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“We always used to describe ourselves as an instrumental band. Basically, the music was always instrumentally based, so the songs always came later.” quote by Ian Gillan — Download Open image

“We always used to describe ourselves as an instrumental band. Basically, the music was always instrumentally based, so the songs always came later.”

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