NM4U INTERVIEW WITH BOBBY BURNS

The NM4U team did an exclusive interview with former bass player from Soulfly and Primer 55 's member Bobby Burns! In here he talks about his band, family, Brazil and of course, his unfriendly departure from Max Cavalera's band

NM4U - What was the main reason that you guys decided to get primer 55 back together? Was it about just a reunion thing or you really missed playing that sound?

BOBBY BURNS - We never really broke up.. Its my baby. I had to step away for awhile which is when I went on to play bass for Soulfly back in 2003. We'd still play shows and small tours from time to time. We even released a DVD/EP in 2007 called Family for life.

And how is the new material? Is it a new sound or something like the older stuff?

Its a mixture I'd say.. I cant really write the same records over and over like most bands do.. It's more punk/hardcore with the new songs Id say.

when the upcoming new album will be released? It will have the 17 songs that you mentioned before or there will be some leftovers?

There will be 2 songs that I recorded in 2009 that will be on the new album but the rest will be all brand new.. Not sure how many of the songs will make the cut though.. Some of the left over tunes will be used for my solo record that Im recording.

how do you found about the scene nowadays? And how you guys do to keep your roots in the sound?

Im not really sure there is a "scene" now adays… Music is in a strange place.. Lots of people don't have money to buy tee shirts or come to shows like they used too.. As far as the sound goes, I just do what ever I feel like doing.

could you do a resume about Primer 55 musical influences in general and then your personal music background

Wow.. thats a really great question! I have SO many musical influences rock, metal, hip hop, punk, hardcore ect ect… I just love good songs.

Did you watch the Rock In Rio? What do you think about the concert of SOAD and Slipknot.

Im so glad SOAD is back and playing shows again! Really great band.. and Slipknot I've been friends with for about 10 years now.. 

you were the longest remainning stage player in Soulfly. Is there any difference about touring with Max and touring with your bandmates?

Yes and I can promise you that noone will stay in the band as the bass player longer than I did… I think I was going through a faze of being stupid haha. There is a BIG difference between Primer 55 and Soulfly… P55, we're not rock stars and we don't try to act like we are. We don't hide on tour buses and we hang out with our fans.

by the time you were in soulfly, did you get to know something about bands from brazil or brazillian music in general?

Im a huge fan of Brazil.. I love Sepultura!!!!! Im also still a big fan of them today as well.. I love the lineup they have and I think Derrick is a great frontman for them.

you seem to be a family guy type of person. Is there any difficulty to keep your family and your musical work at balance?

I love my family dearly.. My wife and son mean the world to me. Its not difficult to balance at all.. When Im home from tour Im Daddy and Husband. A lot of people say I quit Soulfly because of that but thats far from being the truth.

Soulfly will maybe playing in here by the end of the year, unfortunaly we won`t be able to see you if that happen, is there any chance to have a Primer 55 world tour that includes Brazil?

Im trying to get Primer 55 to Brazil for sure!!!! That would be a dream come true.

about quitting soulfly ( if we may talk about it) is there anything left to say about what happened? Did you feel that you was being treated unfairly?

Of course I was totally being treated unfairly.. Max talked a lot of shit about me right after in the press that was all untrue and he knows it. They all know it. I was thinking about quitting the band while we were recording the Omen record actually but I didn't want to let them down or fuck up any of their touring plans so I stayed. It wasn't a healthy environment to be in that band or around most of the people that worked for the band. Full of lies and deceit. At the end of the day I have no disrespect for any of the Soulfly fans I admire them for their dedication to the band and I made lots of great friends with them over the years and along the way.

Could you leave a message for your brazilian fans and NM4U readers.

THANK YOU ALL for taking the time to read this and support your favorite bands.. Without the fans there are no bands. 

Check out PRIMER 55

  www.primer55family.com 

www.reverbnation.com/primer55 

www.twitter.com/bobbylburns

CHEERS!

The NM4U team thanks for the consider and time of Bobby Burns  for doing this interview. THANK YOU SO MUCH BOBBY!

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KoRn: New tour dates

 Three new tour dates have been announced:

Nov. 5 - Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theater

Nov. 9 - Miami Beach, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach

Nov. 10 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live Orlando

The Upper Darby and Orlando shows are listed on Ticketmaster. Miami New Times announced the Miami Beach show.

Support will come from dubstep DJs Datsik and Downlink at the Florida shows.

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Coal Chamber RETURNS

COAL CHAMBER, the '90s alt-metal band fronted by current DEVILDRIVER singer Dez Fafara, will reform for next year's Soundwave festival in Australia.

Commented Dez: "COAL CHAMBER is playing Soundwave Down Under! These reunion shows are for the fans that want to see us again as well as all the people that never got to see COAL CHAMBER. It is and always will be a very special part of my life, so these few shows are for those people and for us.

"If you're not from Australia, better get a ticket now to come see this event!"

Added guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascón: "Australia has never seen us, nor have we seen them. It will be an extraordinary exchange of energy and adrenaline.

"Hello Aussies, nice to meet you!"

He continued, "This reunion will mark a decade since we last played together, so staring at my brothers on stage face to face will be an emotional rollercoaster for me. Tears of joy would be an understatement, to say the least.

"You know, all of us have gone through our separate journeys in life, but we're coming back to rekindle this and throw the past in the past and put the future in our hands."

Stated drummer Mike Cox: "Of all the great achievements COAL CHAMBER made in the past, getting back together after all we've been through will be the greatest achievement to date."

Concluded Dez: "We've all grown up and put the personal past behind us now and are moving forward with these few shows in a spirit of friendship through music.

"You must remember where you came from in order to know where you are going."

COAL CHAMBER rose to prominence with a gold-certified debut album in 1997 that established the group as one of the most promising bands on the then-emerging, so-called "nu metal" scene.

Nadja Peulen replaced COAL CHAMBER bassist Rayna Foss Rose in 1999 during Rose's pregnancy for almost 12 months while the band was on the road supporting its second album, "Chamber Music". Rayna came back to the band after her pregnancy leave and recorded COAL CHAMBER's third album, "Dark Days". Shortly after recording "Dark Days", Rayna quit the band and Nadja was recruited for the touring cycle that followed the CD's release. The band broke up during the "Dark Days" tour in 2002.

COAL CHAMBER 2012 lineup:

Dez Fafara - Vocals

Miguel "Meegs" Rascón - Guitar

Mike Cox - Drums

Chela Rhea Harper - Bass

It is not known at this stage whether this is a one-off tour.

For more information on the band, visit their official site.

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KoRn To Film 'Narcissistic Cannibal' Video

KoRn will film a video for the song "Narcissistic Cannibal" this coming Tuesday, September 27 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Fans are invited to attend and take part in the video shoot

The official "lyric video" for KoRn's new single, "Get Up!", can be seen below. The song comes off the band's next studio effort, "The Path To Totality", which will arrive on November 15. As previously reported, the set is experimental in nature and features the heavy rock group collaborating with a number of dubstep DJs and producers, includingSkrillex, Kill The Noise, Excision and 12th Planet. Other songs set to appear on the CD include "Burn The Obedient", "Illuminati", "Kill Mercy Within", "Narcissistic Cannibal" and "Chaos Lives In Everything".

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Slipknot: 10th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'Iowa' Due In November

The 10th-anniversary reissue of SLIPKNOT's sophomore album, "Iowa", will be made available on November 1 via Roadrunner Records. The 2CD/1DVD set will include the original album; previously unreleased live audio from the band's 2002 DVD "Disasterpieces"; and "Goat", an-hour long film capturing the insanity that was "Iowa".

A teaser trailer for the "Iowa" reissue can be found at Iowa.Slipknot1.com (click on the goat's stomach in order to view the clip).

The special-edition CD/DVD reissue of SLIPKNOT's self-titled debut album — which came out in September 2009 — sold around 4,600 copies in the United States in its first, shortened week of release (the set came out on Wednesday, September 9 whereas new albums usually go on sale on Tuesdays in the U.S.). The album has shifted more than two million units domestically, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

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Brian Head: "Paralyzed" - Behind The Scenes

Brian Head posted a video of  behind the scenes from your new single, "Paralyzed". You can watch the video below.

Via KoRn Brasil

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Wayne Static: Listen to the "Pighammer"

Wayne Static released his new solo album "Pighammer" on his Soundcloud account. You can listen to the whole album below.

Via Static-X Brasil

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Guano Apes: "This Time" music video

Check it the new music video of Guano Apes, "This Time".

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Godsmack: Shannon Larkin talks about Crüe Fest 2009

GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin has revealed more details about the events of the 2009 Crüe Fest 2 tour which inspired his band's "Cryin' Like A Bitch" song.

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna reported wrote the track about MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx after the two musicians clashed during the trek, on which GODSMACK was a support act and CRÜE was the headliner.

Speaking to Tricia Weight (a.k.a. A Geek Girl) of "Interviews From The Edge" during the recently completed Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (see video below), Larkin stated about the inspiration for "Cryin' Like A Bitch", "Several things actually happened [during that tour], honestly. You know, the rest of the band... we get along great with [other MÖTLEY CRÜE members] Mick Mars, Tommy Lee. I got along great with Nikki Sixx. In fact, he had called me over to catering one time and said would I like to play with his SIXX: A.M. [side project], on the record. And I was like, 'Yeah!' But then this was, like, three weeks into the tour, and then four weeks later, him and Sully had this clash. And it stemmed from [MÖTLEY CRÜE's] security, I think, more than Nikki, but you know, Nikki is the leader of the band. Basically, [it had to do with their] security throwing us off the stage... whatever... It was a bunch of ego shit that none of us really got into. But MÖTLEY CRÜE kind of acted like... Well, their security, in any event... they were real weird with our guests getting backstage, like our guests might want to look at MÖTLEY CRÜE. Our guests were there to see us and they didn't care a shit about MÖTLEY CRÜE. And MÖTLEY CRÜE is a legendary band that we all respect. When I was 17, I had 'Shout At The Devil' and all that, hell yeah! But it just kind of fronted us a little that they would think that our guests would be star-struck over them. And half the time these were people I've known for 30 years — [and they] can't even get backstage because MÖTLEY CRÜE doesn't want people back or whatever. So that's where the bad blood came from. And then Sully runs his mouth, Nikki runs his mouth… They're both big rock stars. Next thing you know, it's a battle in the press."

Via Blabbermouth // Special thanks to our friends from Godsmack Brasil

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P.O.D.: Interview with Sonny Sandoval

With cool reggae grooves and head-bopping hip-hop beats, San Diego’s P.O.D. (Payable on Death) altered the flow of music in the late-‘90s and 2000s, and they still do today. P.O.D. always have something meaningful to say with their rock sound. After all, they’re a bunch of men who rely on their honest faith in Jesus to get through life’s rough spots, and they use music to express it. Still, P.O.D. are for Christians and non-Christians alike.

“We were always thankful for our Christian following, but it wasn’t always like that,” lead singer Sonny Sandoval said. “Once we went into the mainstream, everyone was like, ‘Oh, here comes this little Christian band.’ But we were playing clubs and bars since we first started. I didn’t want people to put us into this category where you’re telling people, ‘This is a Christian band. If you’re not Christian, don’t listen to them.’ That’s ridiculous.

“I think, as far as the Christian community, because of not being ashamed of what we were, I think there were a lot of young people who really took to that. It helped them say, ‘I’m not ashamed, either.’”

Nearing the end of his run on the Rock Allegiance Tour, Sandoval spoke with Audio Ink Radio about P.O.D.’s new life and their upcoming album with producer Howard Benson.

You’re on the Rock Allegiance Tour with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, RED and more. I spoke with Paul Phillips from Puddle of Mudd, and he mentioned how great it is to see you guys again.

How funny! Yeah, we’ve seen them off and on, but it’s been years, and we all kind of came up together. We’ve been out of the game for a long time. I feel like we just go out and play our stuff and people know our music, and it’s a part of us. I think that’s why we took a little time off, because once it starts getting so much business and the job end of it, it kind of loses its appeal. But, now we’ve had time to clear our heads and hearts and we’re ready to go out for the love of music again.

P.O.D. appeared on Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio, this year. What’s your favorite memory from the show?

Just running into old friends from all the bands we hadn’t seen in so long. But I think we were just on fire because the whole hype of the world ending that day, and I think it was supposed to end during our set. [Laughs] So we kind of went in and had that silly mentality of having fun. I think we came out and said something like, “This is the soundtrack to the end of the world.” [Laughs]

We keep hearing about a new album on the way. Any idea when the album or first single will drop?

We’re tentatively saying the beginning of the year– maybe March. It’d be cool to get a single out there by the end of the year. If the album comes out in March-ish, we could have another single out by the summertime and hit the summer fests and get back in the touring loop.

You’re recording the new album with Howard Benson, who has produced several P.O.D albums. How is it going?

It’s good. He’s been involved in the writing process, and he’s coming back and forth from L.A. to work on stuff and make sure we’re on the right track. We came up with Howard, so he knows how we work. We got a hold of him before he became this big-time, superstar rock producer, so we have that old-school relationship where we can be honest. He lets us do what we want to do. I know he’s really hands-on with a lot of the new bands he works with, but he believes in us and he gives us a lot of freedom to just be us without trying to make that one rock single or that one radio hit. He just lets us do our thing. We have a really cool relationship with Howard, and I know he’s really excited about this record.

You recently released a free song online, “On Fire,” and it just rips.

That was actually something we did at a local studio. We were just writing songs that we could have in our pocket, so management could hear them. We recorded a bunch of demos in three days, and then we showed management and showed Howard, and he was pumped up about it, so we said, “Can we just mix one of our demo songs and put it out there so fans can have it?” They let us do it, and we were like, “Let’s give away a free song, just for the fun of it.”

How does being a Christian play into your music?

It’s funny, when we started the band, I didn’t know there was Christian music and that there was a Christian scene. I don’t even know if there was. We played a lot of bars, because we knew the kind of people we were, and we were really tattooed, and we didn’t play church music. Christianity is something we all believe in, but I think when people start to categorize you, that’s when it becomes a problem. I think as far as the Christian community, we’re not ashamed of who we were, and I think there were a lot of young people really took to that and said, “I’m not ashamed, either.” You’d have this weak Christian kid going to school, rocking his DC Talk shirt and getting made fun of, and one day, he goes to school and he’s like, “What’s up. I’m rocking a P.O.D. shirt!” It gave young Christians a backbone. It was no longer, “Oh, that music is uncool.” It gave some of these young people something to believe in.

Via AudioInk // Special thanks to our friends from The Messenjah

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Disturbed: "The Lost Children" cover artwork

DISTURBED's first-ever collection of B-sides and rarities, "The Lost Children", will be released on November 8. The set includes a previously unreleased track, "Mine", and "3", which was as a benefit track for the West Memphis Three. Other tracks on this B-side collection include "God Of The Mind" and "A Welcome Burden". which appeared on the 2010 reissue of the band’s 2000 debut album, "The Sickness"; "Monster", "Two Worlds" and "Sickened", which were included as bonus tracks on the U.K. tour edition of "Ten Thousand Fists"; "Run", which was featured on a limited-edition version of 2008’s "Indestructible"; and "Parasite", which appeared on the Japanese edition of "Indestructible".
"The Lost Children"track listing:

01. Hell
02. A Welcome Burden
03. This Moment
04. Old Friend
05. Monster
06. Run
07. Leave It Alone
08. Two Worlds
09. God Of The Mind
10. Sickened
11. Mine
12. Parasite
13. Dehumanized
14. 3
15. Midlife Crisis (FAITH NO MORE cover)
16. Living After Midnight (JUDAS PRIEST cover)

Via Blabbermouth

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Stone Sour: A concept album?

According to The Pulse Of Radio, STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has told Artisan News that the band's next album may be a double-disc concept record. Taylor explained, "The thing I can say is that it's like little bits and pieces of the first three albums, but it's very dark. I've got a story . . . it's almost a concept album that I'm writing right now — and it might turn into a double album. There's a lot of really good material that we're all kinda coming up with and I'm really excited to get in to the studio and see what happens."

The follow-up to last year's "Audio Secrecy" may be out in 2012 — a shorter gap than usual between STONE SOUR projects.

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Papa Roach: Jacoby Shaddix talks about new album

Papa Roach is considered one of the hardest rocking, most over the top shows in the music business. The Grammy nominated group continues their big attitude show on the “Rock Allegiance Tour” with Buckcherry, Puddle of Mudd and others. They are promoting their album Time For Annihilation, their seventh studio offering. Amy spoke with frontman Jacoby Shaddix right before their show in Columbus on Wednesday night. The two discussed the bands continued popularity and how social media is used by the band.

Amy: I spoke to you a year ago this week. I looked back at the interview right before X-Fest. I could tell the date because you were singing the brand new Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You” song to me.

Jacoby: That’s funny. I was probably smoking that weed.

Amy: When I spoke to you last year, your album had just come out, Time for Annihilation, so you guys are still rocking that album. What have you been up to in the last year?

Jacoby: Just touring. We have been to Europe multiple times, a few American tours and just having a good time supporting the record. Plus, we wanted to go out and prove with this record we could be a valid rock n roll band with an independent record company. That was the point of doing the EP mixed with the live album and just getting right back out on the road. It’s proved to do really well for us in Europe especially, it’s cracking off the fucking hinges. We actually do better in the UK and Germany than we do in America.

Amy: A lot of hard rock bands do that I have talked to.

Jacoby: The hard rock scene is just way more alive over there. It seems like Americans are into hard rock but it’s not as passionate.

Amy: I know you guys did Sonisphere and several other European festivals.

Jacoby: That shit was legendary. We killed Sonisphere like to death.

Amy: Do you prefer the festivals or the headlining shows?

Jacoby: I like both of them. The festivals are awesome over there because you get to hang out with dudes from Rammstein, (in German accent) ‘we talk about the things we do in Germany together.’ Hanging out with those guys and my boys in Skindred. It’s a cool way to cross paths with a lot of people you haven’t seen in a long time. Then also the headliner gigs, we did one at Brixton Academy, which is like a legendary venue in the UK and it was like 5000 people going absolutely fucking bananas the whole time. When you step off the stage from that, dude that’s my drug of choice.

Amy: I see you guys on Facebook all the time, is that really you?

Jacoby: Yeah. We have the business stuff that gets put up there like “Tickets Available at,” that’s not me but the photos and the quotes of the day and the updates like that is us.

Amy: I just didn’t know. Some bands say it is never them.

Jacoby: I type in all caps a lot of the time so you can know that’s me.

Amy: You guys do Top 5 lists too.

Jacoby: Top Five Fridays, yeah.

Amy: What’s your top five things from “The Rock Allegiance Tour”?

Jacoby: Top five things… 1. We get to headline. Well, we are co-headlining with Buckcherry but still we get that co-headliner credit. 2. We get that good pay which is nice because this is my last tour. I am about to take some time off. 3. Just the camaraderie amongst the bands, the after show parties and stuff is just like parking lot ragers. What else do I like about the tour? I can’t really say I like the catering. The catering usually sucks on this tour. 4. The road crew people we are working with are cool as fuck. Our production manager, this guy Murph, the Ayotollah of Rock n Rolla. I love that guy.

Amy: The fans I’m sure.

Jacoby: The fans come hand in hand with just being able to play the show live. They know they are fucking awesome. Now I have to pump their ego even more make them feel like they are that much cooler. Ok 5. The Fans.

Amy: You guys working on any new music yet?

Jacoby: Oh yeah. Right on this thing. Just plug in to that. (Pointing to his Mac Book)

Amy: I’m sure we will get a sneak peek right now.

Jacoby: No. Will not do it. The jams, the music is sick. We want to separate ourselves from the pack again. When we came out in ’99 and 2000, we were like part of an underground movement and then that was really cool. Then that movement kind of fell apart and there weren’t many bands still out there doing it. So we evolved and separated ourselves again and evolved into more of a rock band. Now we have been lumped into all these rock bands and we are like, “Cool we like that. We like that sense of community in rock.” But I want to evolve it into something more even of our own sound.

Amy: Are you going back to rapping?

Jacoby: I wouldn’t necessarily say that is the move to make it creatively original. I just think the music we have been listening to, we have been listening to everything from honkytonk country music to electronic music to heavy metal to punk rock. I don’t want to make an average white guy rock record. I want to make a fucking record that inspires people to fuck, fight, love, forgive. An inspiring album that makes people want to move, makes people want to do something.

Amy: What are we going to see tonight? What’s your favorite song to perform live?

Jacoby: “One Track Mind,” that’s my fucking favorite one. That’s actually going to be our next single off this record and it’s just got that tempo. Electronic music, there is just that pulse, that boom, boom, boom, boom. It’s got that bounce tempo.

Amy: So you’re going to jump?

Jacoby: Oh yeah.

Amy: You know I’m the photographer and you know we hate your constant jumping.

Jacoby: It’s late in the set. Just put your fucking camera down and enjoy the song.

Via The First 3 Songs

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Brian Head: Listen to the new single, "Paralyzed"

Brian Head released his new single, "Paralyzed" and you can listen the music below.

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Deftones: Alex Laiho perfoms with Deftones

Check out this video of Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho joining Deftones onstage in Helsinki! In one of the more unusual cameos we’ve seen recently, Children Of Bodom vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho joined Deftones onstage in Helsinki, Finland for a rendition of the song ‘Root’. Have a look at the video of the performance below (video courtesy of Niina Linna.

Deftones recently begun tentative work on their seventh studio album, due out next year.

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Otep: Interview to Act MTV

If you weren't an OTEP fan before, now's as good a time as any to join the bandwagon. Metal singer Otep Shamaya creamed the competition in our extended Best Video With a Message poll. A well-deserved honor? You'd better believe it.

... Just don't expect the gracious star to get all self-righteous about it. When we asked her about other performers merging art and advocacy, she shouted out a few female counterparts from the pop world: "Lady Gaga does that famously and fantastically, and I respect that." And Rihanna? "When you think of someone like her that has a had a real public issue with domestic violence--for her to use that horrible event and for her to turn it into something powerful, I think is very inspiring."

OTEP's own platforms run the gamut--from government and education reform to civil and animal rights to the crusade for an inclusive, self-loving youth culture; her video for "Fist Falls" is a reaction to national anti-bullying campaigns that emphasize hope--a great start, OTEP says, as long as we don't just sit around passively for the tide to change. "It does get better,"...(but?)..."you don't have to let people bully you--you can fight back." Not with fists, but by being real. "Accepting who you are is an act of defiance. Being educated is an act of defiance. Being informed and being involved in the struggle to better the country [are acts] of defiance."

The artist speaks from experience, and her message comes through loud and clear.

"I didn't choose to be right-handed, to be blonde, to have green eyes, freckles, I didn't choose any of that. I didn't choose to be a lesbian but I love who I am. When it says that all are created equal, there are no asterisks. It says all are equal. We need to live up to that part of what our forefathers wrote."

Head over to A Thin Line and Love Is Louder to mark your own act of defiance below.

Via Act MTV

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