Shugars was so horrified that he wrote a bill to require warning labels on concert tickets.

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The timing helped, too: Mr. Shugars, now director of demand relations at PubMatic, a media technology company in Redwood City, Calif.

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Concerned about what kids are listening to, state senator Dale Shugars of Michigan attended a Marilyn Manson concert (with two bodyguards).

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