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Dave Preno

Dave Preno

Guitarist of the Philadelphia street punk band The Virus and manager of Angry, Young and Poor record store in Lancaster, PA

Aug 7, 2026

DanHOST
32:37
Well, did The Virus, uh, catch on quickly? Were, were people into you when you put your first record out?
32:43
Um, yeah, you know, it caught on.
32:46
We had a split out.
32:47
We put a split out that was supposed to be a seven-inch, but it was only a split CD, with this band called Mannix, that had, um, Rick before he was in The Casualties, and Elaine before she was in The Divochkas.
33:00
And that thing was starting to get a buzz, and our singer was from Philly, this Jewish guy named Mike from Philly.
33:05
So once we got...
33:06
And we had lineup changes, as every band does, even that early.

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71:36
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