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"He’s almost at pains to present his bona fides for discovering new music, never letting the fire go out. It gets tiresome, but the NYC scene in the mid to late 1970s is surely the most thrilling era to have experienced; we’ll lap up any and all memories of it."

The recently reunited DICTATORS have just released a new video underlining their return. Founder members of the NYC proto-punk legends Andy Shernoff, Scott ‘Top Ten’ Kempner and Ross ‘The Boss’ Friedman recently hooked up to make new music. With original drummer Stu Boy King having sadly passed away in 2018, the trio invited longtime friend and founding Blue Öyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard to fill the drumstool. Although Kempner has now sadly had to bow out for health reasons, the ...

Punk rock icons The Dictators are back with "Lets Get the Band Back Together," a fitting title for their first reunion song which also marks the debut of new drummer Albert Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult fame. The band was formed in 1973 in New York City and released three albums before splitting up in 1978. Their style was entirely unique — one predicated on punk rock energy with the laid back, party-time sensibilities of surf rock. Not much has changed all these years later, evidenced by the ...