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Who is Tough Pop!? Some media reports have falsely speculated that the name Tough Pop! is code slang for a former CIA operative who now makes music from unknown locations all across the globe in order to spite his former bosses - the US government. Other reports say that Tough Pop! is the only son of Ali Haj Mohamed, one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest arab oil tycoons (if this report is true, Tough Pop! stands to inherit over 300,000,000 dollars sometime within the next several years). Other news reports have said that Tough Pop! was actually a pseudonym coined by several dozen lepers, all living in a remote colony fifteen miles off the coast of Borneo. If true, these lepers have oddly chosen to remain anonymous (despite an increasing pressure being put on them by the worldwide media). The most popular theory, however, cites Tough Pop! as a fishlike space alien sent from the dark star Menenon X with a singular objective: feed cream filled chocolate snack cakes to third world children (obviously an intergalactic attempt to end world hunger). But who knows? Perhaps one day the truth will be revealed, however for now, fans of Tough Pop! are sadly left to speculate. The only thing that anyone knows for certain is that Tough Pop! - whoever he/she may be - has vowed to remain anonymous for at least two more years and has sworn to never play another live show again. That is, of course, until New Years eve 2008. On this date, Tough Pop! has vowed (in a cryptic letter sent to Maxim's Blender Magazine) to finally reveal his/her true identity somewhere on the beautiful remote black sand beaches of Easter Island. Stay tuned kids...