Category Archives: Live
Dorian’s Voice Benefit at JD’s Place
Did you have plans for this Saturday, November 5th? Well, cancel them. This is what you’re doing instead. You’re heading out to JD’s Place on Rte 109 in Farmingdale (L.I.) to see Ross the Boss perform as part of a … Continue reading
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More Stories From the Road
Check out these great pics we found at regionrockmemories.com of the Dictators in Hammond, Indiana, from Oct. 14, 1977. Our boys opened for BOC and Ram Jam (?!?) at the Hammond Civic Center. The recording of this show has been … Continue reading
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They Went to the Land of the Ice and Snow
October of 1996 found the Dictators on their first and only tour of Sweden. With the possible exception of Spain, there is no other European country that has a greater appreciation for rock and roll than Sweden, and our boys … Continue reading
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My First Time With the Dictators
(And They Were Not Gentle With Me) September 19, 1978. A summer of scouring the Phoenix concert listings finally yielded the Holy Grail: The almighty Dictators were going to be making their debut at the Paradise on Sept. 19. Darest … Continue reading
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4 Down, 1 To Go!!
(Manitoba, Where You At?) It all started with a post on The DFFD Blog about Top Ten and the Del Lords doing a “secret” gig at the Lakeside Lounge in NYC, as a warm up to their Spanish shows. Actually, no, … Continue reading
More G’days From Down Under
As a follow-up to our previous post about the Australia tour, here’s a great shot from the 8/25/02 Sydney Harbour Cruise of the Handsome One exchanging a “good onya”’ with Bill Gibson of the Eastern Dark. The Eastern Dark was … Continue reading
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Irene 1, Del Lords 0
Trees down. Roads closed. Power lost. Basements flooded. Del Lords cancelled. Yup, stupid Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene put the kibosh on what would have been a kick-a** bash Saturday at the Roots Hoot House Concert in Peace Dale, RI. Luckily, Tuesday’s … Continue reading
The Thunder Down Under!!
This week in 2002 found our heroes entertaining the Blokes and Sheilas on their first, and to date, only tour of the world’s biggest prison colony. The 4-piece line-up (Scott was temporarily on the roof) roared through 9 dates over … Continue reading
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Didn’t McDonald’s Start This Way?
Let’s see now: We now have Faster and Louder in Boston, the Cancertators in Spain, the Handsome Dicz in Wisconsin, and now Manifest Destiny in California. 2 more, we can file for corporate status, and global domination will finally be … Continue reading
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Blame It On the Burgoo (aka, It Was Atticus’ Fault)
The Dictators’ Kentucky Tour, May 10-11, 2002 Another year, another Dictators-related road trip, this time to the land of the Kentucky Derby, Muhammad Ali, mint juleps, Fort Knox and the Louisville Slugger. As soon as Salvi arrived at Midway early Friday, … Continue reading
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