Dicky Barrett
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| Dicky Barrett | |
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| Born | June 22, 1964 |
| Genre(s) | Ska-Core Punk Rock |
| Affiliation(s) | Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1985 - 2003), Toxic Toast, Cheapskates, Impact Unit. |
| Label(s) | Taang! Mercury Records Big Rig Records SideOneDummy Records |
| Years active | 1984 - present |
| Official site | Official Site (SideOneDummy Records) |
Dicky Barrett (born June 22, 1964 as Richard Michael Barrett) was the frontman of skacore band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
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[edit] Personal life
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Barrett attended Norwood Junior High School and Xaverian Brothers High School in Massachusetts. He was eventually expelled from Xaverian and moved on to Norwood Senior High School, and later Bunker Hill Community College where he met Bosstones drummer Joe Sirois. Barrett married his wife Rosemary in 2002. He has mentioned that he is an Irish Catholic.
[edit] Music
Barrett spent the majority of his musical career playing with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He appeared on seven full-length albums, three EPs and a live album with the Bosstones, as well as touring continuously throughout the world, until the band’s announcement of a hiatus in December 2003. The band's 1997 release, Let's Face It, would prove to be the band's biggest break, mostly due to the first single "The Impression That I Get," which charted at number one on the Billboard charts.
Prior to his association with the Bosstones, Barrett played in the local Boston area bands Toxic Toast, Cheapskates and Impact Unit.
In 2003 Barrett began working on an untitled solo album. The album was said to be a radical departure from the ska-core sound made popular by the Bosstones. Barrett was quoted as saying that the album will be "more somber, darker".[1] Fellow Bosstone, Lawerence Katz, was said to be assisting Barrett with the recording of the album. However there has been no further mention of the album, and the release date remains uncertain.
Barrett has also made guest appearances on tracks from The Unseen, No Use For A Name, Rancid, Clowns for Progress and the Stubborn All-Stars.
Recently, Barrett appeared on two Brain Failure tracks, which are featured on their split entitled "Beijing to Boston" with Big D and the Kids Table.
[edit] Radio
Barrett became the host of his own radio show, the "Mighty Morning Show" on Los Angeles radio's Indie 103.1 FM from 2005 until his firing on March 22, 2006.[2].
He has been a regular on all three of Boston's rock stations: WAAF, WBCN, and WFNX.
In 2005, it was rumored in that Barrett would be Howard Stern's replacement at heritage rock station WBCN.[3]
[edit] On screen
In the mid-1990s, Barrett appeared as a bus driver on the Nickelodeon show "As the School Bus Turns." He also has a cameo role in the film Home Of Phobia which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival
While Barrett was with the Bosstones he performed on several television shows, including Saturday Night Live, The Jon Stewart Show, as well as Sesame Street's Elmopalooza. Also, he and the rest of the Bosstones appeared in the film Clueless.
After the Bosstones went on hiatus Barrett became the announcer for ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in 2004.
Barrett has also done voiceover work for Minoriteam and appears in the documentary film American Hardcore.
He has appeared on an episode of Criss Angel's Mind Freak.
As well he protrayed rock pioneer Bill Haley in the miniseries Shake, Rattle, and Roll: An American Love Story.
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| NAME | Barrett, Richard Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barrett, Dicky |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1964 |
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