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Sweet poison: Bret Michales fronted Cal-metal band with lots of running around and swearing served up loud to a crowd of 12,500 at SkyDome last night
Sweet poison: Bret Michales fronted Cal-metal band with lots of running around and swearing served up loud to a crowd of 12,500 at SkyDome last night

Sweet poison: Bret Michales fronted Cal-metal band with lots of running around and swearing served up loud to a crowd of 12,500 at SkyDome last night

Date11/28/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sweet poison: Bret Michales fronted Cal-metal band with lots of running around and swearing served up loud to a crowd of 12,500 at SkyDome last night.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101543F
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