Kill From the Heart

Kill from the Heart is an album by the American hardcore punk band The Dicks. Widely considered a classic of the genre, it was the band's first full-length album and the last to feature the group's original Texas-based line up. The album finds the band mixing its hardcore punk style with blues aesthetics. Tim Kerr of the Big Boys appears on the song "Anti-Klan (Part Two)". "Anti-Klan (Parts One and Two)", "Rich Daddy", "No Nazi's Friend", and "Ki... more

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  • 1983

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  • Kill from the Heart

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Dicks

The Dicks are an American punk band considered influential in introducing the sound of hardcore punk, particularly in their home state of Texas, and incorporating blues rock influences into their sound. As a politically radical band with left-wing and Marxist lyrics, they did not shy from...

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SST Records

SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment. Ginn repurposed the company as a record label to release material by his band...

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