Bob Mould
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Late Bloomer
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X
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Blind Idiot God
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Husker Du
Savage Young Du (Numero Group). Review by Scott Adams.
The Suicide Commandos
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Sugar
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Volcano Suns
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Beat Beat Beat
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Samiam
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1986
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Random55
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