat that I wanted something to go with it that sounded a little uncouth, or crude. The movers said, 'You ought to take everything, and auction off what you don't want on eBay.' It was a remarkable year for CBGB, and for me personally. Caroline is a writer and Florida-transplant currently living in New York City. The formula driven disco music and the long drawn out solos and other complexities in much of the rock of the late sixties and early seventies encouraged a lot of disgruntled rock enthusiasts to seek the refreshing rhythms and sounds of simple (BACK TO BASICS) high energy rock and roll, which seemed to take shape right here at CBGB. Ramones, Rocket to Russia, End of the Century, Stop Making Sense, Remain in Light, Fear of Music, Synchronicity, Ghost in the Machine, Zenyatt Mondatta. The vital gig was Hilly Kristals CBGB & OMFUG (Country, Bluegrass, Blues, and Other Music for Uplifting Gourmandisers), better known as CBGB, a dank tunnel of a bar on the corner of Bleecker Street and the Bowery that opened in 1973 (closed 2006) and always seemed far more dangerous than it really was. Although CBGB always had an aura of punk poverty about it, and Hilly Kristal always seemed to be barely surviving, according to The Village Voice he left an estate valued at $3.7 million. Watch as the Ramones take to the CBGB stage to give an introduction to punk. They were called the The Dead Boys'. Close Navigation. The final show, broadcast live on Sirius Satellite Radio on October 15, was played by Patti Smith, helped on some songs by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. First CBGB Gig: Jan. 17, 1975 By the time Blondie officially made their CBGB debut, singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein had played the club under two other names: the Stilettos (a. CBGB was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in Manhattan. Television, a band co-fronted by Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd . This was due to a number of factors, but one of the main reasons was simple: Hilly Kristal was kind of cheap. As uDiscover Music writes, the first bands to hit CBGB's stage on a regular basis didn't have any sort of following. Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images CBGB IS THE UNDISPUTED BIRTHPLACE OF PUNK. But the music of Blondie, and other CBGB bands like The Ramones, The Police, and Talking Heads, will live forever. Tennis player John McEnroe at CBGB on Jan. 26, 1995. The music, found on classics such as 1977s Marquee Moon, was both edgy and intricate. From the early 1980s until its later years, it would mainly become known for hardcore punk, with bands such as Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Cro-Mags, Gorilla Biscuits, Sick of It All, and Youth of Today becoming synonymous with the club. While some people have painted the "no covers" rule as a dedication to originality and a keystone to punk's development as a musical form, Kristal's son Dana makes it clear in this interview with Tiny Mix Tapes that it was all about money: Kristal didn't want to pay American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) fees. Directed by Randall Miller and starring Alan Rickman as Hilly Kristal, the film CBGB, about Kristal and the origins of the club, was released in October 2013[41][42] to harsh reviews. From 1975 through 1977, Blondie was a staple at CBGB, where they caught the eyes and ears of the people who put them on a trajectory to stardom. The uncrowned Queen of CBGB, Patti Smith was first introduced to the venue by Richard Hell. But today, we're focused on the local bands who took CBGB's small stage, survived the grossest bathroom in rock 'n' roll and changed music forever. Har Mar Superstar performs as part of the CMJ Music Marathon on Oct. 10 2001. The original CBGB on 315 Bowery closed in October 2006, but it remains the world's most iconic punk rock venue. Many played at his former hangout, Maxs Kansas City; all drew inspiration both from his Pop-art irony and the distinct Manhattan-ness of his former associates, the Velvet Underground. Squeeze was led by guitarist Mark Suall, later with CBGB's quasi house band the Revelons, which included Fred Smith of Television and JD Daugherty of the Patti Smith Group. We'll probably never see the likes of CBGB again so here's the untold truth of CBGB. Every week CBGB would hold Audition Showcase nights where a selection of local bands would go through their paces in the hope of securing a more prestigious gig. [43][44] Iconic in American popular culture, CBGB's image remained storied: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, First came the New York Dolls, a raucous gang of Rolling Stones wanna-bes in stack heels whose greatest moments were live shows at the Mercer Arts Center on the edge of Washington Square and who established a style of short and simple guitar-based songs. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Somehow they were disciplined musicians. Since misspending his youth by way of research his work has also appeared in such publications as Metal Hammer, Prog, NME, Uncut, Kerrang!, VOX, The Face, The Guardian, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Electronic Sound, Record Collector and across the internet. At the invitation of Joey Ramone, the Dead Boys moved from Cleveland to New York City to join the thriving punk scene. CBGB Awning at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Although these bands did not play punk rock, they helped lay its foundation. Somewhere in there, CBGB was still in the DNA. Their music was . Ho! CBGB History; News; History By Hilly; Photo s Gallery; Store; Mailing List; Contact Info; Facebook; Twitter; Instagram; Spotify Latest News View All News 05/24/2018 . As The Advocate makes clear, health code was not exactly at the forefront of Kristal's mind as he cooked. [10], CBGB was founded on December 10, 1973,[11] on the site of Kristal's earlier bar, Hilly's on the Bowery, that he ran from 1969 to 1972. They were not content with the folk sensibilities of the sixties, nor were they swayed by the alien glitter of glam rock, Ramones were staring down the barrel of a new youth movement, and they made it happen with a simple One! The Offspring / A Wilhelm Scream / Theo and the Skyscrapers. In fact, the final song she performed was Elegie, in which she sang, I think its sad, its much too bad, that our friends cant be with us today. At the end of the song, she read a list of those who had passed away over CBGBs 33-year history and ended with the simple phrase, Farewell CBGB.. CBGB launched in 1973. The vital gig was Hilly Kristal's CBGB & OMFUG (Country, Bluegrass, Blues, and Other Music for Uplifting Gourmandisers), better known as CBGB, a dank tunnel of a bar on the corner of Bleecker Street and the Bowery that opened in 1973 (closed 2006) and always seemed far more dangerous than it really was. This change in the city affected the ever-grungy CBGB and the bar slowly began to lose its place in a changing city. Television's Richard Lloyd, too, played in a few, including "Marquee Moon". CB's Gallery was played by music artists of milder sounds, such as acoustic rock, folk, jazz, or experimental music, such as Dadadah, Kristeen Young and Toshi Reagon, while CBGB continued to showcase mainly hardcore punk, post punk, metal, and alternative rock. The place is so legendary that its famously filthy toilets were recreated for a punk . (1) the rent is (was) reasonable (2) Most of our neighbors dressed worse than, or more weird than our rock and rollers (3) The surrounding buildings were mostly industrial and the people who did live close by, didn't seem to care about having a little rock and roll sound seeping into their lives. 1976 was a year of celebration here in the United States because of the anniversary date of July 4th 1776 - two hundred years ago we had our independence as a nation from the establishment - The United Kingdom. {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. Kristal had one demand of the acts he booked; they could only play original music. The gig in question was immortalised by the band in their DVD Blondie: Live at CBGB and shows a Harry at full tilt a band without reproach and the club bouncing to every note. And what is a gourmandizer? Their set was so fast and so loud, many in the audience thought it had to be a prank of some sort or that the band had mental problems of some kind. It's a voracious eater of, in this case, MUSIC. While it was originally intended by its founder, Hilly Kristal, to feature Country, Bluegrass and Blues. At other gigs, the band reported tore through 20 songs in just 17 minutes. And that chili has become a bit of a legend in itself for all the wrong reasons. The whole operation had been in Karen Kristal's name since 1973, despite the fact that the couple was already divorced, because Kristal had a bad record with bankruptcies. 1 on the charts. Although Sire gave them a record contract -- and released two of the group's albums -- the label put increasing pressure on the Dead Boys to soften their sound and image. Date unspecified. Smith and Kaye were in the audience for one of the first Television gigs at CBGB in the spring of 74. From the dirty and grime-filled incubator of CBGB to, New York and then out to the world, this was the place to scream your name hoping to be heard. This was something completely new.. Meanwhile, established bands from the wider rock music sphere passed through the now-famous club to grace its hallowed stage and work out new material in front of crowds smaller than those that flocked to their stadium-sized gigs. Acts outside of New York were eager to play there, in fact the first time that a British punk band played in America was when the Damned played here in April 1977. In this rare footage, we see Talking Heads before they became everyones favourite influence performing the fantastic Psycho Killer. Kristal didn't employ anyone to do that for the bands, and he wasn't about to do it himself. When CBGB offered to do both, it removed many of the barriers that kept hungry young musicians from getting the gigs that were crucial to their musical development and building a fan base. My determination to book only musicians who played their own music instead of copying others, was indomitable. In fact, Kristal temporarily stopped booking hardcore punk acts in 1990 because of all the trouble their fans were causing at the club. Aside from its general griminess (David Byrne of The Talking Heads once described the bathroom as "legendarily nasty,") what made the bathroom iconic enough to be re-created as part of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was the accumulated graffiti. The story goes that Only had "only" been playing the bass for a few months at it was. Let's go!. It was quite the night. Of course, we had to finish off this list with the very last performance at the legendary punk venue. Boston was one of the more fertile cities for the developing of new rock bands. Still unsigned and a good two years prior to releasing their debut album, their audience screamed for angsty lycanthrope Lux like so many Beatles-hungry banshees. [21] Planning to move CBGB to Las Vegas, Kristal explained, "We're going to take the urinals. One such moment came in 1987 when Guns n Roses took the stage to play a song that they had only played twice before called Patience. The song was so new that Axl Rose admitted, "I have to read the f--cking words.". The letters forming the name CBGB stood for country, bluegrass, and blues, all of which speak to Kristals original vision. They didnt quite make it to CBGBs but did find their way to the CBGB Record Canteen. As the first great CBGB band, Television was the group that paved the way for punk rock at the club. Her final set was, by all accounts, an appropriately elegiac performance honoring the bar and those who had performed on its stage. Hilly Kristal, founder and owner of CBGB, on May 9, 1995. [6][7], Around 2000, CBGB entered a protracted dispute over allegedly unpaid rent amounts until the landlord, Bowery Residents' Committee, sued in 2005 and lost the case, but a deal to renew CBGB's lease, expiring in 2006, failed. Following the booking of Squeeze, bands like Television, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, the Patti Smith Group, and Blondie became staples on the CBGB stage. It wasn't exactly a half-hour set from Joey and the bruddahs, but it was enough to soak in the flavor of the hallowed location. February 20, 2013. We called this music 'street rock' and later 'punk' 'come as you are and do your own thing' rock and roll.. Madonna played at CBGB. A few years before they began to fight for their right to party, the Beastie Boys were fighting to get noticed as part of the local hardcore punk scene. That "other music" would come to define the spot as the launching pad for punk rock in the 1970s. Hilly's was about as far from the grimy punk scene that would define CBGB as you could get. Here it is in its unedited entirety: The questions most asked of me is, "What does CBGB stand for?" Patti Smith at CBGB, New York, NY, USA Artist: Patti Smith, Tour: Trampin', Venue: CBGB, New York, NY, USA Piss Factory The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game Kimberly The Tide Is High Pale Blue Eyes Marquee Moon We Three Distant Fingers Without Chains Ghost Dance Birdland Sonic Reducer Edit setlistShow all edit options Edit setlist songs Ironically, it's much easier to get one now that the bar is closed (the iconic location has been transformed into a John Varvatos clothing store) because the brand lives on as a clothing line and (weirdly) a restaurant chain. 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