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make the album and hire producer "Marlon McClain" guitarist for the band "Pleasure"; hire political cartoonist Jack Ohman to make the original album cover; wrote the aforementioned songs; performed on all of the album songs; and successfully negotiated and secured the band a performance spot and "Wide World
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as "The Cheeks" in 1982. However, because a UK band had already used this name, the band changed its name to "The Sweet Cheeks." During their earliest days, they were notorious for their raucous frat house party gigs and mostly covered songs by their favorite bands. Later in 1982, Todd Duncan, former
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