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THE DWARVES: FUCK YOU UP AND GET LIVE (DVD)

By | May 2005

The Dwarves put the ‘punk’ in ‘spunk’. Blag Dahlia, two-decades veteran of the midget m**********r wars with this band, has never been about anything than getting f****d up and f****d and f****d and f****d. Which is basically the essence of life, and why deny it?

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THE DWARVES: FUCK YOU UP AND GET LIVE (DVD)

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