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THE RISE & FALL OF BLACK VELVET FLAG

By | April 2005

Born of a desire to tweak the nose of their rebellious punk rock youth, Black Velvet Flag was made up of three guys in their 30s who performed lounge versions of west coast punk rock classics…

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