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==Welcome to the Louisville Hardcore/Punk/Indie Rock History.==

The purpose of this History is to catalog the underground music scenes of [[Kentucky:Louisville|Louisville]], KY. 

Regional, smaller areas (insofar as the size of their punk/hc circles) such as [[Kentucky:Lexington|Lexington]], [[Kentucky:Elizabethtown|Elizabethtown]], [[Kentucky:Bowling Green|Bowling Green]], [[Indiana:Evansville|Evansville]], [[Indiana:Jeffersonville|Jeffersonville]], [[Indiana:Indianapolis|Indianapolis]], [[Kentucky:Newport|Newport]] and [[Ohio:Cincinnati|Cincinnati]] are more than welcome to add their information as well. 

We currently have {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles for you to expand on and contribute to.

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<p>After a long lockdown approximately between 2013 - 2023, the History <strong>*is now open for new account creation and public editing*</strong>. There is a lot of content from that 10 years missing, feel free to add it! Please note that due to bots and spam, accounts younger than 4 days old are prevented from adding new pages. Please be objective and fair when adding information and feel free to correct facts or tone on existing articles.<br> Defamatory content may be edited or removed by an [[Louisville_Punk/Hardcore_History:About|Admin]].</p>
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==Louisville Bands==
[[Bands:#|#]] | [[Bands:A|A]] | [[Bands:B|B]] | [[Bands:C|C]] | [[Bands:D|D]] | [[Bands:E|E]] | [[Bands:F|F]] | [[Bands:G|G]] | [[Bands:H|H]] | [[Bands:I|I]] | [[Bands:J|J]] | [[Bands:K|K]] | [[Bands:L|L]] | [[Bands:M|M]] | [[Bands:N|N]] | [[Bands:O|O]] | [[Bands:P|P]] | [[Bands:Q|Q]] | [[Bands:R|R]] | [[Bands:S|S]] | [[Bands:T|T]] | [[Bands:U|U]] | [[Bands:V|V]] | [[Bands:W|W]] | [[Bands:X|X]] | [[Bands:Y|Y]] | [[Bands:Z|Z]]

[[Bands|Bands page]]
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==Louisville People==
[[People:#|#]] | [[People:A|A]] | [[People:B|B]] | [[People:C|C]] | [[People:D|D]] | [[People:E|E]] | [[People:F|F]] | [[People:G|G]] | [[People:H|H]] | [[People:I|I]] | [[People:J|J]] | [[People:K|K]] | [[People:L|L]] | [[People:M|M]] | [[People:N|N]] | [[People:O|O]] | [[People:P|P]] | [[People:Q|Q]] | [[People:R|R]] | [[People:S|S]] | [[People:T|T]] | [[People:U|U]] | [[People:V|V]] | [[People:W|W]] | [[People:X|X]] | [[People:Y|Y]] | [[People:Z|Z]]
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[[People:|People page]]
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==Venues==
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*[[118 W. Main]]
*[[2914 Springdale Road]]
*[[540]] (Jeffersonville)
*[[624 E. Breckinridge St.]]
*[[953]]
*[[Air Devils Inn]]
*[[The Alcove]] (Jeffersonville)
*[[Al's Bar]] (Lexington)
*[[American Turners]]
*[[Another Place]]
*[[Art Sanctuary]]
*[[Artswatch]]
*[[Aslan's How]]
*[[Astro Black Records]]
*[[Audobon Skate Park]]
*[[The Bard's Town]]
*[[Bardstown Road Legion Hall]]
*[[Bardstown Road Youth Awareness Center]]
*[[Barretones]]
*[[The Beat Club]] (or ''The Beat'')
*[[Bellarmine College]]
*[[Black Bear Lair]]
*[[Breslin Park]]
*[[The Brewery]]
*[[The Brick House]]
*[[The Brycc House]]
*[[Bulldog Cafe]]
*[[Butchertown Pub]]
*[[Cafe Dog]]
*[[Cafe Gecko]] (Elizabethtown)
*[[Cahoots]]
*[[CAMP Social]]
*[[Camp Spaceman]]
*[[Cardinal Inn]]
*[[The Care Less Lounge]]
*[[Carousel Club]]
*[[The Cat House]]
*[[Cavalry Lutheran Church]]
*[[Cave Valley Kava]]
*[[CD Graffiti's]]
*[[Chapel of St. Philip Neri]]
*[[Charlie's Pizzeria]]
*[[The Cherokee]]
*[[Chestnut House]]
*[[City Lights]]
*[[Clifton Community Center]] 
*[[Clifton Unitarian Church]]
*[[Club 1123]] (Evansville)
*[[Crescent Hill Baptist Church]]
*[[The Crummy Den]]
*[[The Crunch Zone]]
*[[The Cure Lounge]]
*[[Deer Park Church]]
*[[Derby City Espresso]]
*[[Diamond Pub & Billiards]]
*[[Do Drop Inn]]
*[[Douglass Community Center]]
*[[Dreamland]]
*[[Fern Creek Community Center]]
*[[First Unitarian Church]]
*[[The Flashback]]
*[[Fresh Start Growers Supply]]
*[[The Grand Theater]] (New Albany)
*[[The Green Lantern]] (Lexington)
*[[Ground Zero]]
*[[Haymarket Whiskey Bar]]
*[[Headliners]]
*[[Highland Baptist Church]]
*[[Highlands Tap Room]]
*[[Incarnation Church]]
*[[The Jockey Club]] (Newport)
*[[Kaiju]]
*[[Kentucky Theater]]
*[[Keswick Democratic Club]]
*[[The LAVA House]]
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*[[The Lang House]]
*[[Lisa's Oak St. Lounge]]
*[[Locust Headquarters]] (Jeffersonville)
*[[Louisville Public Skatepark]]
*[[Lynnview Community Center]]
*[[The Machine]]
*[[Mag Bar]]
*[[The Mammoth]]
*[[The Melody Inn]] (Indianapolis)
*[[The Mercury Paw]]
*[[The Merryweather]]
*[[Modern Cult Records]]
*[[Monnik Beer Company]]
*[[Nachbar]]
*[[Needlecrofts]] (barn; IN)
*[[Nelligan Hall]]
*[[The New Vintage]]
*[[The Nunnery]]
*[[Odeon]]
*[[Old Louisville Coffee]]
*[[OPEN Community Arts Center]]
*[[Pad Tight]]
*[[Pandamonium]]
*[[Phoenix Hill Tavern]]
*[[Planet of The Tapes]]
*[[Player's]]
*[[Portal at fifteenTWELVE]]
*[[The Pour House]]
*[[Primizee's]]
*[[The Quonset Hut]]
*[[The Red Barn]]
*[[Riot Skatepark]]
*[[The Rudyard Kipling]]
*[[Seidenfaden's]]
*[[Shelbyville Road Legion Hall]]
*[[Shockers]]
*[[Skull Alley]]
*[[Skull Mountain]]
*[[The Sleep Chamber]]
*[[The Sleestak Shack]]
*[[The Sound Stik]] (Jeffersonville)
*[[Sparks]]
*[[Spinelli's]]
*[[St. John UCC]]
*[[St. Xavier Gymnasium]]
*[[The Sugar Doe Cafe]]
*[[Solidarity]]
*[[Southgate House]] (Newport)
*[[Southgate House Revival]] (Newport)
*[[Sudsy Malone's]] (Cincinnati)
*[[Sumshee's Family Room]]
*[[Sun Valley]]
*[[The Swiss Hall]]
*[[TekWorld]]
*[[Tewligans]]
*[[Tidball's]] (Bowling Green)
*[[Tomaso's]]
*[[Total Eclipse]]
*[[The Toy Tiger]]
*[[Trixie's]]
*[[Twice Told]]
*[[Uncle Pleasant's]]
*[[Union Station]]
*[[Veggie Vault]]
*[[The Warehouse]] (Clarksville)
*[[The Whirling Tiger]]
*[[The Windmill]]
*[[Third Street Dive]]
*[[Woody's Tavern]]
*[[The Wormhole]]
*[[Zanzabar]]
*[[Za's]]
*[[Zazoo's]]
*[[Zena's]]
*[[The Zodiac]]
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==Record Labels==
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*[[2 Steps Forward]]
*[[Adept Recordings]]
*[[Ancient Order of Assassins]]
*[[Auralgami Sounds]]
*[[Automatic Wreckords]]
*[[Auxiliary]]
*[[Better Days Records]]
*[[Brightskull Records]]
*[[Closed Casket]]
*[[Concrete Records]]
*[[Debauchery Records]]
*[[Desperate Attempt]]
*[[Dunkenstein Records]]
*[[Ear X-Tacy]]
*[[Ghetto Defendant]]
*[[Gubbey Records]]
*[[Hank the Herald Angel Recordings]]
*[[Happy Fun Time Records]]
*[[I Can't Believe It's A Record Company]]
*[[Initial Records]]
*[[ISVI Records]]
*[[Karate Body Records]]
*[[King Fetus Records]]
*[[Landmark Recordings]]
*[[Like Glue Records]]
*[[Little Heart Records]]
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*[[Loin Seepage]]
*[[Louisville Hardcore Records]]
*[[Louisville is For Lovers]]
*[[Louisville Lip]]
*[[Louisville Records]]
*[[Nerd Rock Records]]
*[[Never Nervous]]
*[[Noble Recordings]]
*[[Noise Pollution]]
*[[Obsolete Staircases]]
*[[Omnicron Records]]
*[[Plastic Parasite Recordings]]
*[[Porklung Records]]
*[[Riverock Records]]
*[[RKT 327]]
*[[Self Destruct]]
*[[Shakin' Sheila Recordings]]
*[[Shrodinger Records]]
*[[Slamdek]]
*[[Sonablast! Recordings]]
*[[Sophomore Lounge]]
*[[Swim Hard Records]]
*[[Third House Communications]]
*[[Three Little Girls]]
*[[Thrown Brick]]
*[[Toothless Records]]
*[[Tuck Records]]
*[[Whitehouse Records]]
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==Magazines/Fanzines/Books==
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*[[13 Zine]]
*[[Animals That Live In Trees]]
*[[Bad Culture]]
*[[Ballbuster]]
*[[Bejeezus]]
*[[Born To Lose]] (*)
*[[Brat Magazine]]
*[[The Brick]]
*[[BURT]]
*[[Conqueror Worm]] (+)
*[[Cracked Out]]
*[[CRIME]]
*[[Dead In The Dirt]]
*[[Deadjournal]]
*[[The Defector]] 
*[[Desvariar]] 
*[[Fast Workers Die Young]]
*[[Fred]]
*[[GoodMorningSalute]]
*[[Hardtimes]]
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[[Image:ISA_6.jpg|frame|center|ISA #6|alt=The cover of I Stand Alone Magazine issue #6]]
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*[[Highlands Lowlife]]
*[[Injection]]
*[[In Low Carb]]
*[[I Stand Alone]]
*[[Leo]]
*[[Neckmonster]]
*[[Negative Outlook]]
*[[Ollyollyoxenfree]]
*[[Outburst]]
*[[Pink Flamingo]]
*[[Positive Thoughts]]
*[[pucknation dot com]]
*[[Revival Ink]]
*[[Self-Destruct Zine]]
*[[Slamdek A-Z]]
*[[Slint:33 1/3|Slint's Spiderland (33 1/3)]]
*[[The Pucknation]]
*[[Telecommunihomogenization]]
*[[Tobacco Magazine]]
*[[The White Diet]]
*[[Us Vs. Them Zine]]
*[[Yum-Yum]]
*[[White Glove Test]]
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==Shows==
[[Image:62197.jpg|right|frame|More flyers available in the LHxC [http://www.louisvillehardcore.com/flyers/ Flyer Archive]|alt=A Skam Impaired flyer from Primizees Pizza around 1998]]]
*[[540 Fest]] (Single Event - See Articles section)
*[[Bingham Park Fest]] (Single Event)
*[[Cafe Dog Incident]] (Single Event)
*[[Crazy Feast]]
*[[Cropped Out]]
*[[Daydream Fest]] (annual)
*[[The Earthquake Party]] (Single Event)
*[[The Flood Relief Show (1997)]] (Single Event)
*[[Five Fest]] (Single Event)
*[[Fuck That Guy Fest]]
*[[Fuck The Curfew Rally]] (Two events)
*[[Halloween Shows]] (annual)
*[[Help Fest]] (Single Event)
*[[Hull House Benefit]] (Single Event, 1980)
*[[InFESTed]] (Annual)
*[[Insomniacathon]] ([[RANT Festival]]) (several-days-long, sporadically annual events, first in 1993)
*[[Kentucky Eye and Ear Control]] free music festival (at least two events)
*[[Krazy Fest]] (Annual)
*[[LDB Fest]] (Annual)
*[[Llamapalooza]] (Annual)
*[[Louisville Experimental Festival]]
*[[Louisville is Dead]]
*[[Louisville Outskirts Festival]]
*[[Louisville Worst Band Contest]] (single event)
*[[Mag Bar Music Festival]] (Annual)
*[[Midwest Blood Fest]] (Annual)
*[[No Comply 502]]
*[[Poorcastle]] (Annual)
*[[Plunder Over Louisville]]
*[[PRF BBQ Louisville]]
*[[RamenFest]]
*[[Seven Sense Festival]]
*[[Slamdek Blowout]] (single event)
*[[The Southend Show]] (Annual. AKA Noise Pollution's March Show)
*[[Squarnival]]
*[[SR Fest]]
*[[Sweater Fest]]
*[[Toys For Tots Benefit]] (Annual)
*[[Zerofest]] (Annual)
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==Clubs/Crews/Organizations==
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*[[327]] aka RiG Crew Local 327
*[[Anti Racist Action]]
*[[Courage Crew]]
*[[CPC]]
*[[DAC]]
*[[EPA]]
*[[FBC]]
*[[Food Not Bombs]]
*[[FSP]]
*[[Grotesque Burlesque]]
*[[Louisville Ladies Of Hardcore]]
*[[Louisville Police Department]]
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*[[LPSA]] Louisville Pick-up Soccer Organization
*[[LYV]]
*[[Maximum Kickball]]
*[[Out Loud Louisville]]
*[[P Posse]]
*[[PYFU]]
*[[SEG]]
*[[Ska Mob]]
*[[Slamdek:Rockers|Slamdek Field Hockey Rockers]]
*[[Southwest Deathsquad]]
*[[Stay Gold Crew]]
*[[Young Communist League]]
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==Misc==
*[[7th Street Practice spaces]]
*[[Acme Ink]]
*[[The Argument]]
*[[Beards]]
*[[Down In The Gutter internet radio show]]
*[[DSL|DSL Recording Studio]]
*[[FearThe502]]
*[http://www.freakwater.net/1980.html A History of Freakwater (fansite)]
*[[Going On Strike distro]]
*[[Headbanging Kill Your Mama Music]]
*[[I Eat Poop]]
*[[Intransit Studios]]
*[[First Saturday Show Series]] show series
*[[Last Saturday]] show series
*[[Louisville Music Index]]
*[[Louisville Music Line]]
*[[Louisville Music News]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180307085104/http://louisvillepunk.awardspace.com/ Louisville Punk 1978-84]
*[[Louisville Showcase]]
*[[Louisville Underground Music Archive]]
*[[Maximum Louisville Radio]]
*[[Monkey Drive]]
*[[Planet Louisville]]
*[[Sell Out Louisville Style]]
*[[The Show Of Shows]]
*[[Simple Disc]]
*[[Society Of No]]

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==Articles About Louisville Punk History/ Punk News clippings==
*[[A Brief History of Louisville Music As It Pertains to Freakwater]]
*[[And The Bands Play On|And The bands Play On from Louisville Music News]]
*[[Origin Of The Louisville Hardcore Logo]]
*[[Duncan Barlow:I Resign|Duncan Barlow's resignation from Hardcore]]
*[[540 Fest newspaper article 1]]
*[[540 Fest Newspaper Article 2]]
*[[By The Grace Of God:Hardcore Benefit|Courier Journal article about BTGOG reunion show]]
*[[Velocity Louisville Hardcore Article 2005]]
*[[Hardcore Heaven - Courier Journal 1993]]
*[[2020 Levi's Louisville Punk/Hardcore Campaign]]
*[https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/11/27/louisville-straight-edge-music-scene-safe-space-sober-youth/3937109002/ 2019 Courier Journal Straight Edge Article]
*[https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/louisville-post-hardcore-list Louisville Post-Hardcore on Bandcamp]
*[https://www.leoweekly.com/arts/the-1991-ish-music-issue-louisville-punk-and-hardcore-through-the-camera-lens-15770681 LEO: 1991-ish through the camera lens]
*[https://www.leoweekly.com/arts/composed-production-1991-in-pictures-15772492  Composed Production: 1991 In Pictures - LEO]
*[http://julianbevan.com/louisville-hardcore-1983/ Louisville Hardcore 1983 - Julian Bevan]
*[https://www.leoweekly.com/news/the-personal-is-political-lgbtq-community-is-on-the-cutting-edge-of-local-punk-15774166 ‘The personal is political’: LGBTQ community is on the cutting edge of local punk]
*[https://www.courier-journal.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/music/2019/11/27/louisvilles-hardcore-music-scene-takes-center-stage-spinellis/2456030001/ A look into Louisville's hardcore music scene at Spinelli's Pizzeria]
*[[When Punk Rocked Louisville]]
*[https://www.mixcloud.com/smurph415/oh-messy-life-january-18-2024/ Oh Messy Life - Brief History of Louisville Punk, Hardcore, and Post Hardcore Scene (audio)]
*[https://www.leoweekly.com/music/louisvilles-rich-musical-history-of-saying-fuck-the-system-15765746 Louisville’s rich musical history of saying: Fuck the system ]

==Louisville Underground Music Archive Oral Histories==
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*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Abromavage%2C%20Mark&d=2016-09-30 Mark Abromavage]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Bailey%2C%20John&d=2016-10-07 John Bailey]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Bucayu%2C%20Mike&d=2016-10-11 Mike Bucayu]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Buckler%2C%20Ethan&d=2016-10-23 Ethan Buckler]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Cross%2C%20Allison&d=2018-09-30 Allison Cross]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Durig%2C%20Alex&d=2017-05-21 Alex Durig]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Feiock%2C%20Mary&d=2018-11-09 Mary Feiock]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Garrison%2C%20Sean&d=2016-10-12 Sean Garrison]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Green%2C%20J.D.&d=2018-10-04 J.D. Green]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Grimes%2C%20Rachel&d=2018-10-01 Rachel Grimes]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Irwin%2C%20Catherine&d=2017-06-08 Catherine Irwin]
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*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Key%2C%20Tara&d=2016-11-18 Tara Key]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Maxson%2C%20Doug&d=2016-11-11 Doug Maxson]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Molotov%2C%20Yoko&d=2018-11-08 Yoko Molotov]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Neumayer%2C%20Carrie&d=2018-10-04 Carrie Neumayer]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Puckett%2C%20Jeffrey%20Lee&d=2016-10-13 Jeffery Lee Puckett]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Rodriguez%2C%20Juliana&d=2018-10-10 Juliana Rodriguez]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Rucker%2C%20Erica&d=2018-10-10 Erica Rucker]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Samples%2C%20Meg&d=2018-10-10 Meg Samples]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Stoess%2C%20Eric&d=2016-10-13 Eric Stoess]
*[https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Timmons%2C%20John&d=2015-07-20 John Timmons]
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==Lexicon==
For the new kids...	
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*[[Lexicon:Anarchism|Anarchism/Anarcho-Punk]]
*[[Lexicon:Boneheads|Boneheads]]
*[[Lexicon:Christcore|Christcore]]
*[[Lexicon:Crust Punk|Crust Punk]]
*[[Lexicon:Crooked Edge|Crooked Edge]]
*[[Lexicon:Comp|Comp]]
*[[Lexicon:Distro|Distro]]
*[[Lexicon:DIY|DIY]]
*[[Lexicon:Drug Rock|Drug Rock]]
*[[Lexicon:Emo|Emo]]
*[[Lexicon:Hoodie|Hoodie]]
*[[Lexicon:Metalcore|Metalcore]]
*[[Lexicon:Maximum/Minimum|Maximum/Minimum]]		
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[[Image:Initial_dictionary.jpg|center|frame|The [[Initial Records|Initial]] Dictionary|alt=The Initial Records Dictionary]]
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*[[Lexicon:Skinhead|Skinhead]]	
*[[Lexicon:Split|Split]]
*[[Lexicon:Straight Edge|Straight Edge]]
*[[Lexicon:Vegan|Vegan]]
*[[Lexicon:Vegetarian|Vegetarian]]
*[[Lexicon:Zine|Zine]]
*[[Lexicon:Youth Crew|Youth Crew]]
*[[Lexicon:Sellout|Sellout]]
*[[Lexicon:Vinyl Records|Vinyl Records]]
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