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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great priced intro to one of punk's most underrated bands who are always overlooked in retrospective critiques of the late 70's early 80's scene. Probably because of their gonzo cover of the 'Banana Splits' theme song they've always seemed tarnished as being a "joke" band. Far from it, The Dickies are a class act and can hold their own with the likes of the Ramones in the speed and snot stakes as this excellent trawl through their most noteworthy singles clearly demonstrates. If you want punk with wit, attitooood and firey thrashey guitars cranked to overdrive then the likes of 'You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)', 'Manny Moe & Jack', 'Hideous' and 'Got It At The Store' can match anything off the Ramones 'Rocket To Russia' no question. Add the Dickies extraordinary simple one-trick gonzo speed thrash take of choice "classic pop" covers and you have a recipe for pogo irreverance and mayhem. If you're not grinning from ear to ear as they massacre hippy classics 'Nights In The Satin', 'Sounds of Silence' and 'Eve of Destruction' then you must be dead! Add to that their frenetic speedkill take of Sabbath's 'Paranoid' - which almost singlehandedly invented thrash metal - the bubblegum fairground wurlitzer sounds on 'Water Slide', the melodic joys of 'Fan Mail' and the blistering guitar mosh of 'Gigantor' and you have both sides of the Dickies, pop and punk with bags of energy and fun that any fan of the Ramones will instantly recognise. You can't go wrong with the Dickies if you want something that will always make you smile and drive faster then start here.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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O my The Dickies. I found them on Youtube, and it jogged my memory to listen to them again.
If your after Ballard's,Romance, romantic voices, easy listening don't come here. This is fast PUNK, and in my top 20 of Punk groups.
I don't think there is a track above 2 and a half minute's. They speed up every song, Nights in White (Harlem), Paranoid (Sabbath),
the time for these songs is about 2 minutes! it's unbelievable. My daughter has just seen the video of them, and she said
The Ramones. While yes l would agree there are similarities (Bear in mind The Ramones are one of my favourite groups), but the act on stage is FUN FUN FUN. To go and see The Ramones (which l did several times) and The Dickies, it was 2 DIFFERENT SHOWS. The Dickies lead singer (Leonard)voice was/is like chalk to cheese, you could not compare their voices, they had 2 things in common, the punk era, and speed.
But The Dickies were astoundingly funny watch, but you didn't have time to laugh because you were pogo'ing.
If you have never heard of them do yourself a massive favour go listen to them on youtube then come back here and buy it. But get ear plugs.
Again, l'm 50 and l was tapping everything in site.
If you were a true Punk, you should have heard of the Dickies, so try them again for size. They were well ahead of their time then.
As a byline The Ramones actually liked the Dickies music, and vice versa
but neither were influenced by each others music.
If your after Ballard's,Romance, romantic voices, easy listening don't come here. This is fast PUNK, and in my top 20 of Punk groups.
I don't think there is a track above 2 and a half minute's. They speed up every song, Nights in White (Harlem), Paranoid (Sabbath),
the time for these songs is about 2 minutes! it's unbelievable. My daughter has just seen the video of them, and she said
The Ramones. While yes l would agree there are similarities (Bear in mind The Ramones are one of my favourite groups), but the act on stage is FUN FUN FUN. To go and see The Ramones (which l did several times) and The Dickies, it was 2 DIFFERENT SHOWS. The Dickies lead singer (Leonard)voice was/is like chalk to cheese, you could not compare their voices, they had 2 things in common, the punk era, and speed.
But The Dickies were astoundingly funny watch, but you didn't have time to laugh because you were pogo'ing.
If you have never heard of them do yourself a massive favour go listen to them on youtube then come back here and buy it. But get ear plugs.
Again, l'm 50 and l was tapping everything in site.
If you were a true Punk, you should have heard of the Dickies, so try them again for size. They were well ahead of their time then.
As a byline The Ramones actually liked the Dickies music, and vice versa
but neither were influenced by each others music.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Dickies are one of those bands that you just can't help liking. There a band who don't take things too seriously and there is a certain element of fun to there songs.
On this album they specialise in punk cover versions, witch includes Black Sabbath's 'paranoid'. But the mix of punk covers and there own stuff works well,
So i recommend this to any punk fan
On this album they specialise in punk cover versions, witch includes Black Sabbath's 'paranoid'. But the mix of punk covers and there own stuff works well,
So i recommend this to any punk fan
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The Dickies
All my Dickies albums/singles are on vinyl and although I do prefer that format to all others, it's great to get them on in the car, I don't recommend pogo'ing whilst driving! Read more
Published 3 months ago by KenLow
Classic US Punk
The Dickies are a great band with amazing energy. This is a timeless collection of the best in origianl US punk.
Published 8 months ago by MudtownSlosher
Dickies album review
A quality album at a quality price. It provided me with a lot of good memories from my youth, as I grew up listening to the Dickies. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Borf
This is as bad as it gets
Appalling rubbish. The Banana Splits cover lifts it to one star otherwise a real stinker.
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by Topdog
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