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    "comment": "Steve Almaas, an influential Twin Cities musician who helped kickstart a local punk scene, has died due to complications of recurrent cancer. Almaas died on Friday afternoon in Beacon, New York, where he lived with his partner Brandy Burre. He was 69.\n\nAlmaas was born in Minneapolis in 1956. Youthful experiments with a variety of instruments eventually led him to the electric bass, and he formed the Suicide Commandos in 1975 with guitarist Chris Osgood, and drummer Dave Ahl. They released their debut album, Make a Record, in 1978. Their raw, unflinching style was apparent on tracks like “Burn It Down” and “Complicated Fun.” Their energetic noise has been cited as an inspiration for the revolutionary ‘80s independent rock scene that eventually included Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, and countless other Twin Cities noisemakers.\n\nhttps://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/06/05/twin-cities-punk-legend-steve-almaas-of-suicide-commandos-has-died",
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