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Cameron of I Killed the Prom Queen replaced Hiroshima Will Burn guitarist Tyrone Burke temporarily in the Confession lineup at this time. After Cameron's short stint with Confession, Dan Brown went back to playing guitar in the band and made way for Jamie Hope of The Red Shore to fill in
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