The Dickies were the clown princes of punk, not to mention surprisingly longstanding veterans of the L.A. scene.
In fact, by the new millennium, they’d become the oldest surviving punk band still recording new material. In contrast to the snotty, intentionally offensive humor of many comedically inclined punk bands, the Dickies were winningly goofy, inspired mostly by trashy movies and other pop culture camp.
Their covers were just as ridiculous as their originals, transforming arena rock anthems and bubblegum pop chestnuts alike into the loud, speed-blur punk-pop — basically the Ramones crossed with L.A. hardcore — that was their musical stock in trade.
As the band got older, their music slowed down little by little, but their sound and their sense of humor stayed largely the same, and they were an avowed influence on new-school punkers like Green Day and the Offspring.
The Dickies Still Got Live Even If You Don't Want It, released 02 June 2003 1. I'm OK, You're OK 3. You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) 4. Walk Like An Egg 5. Sounds Of Silence 8. Got It At The Store 9. Eve Of Destruction 10. The Dickies are an American punk rock band formed in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles in 1977. The band has consistently made use of catchy melodies, deep harmonies, and a humorous, comical style that has been called 'pop-punk' or 'bubble-gum punk'.
In 1980, they released a single version of 'Gigantor,' the theme from a Japanese cartoon series. By the end of the year, the increasingly volatile Chuck Wagon had left the band; sadly, he shot and killed himself in June 1981.
Stunned, the rest of the band went on hiatus, during which much of the original lineup drifted out of the group. Late that year, Phillips and Lee returned with a new version of the Dickies, which included guitarist Steve Hufstetter (ex-Quick), bassist Lorenzo 'Laurie' Buhne, and drummer Jerry Angel; Hufstetter was soon replaced by Scott Sindon.
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This lineup recorded half of the material on the 1983 mini-LP Stukas Over Disneyland, the other half of which dated from 1980 sessions with the late Chuck Wagon replacing Kaballero on drums and Sindon on second guitar.