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The Dickies

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Biography

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 rock anthems and bubblegum pop chestnuts alike into the loud, speed-blur punk pop -- basically 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.

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Top Tracks

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1. Banana Splits - (1:53)  -  11,921 plays
  2. You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) - (1:52)  -  1,644 plays
  3.  
    Lyrics
    Silent night. holy night, all is calm, all is bright
    'Round yon virgin Mother and Child
    Holy Infant, so tender and mild
    Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace
    Silent Night - (2:19)  -  1,477 plays
  4.  
    Lyrics
    <i>[Originally by Black Sabbath]</i>
    i'm finished with my woman
    cause she couldn't help me with my mind
    people think i'm insane
    because i am frowning all the time
    Paranoid - (1:59)  -  1,678 plays
  5.  
    Lyrics
    The eastern world, it is explodin'
    Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
    You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
    You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'
    And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
    Eve Of Destruction - (1:57)  -  1,198 plays
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