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Author Michael T. Fournier takes his dream band on the road

By Luke O’Neil

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 27, 2012

Next week, author Michael T. Fournier will bring his band Dead Trend to New York City to promote his new book. That’s right, book, not album. You see, despite Dead Trend being the quintessential 1980s hardcore punk band, they don’t actually exist. Or didn’t, that is, until recently, when the band crawled off of the pages of the Belchertown author’s new novel, “Hidden Wheel” (Three Rooms Press). They’ll also perform live at O’Brien’s Pub in Allston on Saturday.

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