The Dickies are an American punk rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, in 1977. One of the longest tenured punk rock bands, they have been in continuous existence for over 40 years. They have consistently balanced catchy melodies, harmony vocals, and pop song structures, with a speedy punk guitar attack. This musical approach is paired with a humorous style and has been labelled "pop-punk" or "bubble-gum punk".
The Dickies had a string of successful singles in the UK, twice making the top 40. They had a Top 10 single with their speedy punk cover of the theme song to a children's show with "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)" in 1979, and reached the top 40 again with their cover of "Nights in White Satin" (1979). Their punk rendition of "Silent Night" charted at #47 in December 1978, while their cover of "Paranoid" peaked at #45, in 1979.[1]
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Links to Peel[]
Peel played the Dickies regularly in the late 1970s, when they released two albums on A&M and enjoyed UK chart success with an unlikely selection of punked up cover versions. Always happy to play new takes on old songs, the DJ had no problem giving airtime to the Dickies' enjoyably high-energy readings of classic tunes, as well as their self-penned numbers. On 24 January 1979, his late-night R1 show featured four consecutive tracks from the 'Incredible Shrinking Dickies' LP.
The band were heard occasionally but less often on his shows in the following decades, returning for the last time with their 1978 version of 'Paranoid' (originally by Black Sabbath) on 03 July 2003.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
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Other Shows Played[]
The Dickies Eve Of Destruction
- 1978
- 21 June 1978: Hideous (10" EP - Paranoid) A&M SP-12008
- 05 July 1978: You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) (10" EP - Paranoid) A&M SP-12008
- 07 July 1978: Paranoid (7") A&M
- 27 July 1978: Eve Of Destruction (single) A&M
- 02 August 1978: Eve Of Destruction (Single) A&M
- 04 August 1978: Eve Of Destruction (7 inch) A&M
- 07 November 1978: Give It Back (7”) A&M (Peel mentions that the B-side is You Drive Me Ape, promising he will play it "sometime".)
- November 1978 (BFBS) (1): Give It Back (album - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies) A&M
- November 1978 (BFBS) (2): Sound Of Silence (7" - Silent Night) A&M
- 21 December 1978: Give It Back (7”) A&M
- 1979
- 17 January 1979: Hideous (10” - Paranoid)
- 24 January 1979: She (LP-The Incredible Shrinking Dickies) A&M
- 24 January 1979: Shadow Man (LP-The Incredible Shrinking Dickies) A&M
- 24 January 1979: Mental Ward (LP-The Incredible Shrinking Dickies) A&M
- 24 January 1979: Eve Of Destruction (LP-The Incredible Shrinking Dickies) A&M
- 13 November 1979: Attack Of The Mole Men (LP - Dawn Of The Dickies)
- 1980
- 24 June 1980: Gigantor (7") A&M
- 1984
- 30 January 1984: Stukas Over Disneyland (Mini LP-Stukas Over Disneyland) PVC
- 2003
- 03 July 2003: Paranoid (A )
- Other
- Only At Christmas: Silent Night (7”) A&M
- The Evolution of John Peel: You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
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