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The underground band Yellow Dogs left Iran only to have their dreams cut short in Brooklyn

November 12, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Fans of the Yellow Dogs are distraught over the murder of two of the band’s members. The band made the leap from underground gigs in Tehran to performances in New York. One fan from their early days in Iran remembers their beginnings and their happiness in being rock stars in the US.

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