"Rich Daddy" by The Dicks is somehow the most perfect synthesis of Texas blues, 80s hardcore punk, and working class grit (and if you know the band's backstory, queer solidarity, too) -- that I am not sure has ever been done before or since. Gary was a national treasure. Roky Erickson, another (proto-)punk hero from Austin, Texas--his death a few years back hurt. But this hurts just as much. In the long run it may hurt more.
I love "Kill from the Heart" and "Hate the Police" by The Dicks. But to me, "Rich Daddy" is quintessential, working class, Texas blues-punk. Love you, Gary Floyd.
"Rich Daddy" by The Dicks is somehow the most perfect synthesis of Texas blues, 80s hardcore punk, and working class grit (and if you know the band's backstory, queer solidarity, too) -- that I am not sure has ever been done before or since. Gary was a national treasure. Roky Erickson, another (proto-)punk hero from Austin, Texas--his death a few years back hurt. But this hurts just as much. In the long run it may hurt more.
I love "Kill from the Heart" and "Hate the Police" by The Dicks. But to me, "Rich Daddy" is quintessential, working class, Texas blues-punk. Love you, Gary Floyd.