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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Various Refers
THE DICTATORS
New York, USA
*  1972

Line-Up (1980):

DICTATORS (photo)
 

Handsome Dick Manitoba - voc
Scott "Top Ten" Kempner - g,voc
Ross "The Boss" Funichello - g,voc
Andy Shernoff - bg,kb,voc
Ritchie Teeter - ds,voc

Former Members:

Richie Flieger (g)
Mark Mendoza (bg, cca 10/77)
Stu Boy King (ds, cca 1975)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Go Girl Crazy!3/1975 Epic
2.Manifest Destiny10.06.1977Asylum
3.Bloodbrothers D.F.F.D.28.07.1978Asylum
4.The Dictators1980 Pro Tempore
5.Fuck'em If They Can't Take A Joke
(MC)		9/1981 Reach Out International/Danceteria
6.D.F.F.D.09.10.2001Norton
7.Viva Dictators12.07.2005New Media Studio
8.Every Day Is Saturday08.01.2008Norton
9.Faster... Louder: The Dictators' Best 1975-200115.04.2014Raven
10.Live in Rochester NY, July 197715.04.2016Interference

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Disease / Hey Boys6/1977 Asylum
2.Sleepin' With The TV On / Science Gone Too Far
(v USA)		8/1977 Asylum
3.Search And Destroy / Sleepin' With The TV On26.08.1977Asylum49
4.I Stand Tall / Too Much Fun8/1978 Asylum
5.I Am Right / Loyola18.11.1996No Fashion/Rough Trade
6.16 Forever / Stay With Me02.04.2007Norton

Various:

disbanded 1978
reunited 11/1980

Compilation Appearances:

"(I Live For) Cars and Girls" on compilation "New York Rocks" (25.1.05, Koch)
"California Sun (Original Demo)" on OST "CBGB" (8.10.13, Omnivore)

Ritchie Teeter:

appeared on the LP:

Tom Verlain: Dreamtime (10/81, Elektra)

Richie Flieger:

appeared on the SP:

John Cale: Animal Justice EP (26.8.77, Illegal)

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19774505.11.197751interview
19803908.11.19806US News
19804229.11.19806US News
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1976027.11.197611