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Scratch Acid: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Chuck Eddy, Spin, October 1986

Scratch Acid songs are about husbands setting wives on fire and rednecks exterminating longhairs and insects on tonight's fish dinner and humans being devoured. This is not just the newest band from Austin.

Total word count of piece: 2864

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