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Video: The Black Lips Fight a Cockroach, Conquer New York

June 26, 2008 4:36 PM ET

Garage punkers the Black Lips are some of the greatest road warriors on the rock scene, and Rock Daily caught up with them for a night of debauchery. Click above for the band's debate about what they prefer to get hit with onstage and find out what happens when they are attacked by a cockroach.

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