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we'll be round long enough to make a record. But it's a big thrill to play for an audience. It'd be an even bigger thrill to play and make money"
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435:""Too Young" at APRA search engine"
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496:"Discography: Z: Z-Cars to Zorros"
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379:Jones, Andrea (21 August 1980).
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293:"Too Young"/"Let Me Love You" –
259:Scott Ferris – bass guitar
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381:"Melbourne: Post Punk Revival"
366:entry. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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466:Passagen.se
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288:Discography
212:Rose Tattoo
158:Bombay Rock
649:Categories
337:Noble Park
318:References
298:(ANDA 016)
170:Tony Cohen
120:The Zorros
25:The Zorros
282:(1983–94)
276:(1982–83)
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136:punk rock
132:Brunswick
126:Biography
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74:punk rock
60:Australia
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528:(1993).
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180:charts.
94:Au Go Go
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419:7 April
218:Members
140:Fitzroy
556:charts
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441:(APRA)
364:Zorros
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52:Origin
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341:ISBN
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