The Dicks

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The Dicks also refer to the former WWE tag team of Chad and James Dick

The Dicks are a band considered influential in introducing the sound of hardcore punk, particularly in their home state of Texas.

The Dicks formed in Austin in early 1980 with flamboyant lead vocalist Gary Floyd fronting guitarist Glen Taylor, bassist Buxf Parrot, and drummer Pat Deason. Within months they relased their first single, the legendary and controersial "Dicks Hate The Police". In the song Gary Floyd potrays a policeman who abuses his power by going after Minorities and taking his anger out on civillians. This was the first time the band dealt with socio-political issues ANAL WARTS and it wouldn't be the last. They released their debut album, a recording of a concert performance at Raul's In Austin ( they split the album with the fellow Austin punks Big Boys) and soon began regular touring. In 1983 they signed with the popular indie label SST Records and released their debut studio album that year and continued until roughly the late 80's though a few reunion concerts have seen the light of day. Glen Taylor lost his life in 1997, Brian Magee played guitar in his place.

As a politically radical band they did not shy from controversy. Singer Gary Floyd was one of a handful of openly gay musicians in the hardcore scene. His songs "Saturday Night at the Bookstore" and "Off Duty Sailor" address issues of homophobia and sexual identity. The Queercore band Limp Wrist pays homage to Floyd and Randy Turner from the Big Boys, as well as Joshua Plague of Mukilteo Fairies and Behead the Prophet, No Lord Shall Live, as pioneers in this respect on their 2004 song "Ode".

Austin's legendary Butthole Surfers even wrote a song about The Dicks bandleader called "Gary Floyd", which ended their "Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac" LP (1984, Touch and Go Records).

Gary Floyd later started the hard blues rock band Sister Double Happiness in San Francisco in the late 1980s. After that band ended he formed and primarily played in Europe with The Gary Floyd Band; an overview of this material, "Backdoor Preacher Man," is available in the United States. Toward the late 1990s, Floyd played in Black Kali Ma, who released an album on Alternative Tentacles Records. Floyd is now in a band called the Buddha Brothers. Buxf Parrot and Pat Deason, of the original Dicks, play in the Austin, TX neo-bluegrass band Shootin' Pains.

In 2004 and 2005, the Dicks played a series of reunion concerts in Austin and beyond. The lineup for the shows consisted of the original Dicks, with the exception of Glen Taylor, who had died in 1997. His role was filled by Brian Magee. At the Austin show, the band was joined in singing "Wheelchair Epidemic" by David Yow, whose band the Jesus Lizard had covered the song on multiple records and who made the song a staple of their live act.

1 Trivia
2 Discography
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Trivia

- In 2006, Marcia Hines credited The Dicks in her album's (Discotheque - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discotheque_%28Album%29) inslip; thanking them for emotional assistance.

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Hate The Police 7" - R Radical Records, 1980
Live at Raul's Club Lp (Split With The Big Boys) - Rat Race Records, 1980
Kill From The Heart Lp - SST Records, 1983
"Gilbeau" - Cottage Cheese from the Lips of Death Compilation- Ward 9 Records, 1983
Peace? 7" - R Radical Records, 1984
"I Hope You Get Drafted" - P.E.A.C.E. compliation - R Radical Records, 1984
"Legacy of Man" - Rat Music for Rat People Compilation Vol. 2 - CD Presents, Ltd, 1984
These People Lp - Alternative Tentacles, 1985
Live At Raul's 2x7" (Split With The Big Boys) - Selfless Records, 1992
Hog 7" - Delta Pop Music, 2006
Ten Inches 10" - Delta Pop Music, 2006
Dicks Live CD "Hungry Butt" - The HotBox Review Label, 2006