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The Dictators are a rock and roll band formed in New York City in
1973http://www.thedictators.com/english.html.
Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most
influential proto-punk bands to walk the
earth."http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:yzaxqj3boj6a~T1The
Dictators' debut album, The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! (1975) was perhaps the
first album released by a New York punk group. They found relatively little
commercial success, and their smart-guys-playing-dumb shtick would be
further refined by later punkers -- notably The Ramones.
The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall
Of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio. Steven Van Zandt called them"The connective
tissue between the eras of The MC5, Stooges, NY Dolls, and the punk
explosion of the mid to late 1970's".
History The original recording lineup consisted of bassist/vocalist Andy
(aka "Adny
