Clay Smith, Forthwith

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Is there anything more self-aggrandizing and pretentious than the convention of written band biographies? I can’t think of a time when a band bio clarified something important or essential to understanding the group’s music. Yet, we never seem to be completely rid of them. Of course, in an environment as competitive as the underground hardcore/metal scene, one has to at least try to stand apart from the swelling ranks of breakdown-clones on the internet.

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