{"id":190,"date":"2013-10-07T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drstrange.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/strange-tales-from-the-doc-6-read-about-the-docs-first-punk-rock-gig-with-the-dickies\/"},"modified":"2014-11-25T21:59:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:59:14","slug":"strange-tales-from-the-doc-6-read-about-the-docs-first-punk-rock-gig-with-the-dickies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.drstrange.com\/blog\/doctor-strange\/strange-tales-from-the-doc-6-read-about-the-docs-first-punk-rock-gig-with-the-dickies\/","title":{"rendered":"“Strange Tales From The Doc” #6 Read about The Doc\u2019s FIRST Punk Rock gig with The Dickies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Read about The Doc\u2019s FIRST Punk Rock<\/a> gig\u2026.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Doc\u2019s first gig\u2026<\/span><\/span>
It was The Dickies<\/a> with maybe the Pandoras<\/a>? Not sure on that one\u2026 I was 17 years old and had just gotten my driver\u2019s license. The gig was at the world famous Whiskey in Hollywood<\/a>. My oldest friend at the time; Glen and I were listening to bands like Devo<\/a>, Blondie, Oingo Boingo<\/a> and the like but The Dickies had always been one our favorites. I was excited and nervous to go to a real \u201cpunk rock\u201d gig. I remember being a little scared about going. Were we going to get asses kicked? Would we \u201cfit it\u201d? I borrowed Glen\u2019s trench coat and decided to take the chance. Remember guys back in the \u201cold days\u201d going to a Punk Rock gig could be a little \u201crisky\u201d. If you were found or thought to be a \u201cPosseur\u201d or were a hippy you were NOT treated kindly. You\u2019d get beaten up or get your head shaved!<\/p>\n

We took my car; The Red Scare [which I still have and use today] on the 40 miles trip from our city of Upland to Hollywood. I remember driving up to The Whiskey<\/a> and seeing a line formed with people sporting mohawks, leather jackets and hard stares. The first thing I recall upon entering The Whiskey was a cocktail waitress walking up to us and asking \u201cwould you like a drink\u201d? Glen was mormon and I didn\u2019t like to drink alone!<\/p>\n

Back then The Whiskey had a set of bleachers (like at a high school football game) off to the left of the stage. They also had an upstairs. Glen and I had heard about punks with barbed-wire wrapped around their boots to slice you while slammin\u2019 and others that would sneak up to you and burn you with their cigarette (aka a \u201cGerms Burn\u201d). Neither of those sounded like fun to us so we made a beeline upstairs where we could overlook the entire stage. When The Dickies took the stage the air was electric. This is the original line-up. Leonard played his keyboards [hasn\u2019t done that in years] and brought out all the props. They were fucking great! Blew my mind 100% We survive our first gig and were both hooked. The next month, once again at the Whiskey, was Social Distortion<\/a> and Bad Religion<\/a>. Another great gig [until Greg Graffin<\/a> hit someone with the mic-stand just for getting on stage]. What a douche!<\/p>\n

Oh, this picture was actually taken at Fenders in Long Beach a couple years later by the way\u2026.<\/span><\/span>

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*Want more info on this story? e-mail me directly at drstrange@drstrange.com<\/a> or if you want music, shirts, buttons etc… from this band or others, visit the world’s largest <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
PUNK ROCK site at www.drstrange.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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