The Dictators "Go Girl Crazy" LP Epic Records KE 33348 (US)

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Track Listing:

A1The Next Big Thing Written-By – * 4:18A2I Got You Babe Written-By – * 4:01A3Back To Africa Written-By – * 3:33A4Master Race Rock Written-By – * 4:12B1Teengenerate Keyboards – Written-By – * 3:23B2California Sun Written-By – *, * 3:02B3Two Tub Man Written-By – * 4:05B4Weekend Written-By – * 3:58B5(I Live For) Cars And Girls Keyboards – Written-By – * 3:55The Dictators are an American  band formed in  in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential  bands to walk the earth." The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the , in , .  called them "The connective tissue between the eras of The , , , and the punk explosion of the mid to late 1970s".

The original  line-up consisted of songwriter/vocalist/bassist ,   (aka Ross Funicello),  , and  Stu Boy King. It was this line-up - along with roadie/occasional vocalist and "Secret Weapon"  - which recorded the band's 1975 debut album,  for , produced by and  (best known for their work with ). The album sold poorly at the time but is now considered to be the starting point for American punk rock .  wrote "Go Girl Crazy's junk-generation culture and  sensibility did provide an essential blueprint for '70s punk. With its TV references and homely vocals, this ground-breaking and long-unavailable album continues to inspire underground groups everywhere." 

Frustrated by the lack of sales, the band broke up for a few months in late 1975, but reconvened in early 1976, with bassist  replacing Shernoff and Ritchie Teeter replacing King. After a few months Shernoff was persuaded to return to the group as the group's keyboardist. This line-up soon secured a contract with  (at least partly due to the notoriety the group had developed following a well-publicized brawl between Manitoba and ) and released their second album, , in 1977. The album was produced by Pearlman and Krugman with songs written by Shernoff.

During this period the band was christened with their nickname, "The 'Taters". This culminated in an incident during a tour with  and  in which Foreigner's roadies strung a net filled with potatoes above the stage and released it during the Dictators' set.

By 1978 Mendoza had left the band (he soon joined ), and Shernoff had returned to his original position on bass guitar. It was this line-up of Manitoba, Shernoff, Friedman, Kempner, and Teeter which recorded  (yet again produced by Pearlman and Krugman with songs written by Shernoff). It was the first album to feature Manitoba as the group's vocalist on all the songs, though  - a big  of the group to this day - can be heard counting "1-2-1-2-3-4" during the album's opening track, "Faster and Louder." The album's "Baby, Let's Twist" was a minor hit on a number of east-coast , but the lack of mainstream success caused the band to split the following year. Shortly before the split, drummer Mel Anderson had left Twisted Sister and joined The Dictators, replacing Teeter.

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