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Memo from Matt Fiorito: When you are touring in the increasingly authoritarian U.S.A. in a band called the Dayglo Abortions, with historical ties to another band called The Fuck You Pigs, and you get pulled over, do not assent to having your van searched.

Details have been omitted from this story—whole questions not even asked—to protect the innocent and guilty alike. We’re not 100 percent sure which category Dayglo Abortion Fiorito—aka Powerclown’s Sketchy Clown—falls into, but one thing for sure: he and sometimes bandmate Dan Scum have a whole new level to bond on, when it comes to incarceration.

With a Dayglo Abortions benefit for the family of Trey "Ashtray" Helten coming up t

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