Episode 75: Gary Floyd (The Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)

Hello and welcome! Episode 75 is a conversation with my old friend, Texas / Bay Area punk legend Gary Floyd. Possessing one of the most distinctive, soulful voices of the first wave of US hardcore punk fronting his band The Dicks Gary was always more than a singer; he was a trailblazing ‘out’ queer icon from the get-go. I mean just consider what it meant to be punk band in Texas called ‘The Dicks’ with a communist hammer and sickle in their logo fronted by a singer who at times looked like a down-home version of Divine singing songs about hating the police at the dawn of the Reagan era. That is hardcore. Gary was always a rebel among the rebels. In our conversation we talk about the dawn of The Dicks, his life before that, and his move to San Francisco where The Dicks became The SF Dicks and later morphed into Sister Double Happiness.  If you haven’t already watched the documentary ‘The Dicks from Texas’ by Cindy Marabito I highly recommend you do so to learn more about Gary and the Austin scene he was instrumental in building at the end of the 70’s. Thank you all for listening and for supporting the pod!! Support the pod: PATREON Gary's Facebook Music:  Butthole Surfers ‘Gary Floyd’ The Dicks ‘Rich Daddy’ The Dicks ‘Legacy of Man’ Sister Double Happiness ‘Freight Train’ The Dicks ‘Hate the Police’ TM Pod theme by Jason --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-traeger/support