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Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of woody guthrie and phil ochs, early bob dylan, johnny cash, pete seeger - could be as heavy as anything that comes through a marshall stack. the combination of three chords and the right lyrical couplet can be as heavy as anything in the metallica catalogue.
-Tom Morello
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Then About 12 Years Ago It Dawned

Tom Morello
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of woody guthrie and phil ochs, early bob dylan, johnny cash, pete seeger - could be as heavy as anything that comes through a marshall stack. the combination of three chords and the right lyrical couplet can be as heavy as anything in the metallica catalogue.
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