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Biography
Refimprove|date=May 2011Infobox musical artist| name = The Dickies| image = The Dickies at Warped Tour 2010-08-10 12.jpg| alt =| caption = The Dickies performing on the 2010 Warped Tour | image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = San Fernando Valley , California , United States | genre = Punk Rock , New Wave music|New Wave | years_active = 1977–2011| label = A& M Records|A& M , Captain Oi, Triple X Records|Triple X , Fat Wreck Chords , Restless Brand| associated_acts =| website = URL|thedickies.com| current_members =| past_members = Leonard Graves Phillips Stan Lee (musician)|Stan Lee Greg Hanna Dave Teague Travis Johnson Dylan Thomas The Dickies are an American punk rock group formed in San Fernando Valley , Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California , United States in 1977.
History
The Dickies were among the first punk rock musical ensemble|bands to emerge from Los Angeles. They were the first California punk band to appear on Big Three television networks|network television , http://jennylens.com/_a-e/dickies/dickies01.htm dead link|date=April 2012 and the first California punk band to be signed to a major label|major record label (A& M Records).Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4085
The Dickies' style is camp (style)|campy and humorous, influenced by The Ramones , for whom they sometimes opened in venues especially on the East coast, such as CBGB in the Bowery of NYC and across the river in the "The Showplace" Dover NJ (1978), along with the Nerds, Nozon and featuring the Ramones. This Eastern blitz made them a punk band of national recognition coming from the L.A. Scene.citation needed|date=January 2009 The Dickies are popular in the United Kingdom , and had a Top 40|Top 10 single (music)|single with " Banana Splits (Tra La La Song) " in 1979.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 154 Many of their lyrics concern Southern California culture, rife with references and in-jokes; examples include songs like "Waterslide", "I'm A Cholo ", " Pep Boys|Manny, Moe, and Jack ", and "(I'm Stuck in a Pagoda with) Tritia Toyota|Tricia Toyota ". They are also known for sound recording and reproduction|recording several fast-paced punk cover version|covers of classic rock songs, including the Moody Blues' " Nights in White Satin ", Black Sabbath's " Paranoid (song)|Paranoid ", The Monkees' " More of The Monkees|She ", Barry McGuire's " Eve of Destruction (song)|Eve of Destruction ", and the Isley Brothers' " Nobody but Me (The Isley Brothers song)|Nobody but Me ". They have also covered " Pretty Ballerina ," a song by The Left Banke, as well as Hair (song)|"Hair" .
Drug problems slowed the Dickies down considerably in the 1980s, but they have continued playing and recording sporadically to the present day. Guitarist / keyboardist / saxophonist Chuck Wagon (musician)|Chuck Wagon (born Bob Davis) committed suicide after a break-up with his girlfriend in June 1981. Jonathan Melvoin , who played drums on The Dickies album, Idjit Savant , died of a heroin overdose on July 12, 1996 in New York City|New York , aged 34, while on concert tour|tour playing keyboard instrument|keyboards for the Smashing Pumpkins .citation needed|date=January 2009 Original drummer Karlos Kabellero died on September 22, 2009 from heart related problems. One-time guitarist Enoch Hain (born Robert Lansing, Jr.) died on July 25, 2009 from complications arising from pneumonia.
In 1988, the Dickies wrote and performed the theme music for the horror film Killer Klowns from Outer Space which was the debut of drummer Cliff Martinez who had recently played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Weirdos , and Captain Beefheart . Martinez played with them from 1988 to 1994, and on albums such as Second Coming (Dickies album)|Second Coming , ''Locked N' Loaded Live in London , and idjit Savant .
In 1990, the Dickies wrote the theme song for Lucas Reiner's comedy film '' The Spirit of '76 (1990 film)|Spirit of 76 .
Singles
" Paranoid (song)|Paranoid " (1978) - UK Singles Chart|UK #45
" Eve of Destruction (song)|Eve of Destruction " (1978)
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