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Hooked: Bad Religion's Brian Baker on the Ruts' "Babylon's Burning"

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Bad Religion's Brian Baker On The Ruts' "Babylon's Burning" - Hooked
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The punk-rock legend retells his initial cathartic connection to the song and how it's steered everything he's recorded since 1980.

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