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The Dictators
The hardest rocking band of New York's burgeoning punk scene, The Dictators
formed in 1972 around Ross "Ross the Boss" Friedman and Scott Kempner (guitars),
Andy Shernoff (bass, vocals) and Stu Boy King (drums), welcoming singer Richard
"Dick" Manitoba for a landmark debut album, Go Girl Crazy! released on Epic
Records in 1975. Sharing manager Sandy Pearlman with Blue Öyster Cult, the band
became a CBGB club staple, distinguishing themselves by the humor of their
lyrics, rather than rebellion. Signed to Asylum Records, they recorded the
albums Manifest Destiny (1977) and Bloodbro...
