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The band was formed in 1972 by Andy "Adny" Shernoff, who was attending the State University of New York at New Paltz, and Ross "The Boss" Friedman who was playing in a local band called Total Crudd. Scott "Top Ten" Kempner was asked to join, and the trio rented a house in Kerhonkson, New York, where they lived and rehearsed with various drummers.
The Dictators were one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to ever walk the Earth – John Dougan. The streets of New York are a hard, cold place where the strong flourish and the weak fall between the cracks, subsumed and consumed by a city that doesn’t care about anyone, and even if it did, it wouldn’t give solace and ...
Recorded and released in 1978, The Dictators, as we know them today, had finally arrived. Their most critically acclaimed album, Bloodbrothers upped the punk rock ante with ass-kicking, wall-to-wall, non-hits; every song on the record became a live show staple and it seemed the band was about to turn a corner.
Mar 4, 2021 · With their irreverent mix of ‘teengenerate’ sarcasm, three-chord garage rock, surf music and party-hearty stage antics, The Dictators presaged New York City’s punk attitude. An eternal favorite of PKM, the band, with a break here and there, ‘coulda been a contenduh.’ Alas, in 2021, they are stepping back into the ring!
Sep 7, 2024 · The Dictators, one of the first punk bands to rock (and create) New York’s original scene, are BACK! To celebrate their reemergence and 50th anniversary they’ve dropped a new self-titled album to hear. Per usual, it’s on all the platforms to stream. And the lineup these days includes some names you know, founding member Andy Shernoff and ...
Sep 10, 2024 · The closing “Sweet Joey” is equally nostalgic, paying tribute to fellow New York punk legend Joey Ramone and his band, the Ramones. Interestingly enough, the band also sandwiches in a ferocious cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s “Transmaniacon MC”, which I guess in hindsight is one of those tunes that was as pivotal to punk as it was metal, similar to Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” or ...
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The Dictators have been, are, and always will be the living, fire-breathing definition of Rock and Roll. Back with The Dictators, their first new studio album in 23 years, the current iteration of the band – 50 years into the game - is faster, louder and better than ever before. Founding members Andy Shernoff (bass, vocals) and Ross The Boss ...
