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8A Daily News – Tuesday, August 7, 2012 band OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — Before he strode into a Sikh temple with a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition, Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands with names such as Definite Hate and End Apathy. Gunman a former leader of white supremacist The bald, heavily tat- tooed bassist was a 40-year- old Army veteran who trained in psychological warfare before he was demoted and discharged more than a decade ago. A day after he killed six WORLD BRIEFING Tropical along coast TEGUCIGALPA, Hon- duras (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto's forward movement slowed Monday as it headed for an expected close pass along Honduras' northern coast after drop- ping heavy rains on Jamaica without causing serious problems. Storm heads for pass On Sunday, the storm passed to the south of Jamaica, where authorities said rains fell over much of the island. worshippers at the suburban Milwaukee temple, frag- ments of Page's life emerged in public records and interviews. But his motive was still largely a mystery. He left no hate- filled manifesto, no angry blog or ranting Facebook entries to explain the attack. Page, who was shot to death by police, joined the Army in 1992 and was dis- charged in 1998. He was described Monday by the Southern Poverty Law Cen- ter as a ''frustrated neo- Nazi'' who had long been active in the obscure under- world of white supremacist music. low at the nonprofit civil rights organization in Mont- gomery, Ala., said Page played in groups whose sometimes sinister-sound- ing names seemed to ''reflect what he went out and actually did.'' The music often talked about genocide against Jews and other minorities. 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