The Dictators: Go Girl Crazy
Jeremy Gluck, MOJO, 2001
THESE OLD-SCHOOL rockers put punk on the musical map, opening the way, for better or worse, for two decades of divergent tunes and dissonant noise. Iggy Pop and Handsome Dick Manitoba (of the Dictators) prove you don't need a ring through your nose to freak out the masses.
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