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Jason Morales’ antiperspirant is no match for Tia Carrera’s metallic assault

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Chip Taylor, flanked by Wild Things Redd Volkaert (l) and Earl Poole Ball

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Los Lonely Boy Henry Garza gets down in true shredder mode

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The King Biscuit Flower Hour (aka Randy “Biscuit” Turner), with guitar accompaniment by Larry Seaman during the Class of ’78 reunion

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Sneering, smiling Skunks bassist Jesse Sublett and 2003-04 AMA Best Keyboardist Johnny Goudie

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New Hall of Fame inductee and basher No. 1 Terri Lord cuddles up to another Skunk, Jon Dee Graham

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Daily Chronicle cover boy Ty Gavin (l) with another fresh Hall of Fame inductee/basher No. 2, Hector Muñoz

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The one, the only, AMA emcee Paul Ray

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(l-r) Cluan’s Charles Branch, Stephan Paetzold, and Christopher Buckley redefine the jam genre

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