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R.I.P. Austin, Texas punk legend Gary Floyd, lead singer of The Dicks. I think I first heard The Dicks on a Rock Against Reagan compilation cassette tape when I was in jr. high. I've had a handful of interactions with Gary over the years, he was always kind.
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Probably best known for this song covered by Mudhoney
At one point, some right wing group paid some skinheads from California to travel to Austin to disrupt a Dicks show. It didn't end well for the skinheads. You don't fuck with Texas punk. The Butthole Surfers wrote a song about him:
I could have a real good time if I had a gun
I know, well I know, the things I'd do and say
And if I did not have no gun well I know, I know
I've got a knife (well, I've got a knife)
Well, Gary Floyd and all his pals are gonna come on down
To the roundaround. They're gonna shoot all day
Gary Floyd, Scene-Defining Singer of Austin Punks the Dicks, Has Died
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www.austinchronicle.com
Probably best known for this song covered by Mudhoney
At one point, some right wing group paid some skinheads from California to travel to Austin to disrupt a Dicks show. It didn't end well for the skinheads. You don't fuck with Texas punk. The Butthole Surfers wrote a song about him:
I could have a real good time if I had a gun
I know, well I know, the things I'd do and say
And if I did not have no gun well I know, I know
I've got a knife (well, I've got a knife)
Well, Gary Floyd and all his pals are gonna come on down
To the roundaround. They're gonna shoot all day
