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Douglas William Paul Lozito (born March 7, 1962, in New York City), known professionally as Doug Holland, is an American musician who played guitar and is a songwriter for New York hardcore bands Kraut and Cro-Mags. [1] He was a bartender and manager at the A7 club in New York from 1981 until it closed in 1984.

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References

  1. Prato, Greg. "Biography: Cro-Mags". AllMusic . Retrieved July 15, 2010.