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Alkaline Trio Source: http://www.alkalinetrio.com/ - (The Official Alkaline Trio Website.)

[edit] Fair use for Alkaline Trio

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  • (del) (cur) 19:33, 1 November 2006 . . Zeropunk16 (Talk | contribs) . . 600×396 (33,517 bytes) ({{Promophoto}} Alkaline Trio Source: http://www.alkalinetrio.com/ - (The Official Alkaline Trio Website.) == Fair use for Alkaline Trio == The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as: # it is a historically significant photo of a fa)

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