Another of the early punk albums before the Ramones, the Sex Pistols et al really got going with it.
Like a few other punky bands back in the day, the Dictators fell apart through a mix of record company apathy (they were dropped by their label), in-fighting and bad tour planning.
I'm not overly wowed by the album. I can imagine that at the time it would have been a noisy revelation, but when compared to other early pioneers of the sound like Death, the Stooges and the Monks it's just 'okay'. The surf guitar sound of the closing track adds a little something extra, but still...
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