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MDC: Memoir from a Damaged Civilization: Stories of Punk, Fear and Redemption

MDC: Memoir from a Damaged Civilization: Stories of Punk, Fear and Redemption

FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Photography ArchiveRon Posner
Production AssistantDavid Ensminger
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Pages / Font192 pages
ISBN 13978-1-933149-98-1
Chapters
13 My Family Is A Little Weird 25 Going Home With The Armadillo 37 No War, No KKK No Fascist USA 41 Oh John Wayne, John Wayne 45 Banned From Raul's 49 Exene, John Doe and Me 51 Getting The Hell Out of Austin 59 Soup Kitchens and San Francisco 63 Timmy Yohannon 67 Bad Brains 71 Spring, Summer, Fall 77 First European Tour, 1982 87 Rock Against Reagan, 1983 95 After July 3rd 99 Second European Tour, 1983-84 109 Home on the Range 113 You're Our Commie Fag 117 The Best Dog I Never Wanted 121 The Gordon Fraser Days 127 Bad Moon At Gilman & The Pope Visits SF 131 Metal Devil Cokes & Dead Cops Rule, 1988 135 If I Had A Face Like Yours I'd Shave My Ass And Walk Backwards 137 Harley, John Joseph and Me 141 USA, Europe, and Russia 1993 147 Sleeping With The Enemy 151 Useless Pieces of Shit 159 Not Just Falling Off The Wagon But Under It 165 Back To School 169 Millions of Dead Cowboys 173 Back To Portland, 2004 - Present 177 Love In Every Breath 183 In Memoriam 187 Epilogue 189 Acknowledgements 192 Photo & Art Credits
13 My Family Is A Little Weird 25 Going Home With The Armadillo 37 No War, No KKK No Fascist USA 41 Oh John Wayne, John Wayne 45 Banned From Raul's 49 Exene, John Doe and Me 51 Getting The Hell Out of Austin 59 Soup Kitchens and San Francisco 63 Timmy Yohannon 67 Bad Brains 71 Spring, Summer, Fall 77 First European Tour, 1982 87 Rock Against Reagan, 1983 95 After July 3rd 99 Second European Tour, 1983-84 109 Home on the Range 113 You're Our Commie Fag 117 The Best Dog I Never Wanted 121 The Gordon Fraser Days 127 Bad Moon At Gilman & The Pope Visits SF 131 Metal Devil Cokes & Dead Cops Rule, 1988 135 If I Had A Face Like Yours I'd Shave My Ass And Walk Backwards 137 Harley, John Joseph and Me 141 USA, Europe, and Russia 1993 147 Sleeping With The Enemy 151 Useless Pieces of Shit 159 Not Just Falling Off The Wagon But Under It 165 Back To School 169 Millions of Dead Cowboys 173 Back To Portland, 2004 - Present 177 Love In Every Breath 183 In Memoriam 187 Epilogue 189 Acknowledgements 192 Photo & Art Credits
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NotesFrom 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 rock'n'rollers. 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 America's heartland at sweltering Rock Against Reagan shows; protesting the Pope's 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. Dictor's narrative is a raw portrait of an American underground folk-hero who stood on the barricades advocating social justice and spreading punk's 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. Dictor's 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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