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Super Furry Manimals: A Tribute to Seattle Music's Finest Beards and Staches

By Chris Kornelis
Seattle Weekly | March 1, 2010
Jesse Smith was slinging hash at the old Croc in 2007 when he told Seattle Weekly that "the chubby, hairy-guy thing is really going to blow up the music scene in '07. Mark my words." Three years later, chubby-and-hairy has yet to go out of fashion
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