Fact #81846
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Short story:
The Barbarians, a Boston-based garage-rock combo, enter the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA with Moulty, which will peak at No90. The song celebrates the determination of Victor Moulton who, despite having only one hand, performed as the band's drummer.
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Moulty : I was wild. I used to make a lot of bombs in the backyard with my friends and blow ‘em off and, this time, I was makin’ a pretty good-sized one. And it blew me to smithereens. It went off when I was makin’ it. I lost my left hand, ya know- I was a guitarist, ya know. And I was a kick-ass little guitarist. I was, at a very young age, I was playin’ the guitar. My family were guitarist themselves. And then by the time I was fourteen I was pretty darn good, ya know? And then I, uh (laughter) I blew myself up! I couldn’t play the guitar anymore. So I got my prosthesis on my hook. I learned to play the drums with my hook.
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