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B-sox was joined by Dicky Barrett to talk about his new band The Defiant!

The singer, whose anti-vax stance contributed to the demise of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, is now fronting the Defiant, who recently released their first album.

It starts south of Boston, both the story and the conversation. “My heart is in Massachusetts,” Dicky Barrett tells me, recently spending some time in his hometown of Norwood, catching up with old friends, including Jerry Lehane of the Dogmatics, a Boston-based, self-described garage band, who are keeping up the homegrown-gig tradition. The Dogmatics, like […]

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Barrett's new band, the Defiant, includes former members the Offspring, Street Dogs, Smash Mouth, and the Briggs. His refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccination led to the break-up of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in 2022.