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Aaron Fechter, photographed for SPIN in Orlando by Colby Katz

Chris Thrash was just seven when his parents took him to Showbiz Pizza Place in Columbus, Georgia, in 1982. Amid the blaring video games, ball pits, and steaming-hot pepperoni pies, he found himself plopped down in front of the restaurant's stage as the houselights went down.

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