"It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation."

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"It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation."

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"I grew up in the early '70s in New England."

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"Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame."

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