Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Metal And Smiles

Leah Sottile: When I was 13, I dreamed of kissing boys in the backseat of a car while Scorpions, a German hard rock outfit, crooned "Winds of Change" from the car stereo. It's still kind of a bummer that never happened: Boys at my high school were much more infatuated with the idea of making out to Dave Matthews Band, and I had to work with what I could get.

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