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I discovered the Ramones when I was 13, when I saw School of Rock, which had My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) in the soundtrack. This lead to my discovery of punk. Then I heard The Smiths' This Charming Man on the radio, which lead to some indie stuff. I bought Television's Marquee Moon based on what I'd heard and the album cover. I idolised Tom Verlaine, I was going to call my band The Verlaines, but I later found that this name was already taken by a band who would go on to become one of my favourites, leading to my discovery of the Flying Nun scene. I discovered black metal when I was doing research for a speech I was doing for my English class, on musicians dying young. I found Dead and Euronymous on a Wikipedia list.
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