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The Dictators

Band, 1973-1979 US, New York
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The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth." The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio. Steven Van Zandt called them "The connective tissue between the eras of The MC5, Stooges, NY Dolls, and the punk explosion of the mid to late 1970s".[citation needed]

Members

	Mark Mendoza b, bvoc *1955 US
	Andy Shernoff voc, b *1955 US
	Dean Rispler b US
	Frank Funaro dr, voc
	Handsome Dick Manitoba voc *1954 US
	J.P. "Thunderbolt" Patterson dr, voc
	Scott Kempner g, voc *1954 GB
	Rich Teeter voc, dr US
	Ross Friedman g
	Stu Boy King perc 1954-2018
	Daniel Rabinowitz