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- ↑ Punknews - Deranged
- ↑ "Exclaim - Label life". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ↑ Montreal Mirror - Brutal Knights interview Archived 2009-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Prefix Magazine - Attempted Suicide review
- ↑ "Ebullition Records Catalog: Deranged Records".
- ↑ discogs.com
