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(Original)<br />2020—present (Waza Craft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Price</th><td class="infobox-data">$90 (Original launch)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Technical specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effects_unit#Types" title="Effects unit">Effects type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Distortion_pedal" class="mw-redirect" title="Distortion pedal">Distortion pedal</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Controls</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pedal control</th><td class="infobox-data">Distortion (Dist), highs (H), lows (L), output volume (level), standard and custom mode (Waza Craft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Input/output</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inputs</th><td class="infobox-data">mono</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Outputs</th><td class="infobox-data">mono</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="213" data-mwtitle="HM-2_by_Pato_Fuentealba_-_Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal_Pedal_song.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:HM-2_by_Pato_Fuentealba_-_Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal_Pedal_song.ogg"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/HM-2_by_Pato_Fuentealba_-_Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal_Pedal_song.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/HM-2_by_Pato_Fuentealba_-_Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal_Pedal_song.ogg/HM-2_by_Pato_Fuentealba_-_Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal_Pedal_song.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>Metal song created with the Boss HM-2.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Distortion_pedal" class="mw-redirect" title="Distortion pedal">distortion pedal</a> manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Boss_Corporation" title="Boss Corporation">Boss</a> from October 1983 until October 1991. Designed to emulate a <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Amplification" title="Marshall Amplification">Marshall</a> <a href="/wiki/Guitar_amplifier#Stacks" title="Guitar amplifier">stack</a>, it became associated with <a href="/wiki/Swedish_death_metal" title="Swedish death metal">Swedish death metal</a> and gained a cult following in the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_subculture" title="Heavy metal subculture">heavy metal scene</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_HM-2&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Boss HM-2 was first issued in October 1983. It was originally manufactured in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> from 1983 until 1988 and then in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> from 1988 until 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-gearnews-waza_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gearnews-waza-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was designed to emulate the <a href="/wiki/Mid-range_speaker" title="Mid-range speaker">mid-range</a> response of a <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Amplification" title="Marshall Amplification">Marshall</a> <a href="/wiki/Guitar_amplifier#Stacks" title="Guitar amplifier">stack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The HM-2 is based on Boss's <a href="/wiki/Boss_DS-1" title="Boss DS-1">DS-1</a>. Despite achieving moderate success in the <a href="/wiki/Glam_metal" title="Glam metal">glam metal</a> scene, the pedal was discontinued in 1991; it was succeeded by the HM-3 Hyper Metal and <a href="/wiki/Boss_MT-2" title="Boss MT-2">MT-2 Metal Zone</a>, the latter of which became a commercial success and top-selling Boss pedal.<sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since its discontinuance, the HM-2 has become one of the most demanded pedals of the Boss back catalogue.<sup id="cite_ref-guitar-world-reissue_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitar-world-reissue-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gearnews-waza_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gearnews-waza-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guitarist and record producer <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Ballou" title="Kurt Ballou">Kurt Ballou</a> has been cited as an influence for the pedal's resurgence<sup id="cite_ref-guitar-world-cool_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitar-world-cool-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and bands such as <a href="/wiki/Nails_(band)" title="Nails (band)">Nails</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Sound" title="Rotten Sound">Rotten Sound</a> have also appropriated the pedal's sound for different <a href="/wiki/Extreme_metal" title="Extreme metal">extreme metal</a> styles.<sup id="cite_ref-musicradar-reissue_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musicradar-reissue-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Boss Corporation president Yoshi Ikegami announced that the pedal would be reissued as a part of the Waza Craft pedal series under the name Boss HM-2W. For the reissue, the company also established a <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> group to seek design feedback from the fanbase.<sup id="cite_ref-guitar-reissue_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitar-reissue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-musicradar-reissue_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musicradar-reissue-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prototype of the HM-2W was tested by <a href="/wiki/Ola_Englund" title="Ola Englund">Ola Englund</a>. The Waza Craft version added standard and custom mode to the Boss HM-2W. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish_death_metal">Swedish death metal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_HM-2&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Swedish death metal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg/220px-Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg/330px-Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg/440px-Boss_HM-2_Heavy_Metal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4752" /></a><figcaption>Boss HM-2 with maximum settings (colloquially referred to as being "dimed"). These settings became well known in the Swedish death metal scene to achieve the "Chainsaw" tone.</figcaption></figure> <p>Leif Cuzner of Swedish death metal band Nihilist used the pedal with the controls "dimed," and bands like <a href="/wiki/Entombed_(band)" title="Entombed (band)">Entombed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dismember_(band)" title="Dismember (band)">Dismember</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bloodbath" title="Bloodbath">Bloodbath</a> followed suit. Many Swedish bands have used the HM-2 with a <a href="/wiki/Peavey_Electronics" title="Peavey Electronics">Peavey</a> amp to achieve this sound. In the 1990s, the pedal attracted a <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Underground_music" title="Underground music">underground</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> scene due to its formative influence over the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_death_metal" title="Swedish death metal">Swedish death metal</a> sound.<sup id="cite_ref-premier-guitar-swedish_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-premier-guitar-swedish-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Entombed's 1990 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Left_Hand_Path_(album)" title="Left Hand Path (album)">Left Hand Path</a></i>, cemented its use in the scene.<sup id="cite_ref-guitar-reissue_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitar-reissue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-TC_Electronic_Eyemaster.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3202" data-file-height="3630" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/TC_Electronic" title="TC Electronic">TC Electronic</a> Eyemaster, a Boss HM-2 clone.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/At_the_Gates" title="At the Gates">At the Gates</a>'s 1995 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Slaughter_of_the_Soul" title="Slaughter of the Soul">Slaughter of the Soul</a></i>, combined the Boss HM-2 with a Boss MT-2 and <a href="/wiki/Boss_SD-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Boss SD-1">Boss SD-1</a>. </p><p>Many HM-2 pedals, especially ones made in Japan, have been collected by the guitarists of Entombed and Dismember.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controls">Controls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_HM-2&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Michael Astley-Brown of <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a></i>, compared to the other distortion pedals, the pedal offered "radically versatile low and high ‘Color Mix’ <a href="/wiki/Equalization_(audio)" title="Equalization (audio)">EQ</a> controls with 20 <a href="/wiki/Decibel" title="Decibel">dB</a> of boost/cut."<sup id="cite_ref-guitar-world-reissue_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitar-world-reissue-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_users">Notable users</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_HM-2&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable users"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable users of the pedal include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Sound" title="Rotten Sound">Mika Aalto</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heriot_(band)" title="Heriot (band)">Erhan Alman</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Amott" title="Michael Amott">Michael Amott</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anders_Bj%C3%B6rler" title="Anders Björler">Anders Björler</a><sup id="cite_ref-musicradar.com_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismember_(band)" title="Dismember (band)">David Blomqvist</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Broadrick" title="Justin Broadrick">Justin Broadrick</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entombed_(band)" title="Entombed (band)">Uffe Cederlund</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chemical_Brothers" title="The Chemical Brothers">The Chemical Brothers</a> (with a <a href="/wiki/Roland_Juno-106" title="Roland Juno-106">Juno-106</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ss-dec-2011_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-dec-2011-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihilist_(band)" title="Nihilist (band)">Leif “Leffe” Cuzner</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entombed_A.D." title="Entombed A.D.">Nico Elgstrand</a><sup id="cite_ref-GEAR_GODS_RIGGED_-_Entombed_A.D_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GEAR_GODS_RIGGED_-_Entombed_A.D-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niclas_Engelin" title="Niclas Engelin">Niclas Engelin</a><sup id="cite_ref-articles.boss.info_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-articles.boss.info-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ola_Englund" title="Ola Englund">Ola Englund</a><sup id="cite_ref-SWEDISH_DEATH_METAL_TONE_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWEDISH_DEATH_METAL_TONE-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloodbath" title="Bloodbath">Per Eriksson</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euronymous" title="Euronymous">Euronymous</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gilmour" title="David Gilmour">David Gilmour</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-musicradar-reissue_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musicradar-reissue-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heriot_(band)" title="Heriot (band)">Debbie Gough</a><sup id="cite_ref-Guitarcom23_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarcom23-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._C._Green" title="G. C. Green">G. C. Green</a><sup id="cite_ref-ben-green-bass_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ben-green-bass-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entombed_(band)" title="Entombed (band)">Alex Hellid</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-antihero-hellid_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antihero-hellid-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christofer_Johnsson" title="Christofer Johnsson">Christofer Johnsson</a><sup id="cite_ref-Boss_HM-2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boss_HM-2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nails_(band)" title="Nails (band)">Todd Jones</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Larsson_(guitarist)" title="Martin Larsson (guitarist)">Martin Larsson</a><sup id="cite_ref-musicradar.com_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ljungstr%C3%B6m" title="Glenn Ljungström">Glenn Ljungström</a><sup id="cite_ref-SWEDISH_DEATH_METAL_TONE_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWEDISH_DEATH_METAL_TONE-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabea_Massaad" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabea Massaad">Rabea Massaad</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entombed_A.D." title="Entombed A.D.">Guilherme Miranda</a><sup id="cite_ref-GEAR_GODS_RIGGED_-_Entombed_A.D_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GEAR_GODS_RIGGED_-_Entombed_A.D-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anders_Nystr%C3%B6m" title="Anders Nyström">Anders Nyström</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Parland" title="David Parland">David Parland</a><sup id="cite_ref-Boss_HM-2_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boss_HM-2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schleibaum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Schleibaum">Mike Schleibaum</a><sup id="cite_ref-articles.boss.info_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-articles.boss.info-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismember_(band)" title="Dismember (band)">Robert Sennebäck</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunlight_Studio" title="Sunlight Studio">Tomas Skogsberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-articles.boss.info_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-articles.boss.info-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Str%C3%B6mblad" title="Jesper Strömblad">Jesper Strömblad</a><sup id="cite_ref-SWEDISH_DEATH_METAL_TONE_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWEDISH_DEATH_METAL_TONE-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Swan%C3%B6" title="Dan Swanö">Dan Swanö</a><sup id="cite_ref-rolandcorp_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rolandcorp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristian_W%C3%A5hlin" title="Kristian Wåhlin">Kristian Wåhlin</a><sup id="cite_ref-Boss_HM-2_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boss_HM-2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramore" title="Paramore">Justin York</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Ballou" title="Kurt Ballou">Kurt Ballou</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilinda_Butcher" title="Bilinda Butcher">Bilinda Butcher</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocturno_Culto" title="Nocturno Culto">Nocturno Culto</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamish_Glencross" title="Hamish Glencross">Hamish Glencross</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sedwards" title="James Sedwards">James Sedwards</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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