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 The DickiesYour Rating:Average Rating:Hometown: Los Angeles, CA (USA)  About:Bands unpaid after Seattle Soundfest Seattle Weekly is reporting that there have been some serious problems with last month's Seattle Soundfest. The event boasted a lineup including Stiff Little Fingers,… September 26, 2011 Win party tickets, VIP passes, day passes from Seattle Soundfest On August 19th, Seattle, WA will host the 2011 Seattle Sound Fest. Bands slated to perform include Stiff Little Fingers, The Blasters, US Bombs, Lucero, Cro-Mags,… July 29, 2011 SoundFest announces day-by-day lineups, discounted tickets The 2011 Seattle Sound Fest has posted a full schedule of bands for the three day, multi-venue festival. The event will be happening August 19-21 in Seattle, WA. Bands slated to perform include Stiff Little Fingers, The Blasters, US… July 02, 2011 Stiff Little Fingers, Lucero, US Bombs at Seattle Sound Fest The 2011 Seattle Sound Fest has announced its initial lineup. The three-day, multi-venue festival will be happening August 19-21 in (ironically enough) Seattle, WA. Bands slated to perform include Stiff Little Fingers, The Blasters,… May 30, 2011 Vans Warped Tour to make Vans Warped Tour Sneakers In perhaps the most obvious and surprisingly overlooked bit of marketing synergy ever, Vans has revealed that they will soon issue Vans Warped Tour-teamed Vans Sneakers. According to a… June 10, 2010 Fat to release "Wrecktrospective" box set to celebrate 20th year Fat Wreck Chords has announced their plans to release a 3xCD boxset titled Wrecktrospective. Originally announced several years ago, but finally getting released, the first cd will contain classic tracks from Fat Wreck Chords back catalog, while disc 2 will contain demo and unreleased… October 23, 2009 The Dickies plan New Year's Eve show The Dickies will be playing a New Year's Eve show in New York City at The Bowery Electric. Set for Wednesday December 31st, 2008. The show starts at 10pm at The Room at The Bowery Electric, located at 327 Bowery at the corner of Joey Ramone Place (2nd Street), New York, NY for patrons 21 and over. Tickets will go on sale at Ticketweb the week of December 1st for… December 02, 2008 |
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The Dickies were amongst the first punk rock bands to emerge from Los Angeles, and the first California punk band to be signed to a major record label and appear on network television.
The Dickies' style was campy and humorous with obvious influences from The Ramones. They were extremely popular in the UK and had a top 10 hit with "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)" in 1979; oddly enough, many of their lyrics were about aspects of Southern California life not easily decipherable to those unfamiliar with the region, in songs like "Waterslide", "I'm A Chollo", "Manny, Moe and Jack", and "(I'm Stuck in a Pagoda with) Tricia Toyota", which is about a local TV news anchorwoman.
Drug problems slowed them down considerably in the 1980s, but they have continued playing and recording sporadically to the present day. In 1988 they did the theme music for the cult classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space.