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stuff in our first album , but about as heavy as we got was Zeppelin and AC / DC , which is still just rock and roll . We weren ’ t metal . We didn ’ t have any songs about kings and castles like your Iron Maiden types . We saw ourselves as a straight ahead rock and roll band like Creedence , Satellite , Aerosmith , Stones . The only place Mercury ’ s publicity department could get us press was in the metal magazines like Metal Edge . They said straight up , “ You ’ re not pop enough for Rolling Stone and you ’ re not big enough for magazines like that . You ’ ve got to start smaller .” But there were no magazines for start up bands besides the metal mags . So for our first couple of interviews we ’ re wearing jean jackets , cowboy boots , and t-shirts . We looked rock and roll , but we weren ’ t all glammed up or anything . As the tour went on , we met people who owned boutiques and we met chicks who wanted to do our hair . We loved it . People

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