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Murmaids' mothers acted as the group's managers; Carl Fischer was deceased.) "I guess we did about two television shows and a local concert here . And that's all we did. At that time we got a statement from the record company charging us an exorbitant amount of money against royalties...Everyone else got paid. Kim Fowley got paid. The musicians got paid. We were paid nothing."
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