The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth." The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio. Steven Van Zandt called them "The connective tissue between the eras of The MC5, Stooges, NY Dolls, and the punk explosion of the mid to late 1970s".
Origins
The original recording line-up consisted of songwriter/vocalist/bassist Andy "Adny" Shernoff, lead guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman (aka Ross Funicello), rhythm guitarist Scott "Top Ten" Kempner, and drummer Stu Boy King. It was this line-up - along with roadie/occasional vocalist and "Secret Weapon" Handsome Dick Manitoba - which recorded the band's 1975 debut album, The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! for Epic Records, produced by Sandy Pearlman and Murray Krugman (best known for their work with Blue Öyster Cult). The album sold poorly at the time but is now considered to be the starting point for American punk rock . Entertainment Weekly wrote "Go Girl Crazy's junk-generation culture and smart-aleck sensibility did provide an essential blueprint for '70s punk. With its TV references and homely vocals, this ground-breaking and long-unavailable album continues to inspire underground groups everywhere."
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The Dictators
ALBUMS
- Manifest Destiny / Bloodbrothers released: 2011
- Every Day Is Saturday released: 2007
- Viva Dictators released: 2005
- Manifest Destiny released: 2004
- D.F.F.D. released: 2001
- The Dictators Live: New York New York released: 1998
- Bloodbrothers released: 1998
- Fuck ’em If They Can’t Take a Joke released: 1993
- Go Girl Crazy released: 1975
Every Day Is Saturday
Released 2007- Weekend
- Backseat Boogie
- Master Race Rock
- California Sun
- Fireman's Friend
- Whisky Radio Spot
- America the Beautiful
- Sleepin' With the TV On
- Eugene Radio Spot
- Faster and Louder
- Minnesota Strip
- Baby Let's Twist
- What It Is
- Borneo Jimmy
- I Stand Tall
- No Tomorrow
- Stay With Me
- Bloodbrothers Radio Spot
- 16 Forever
- Loyola
- Laughing Out Loud
- What's Up With That #2
- 16 Forever #2
- Owensboro Radio Spot
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Burn, Baby, Burn!!
by: The DictatorsI crave the flesh of the sacred cow
charred and dripping fat
I love the sight of a baby lamb
Spinning on the rack
I say, Burn!!
Burn!!
Burn, Baby, Burn!!
My guitar player likes to knaw the bone
and suck the marrow out
He plays a Marshall stack twenty feet tall
and grills a porterhouse
I say, Burn!!
Burn!!
Burn, Ross, Burn!!
Plantkillers! Plantkillers! Plantkillers try to rule my world
Plantkillers! Plantkillers! Plantkillers try to rule my world
The grill's hot, my knives sharpened
Got a bass-o-matic
And a hunger pang
Why do the Sioux hunt the buffalo?
Why do they love the pig in Spain?
Why do the big fish eat the small?
Why do we even have to eat at all
Cause,
Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on......
Look at me now
Look at me now
Look at me now
I'm on top of the food chain
I am the carnivore
I am the omnivore
I am the matador
That's what my teeth are for
Burn!!
Burn baby
Burn!!
Burn baby
Burn!!
Burn baby
Burn!!
Burn baby
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