A searing punk memoir by an American original rebelling against conformity; complacency; and conservatism with his iconic band; MDC.From the time Dave Dictor was young; he knew he was a little different than the all-American kids around him. Radicalized politically while in high school; inspired to seize opportunities by his hard-working parents; and intrigued with gender fluidity; Dictor moved to Austin; and connected with local misfits and anti-establishment rocknrollers. He began penning songs that influenced American punk rock for decades.MDC always has been in the vanguard of social struggles; confronting homophobia in punk rock during the early 1980s; invading Americas heartland at sweltering Rock Against Reagan shows; protesting the Popes visit to San Francisco in 1987; in 1993 they were the first touring US punk band to reach a volatile Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.Dictors narrative is a raw portrait of an American underground folk-hero who stood on the barricades advocating social justice and spreading punks promise to a global audience. Part poet; renegade; satirist; and lover; he is an authentic; homegrown character carrying the progressive punk fight into the twenty-first century.Dave Dictor is singer; lyricist; and founding member of legendary American punk band MDC (Millions of Dead Cops). Since 1979; Dictor has toured throughout the world with MDC; releasing more than nine albums with MDC that sold more than 125;000 copies. MDC continues to tour; playing over sixty concerts each year. Dictors MDC song; "John Wayne Was a Nazi;" was featured in the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto 5. He appeared in the film American Hardcore and resides in Portland; Oregon.
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