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MDC


Punk Hardcore Band from United States


MDC is an American punk rock band formed in 1979 in Austin, Texas, subsequently based in San Francisco, and currently Portland, Oregon. Among the first wave of bands to define the sound and style of American hardcore punk, MDC originally formed as The Stains; they have periodically changed the meaning of "MDC", the most frequent being Millions of Dead Cops. The band's lyrical content expresses radical left political views and has proven influential within the punk subculture.MDC released material through ex-Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra's independent label Alternative Tentacles. In the 1990s, vocalist Dave Dictor published editorials for the internationally distributed fanzine Maximumrocknroll. MDC's initial run ended in 1995, and the band spent five years on hiatus, before returning in 2000 with some new band members.

Career

Early years

Formed in the late 1970s as The Stains and playing their first gig under this name in August 1980, MDC were one of three pioneering hardcore punk bands in Austin, Texas, in the early '80s, alongside The Dicks and Big Boys. These bands frequently played together and established the Austin hardcore scene. They released one single as The Stains in 1981, featuring a slower version of the future MDC song "John Wayne Was a Nazi" backed with "Born to Die". Both songs were later released on the debut MDC album.

1980s

By 1982 the band had relocated to San Francisco, California, and renamed themselves MDC. By this point the band were active participants in the growing hardcore scene and released their debut LP Millions of Dead Cops on their own label, R Radical; Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles helped with distribution. The album is now widely considered a punk classic, and features songs such as "John Wayne Was a Nazi", "Dick for Brains", and the harsh criticism of the police, "I Remember". Other targets of criticism devoid of irony included capitalism ("Corporate Death Burger"), homophobia ("America's So Straight"), and American culture ("Violent Rednecks").

During the summer of 1982 they became involved in the Rock Against Reagan Tour, during which time they fell out with the band Bad Brains when Rastafarian singer H.R. learned that Big Boys' singer, Randy Turner, was gay. H.R. and MDC's Dave Dictor had an intense confrontation. Upon Bad Brains' departure from the bill, they refused to return a loan owed to Big Boys and instead left a note that reportedly read "burn in hell bloodclot faggot". The incident resulted in the MDC song "Pay to Come Along". For MDC, 1982 ended with a tour of Europe with the Dead Kennedys which brought the band greater exposure in the punk scene outside of the U.S., especially in the UK.

Name change

In 1983 the band began to deemphasize the "Dead Cops" aspect of its name, as drummer Al Schvitz noted in a Flipside interview:

It's a problem of people can't see the [name] concept, they take it as a violent action of saying what to do. ... When we chose the name we really didn't figure on all the misinterpretation and we want to work around it and make our point clear and we don't want to have to talk through the name Millions of Dead Cops to any political issue we want to talk about. It doesn't mean that we don't believe in everything that goes down on the first album ...

Their involvement in the Rock Against Reagan activities continued through 1983 and they returned to recording with the EP "Multi-Death Corporations" which was distributed in the UK by British anarcho-punk label Crass Records and R Radical in the U.S. The EP broke new ground by addressing, in the lengthy liner notes and artwork, the growth of corporations and the violent suppression of left-wing politics in Central America. In 1984 they released another EP, Millions of Dead Children (also known as Chicken Squawk), this time dealing with vegetarian and vegan issues via a cowpunk tune.

Iconoclastic punk rock cartoonist John Crawford, an outspoken critic of the band, was cynical in his assessment of the alteration of the band's initial name, which he characterized as "stupid" and "inflammatory." Crawford intimated that the name change had been opportunistic:

It was like they thought there was something to be gained politically from cops busting the heads of kids, the old Yippies routine. ... [C]onfrontational barricades politics are tactics that failed, only helped those they were intended to hurt. Now that was an awful thing for me to say right? But when MDC met with Crass in England, Crass told them they were bothered by the name Millions of Dead Cops and wouldn't include them on a compilation album they were plotting unless they changed it. So Mega Death Corporation was born.

Smoke Signals was released in 1986, their second album featuring a more diverse style than previously, with a foray into '70s rock with the song "South Africa Is Free". This album also saw Gordon Fraser's first appearance as main guitarist. In the same year, MDC backed Michelle Shocked on a version of her song "Fogtown" that appears as a hidden track on her breakthrough album, Short Sharp Shocked.

Their third album, This Blood's for You, followed in 1987 and saw them continuing to showcase orthodox hardcore punk style and classic rock, including a cover of the Cream song "Politician". Themes again included intervention in Central America and criticism of the Reagan Administration. MDC toured Europe in 1988, where the live album Elvis – In the Rhineland was recorded. The band released the album Metal Devil Cokes in 1989 with guitar player Eric Calhoun and bassist Joe Strom.

1990s

The 1990s opened with a number of lineup changes, swiftly followed by the 1991 album Hey Cop! If I Had a Face Like Yours ... , featuring Bill Collins (formerly of Fang, Special Forces, Intensified Chaos) on guitar and Matt Freeman (of Operation Ivy and Rancid) on bass. Collins wrote all the music on the album and sang three of the songs. This lineup toured the US and Europe. The acclaimed Shades of Brown album appeared in 1993, released by New Red Archives in the U.S. and We Bite in Europe. The album featured the hip hop vegetarian song "Real Food, Real People, Real Bullets". MDC, now with guitarist Chris Wilder (formerly of Stikky) and bassist Erica Liss, marked the album with a tour of the former Soviet Union, making MDC the first American punk band to tour Russia. This was followed by two more European tours and several U.S. tours until 1995, where began a lull in the band's activity. The lack of new recorded material, other than a 7-inch release on Slap-a-Ham Records, and live performances after 1994, plus personal problems of band members, pointed to an informal break-up of the band.

2000s

MDC's singer, Dave Dictor, returned with an entirely new backing line-up in 2000, which included Long Island musicians Matt Van Cura (bass), Erik Mischo (guitar), and John Soldo (Drums). MDC released a new album, Magnus Dominus Corpus, in 2004. They took part in a 25th anniversary world tour in 2005, with an all-original lineup. Following the death of Mikey Donaldson in September 2007, MDC has been touring the U.S. and Europe extensively with the Dictor/Posner/Smith/Schvitz lineup.

Recently, the band has been based in Portland, Oregon.

In November 2016, MDC released a video for the forthcoming release of a new recording of "Born to Die", made to protest the Donald Trump presidential campaign. The song's slogan "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA" was reported to be heard at anti-Trump demonstrations, at The Women's March in Washington, D.C., on January 21st, 2017 and in Chicago. At the 2016 American Music Awards on November 20, the band Green Day adopted the anti-Trump slogan for a controversial impromptu chant during their live on-air performance, which Dictor applauded and encouraged. The media spotlight Green Day's action put on MDC inspired the band to create new material based around the current political climate. The album, entitled Mein Trumpf, was released in 2017.

Members

Current lineup

Vocals – Dave Dictor (1979–1995, since 2000)

Guitar – Russ Kalita (since 2008)

Guitar – Barry d'live Ward (since 2017)

Bass – Mike Smith (since 2007)

Bass – Erica Liss (1992–1995, since 2023)

Drums – Adam Crisis (since 2023)

Former members

Drums – Al Schvitz (1979–2022)

Guitar – Ron Posner (1979–1986) and (2002–2016)

Guitar – Gordon Fraser (1986–1987)

Guitar – Eric Calhoun (1987–1990)

Guitar – Bill Collins (1990–1992) and (2016–2017)

Guitar – Chris Wilder (1992–1995)

Guitar – Erik Mischo (2000)

Guitar – Brendan Bekowies (2001–2002)

Bass – Michael Donaldson (1979–1982, 2003–2007; died 2007)

Bass – Franco Mares (1982–1990)

Bass – Matt Freeman (1990–1992)

Bass – Erica Liss (1992–1995)

Bass – Matt Van Cura (2000–2002)

Drums – Al Batross (2000–2002)

Drums – Mike Pride (2002–2005)

Drums – Dejan Podobnik (2006–2007)

Drums – Felix Griffin (2008)

Timeline

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- Biography -

48 albums

Mdc - John Wayne Was a Nazi (Voodoo Slinky Remix)

John Wayne Was a Nazi (Voodoo Slinky Remix)

MDC
2022 - United States
Conscious
Digital WAV1 Tracks
Emergency Hearts


Mdc - Millions of Delicious Carrots

Millions of Delicious Carrots

MDC
2022 - United States
Hardcore, Punk
Vinyl 7"2 Tracks
Food Not Bombs Szczecin


Mdc - John Wayne Was a Nazi (Punk Funk Mix)

John Wayne Was a Nazi (Punk Funk Mix)

MDC
2022 - United States
Conscious
Digital WAV1 Tracks
Emergency Hearts


Mdc - John Wayne Was a Nazi (Hip Hop Mix)

John Wayne Was a Nazi (Hip Hop Mix)

MDC
2022 - United States
Conscious
Digital WAV1 Tracks
Emergency Hearts


Mdc - Bye Bye Donny

Bye Bye Donny

MDC
2022 - United States
Punk
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Grimace Records


Mdc - Multi Death Chicken Stains

Multi Death Chicken Stains

MDC
2022 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP14 Tracks
Beer City Records


Mdc - Thinning The Herd

Thinning The Herd

MDC
2021 - United States
Punk
Lathe Cut 7"1 Tracks
Club Lemon Records


Mdc - Split

Split

MDC
2021 - United States
Punk
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Twisted Chords


Mdc - John Wayne Was a Nazi (Do$age Antifa Breakcore ReMix)

John Wayne Was a Nazi (Do$age Antifa Breakcore ReMix)

MDC
2020 - United States
Punk, Breakcore
Digital FLAC1 Tracks
Emergency Hearts


Mdc - Millions Of Dead Cowboys

Millions Of Dead Cowboys

MDC
2020 - United States
Punk
CD Album12 Tracks
Twisted Chords


Mdc - Greed Maks U Bleed

Greed Maks U Bleed

MDC
2019 - United States
Punk
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Portnow Intertainment Group, Snatchee Records...


Mdc - Live In Gabrio 26 07 2018

Live In Gabrio 26 07 2018

MDC
2018 - United States
Hardcore
DVDr Album DVD-Video1 Tracks
Fuori Dal Cratere


Mdc - Mein Trumpf

Mein Trumpf

MDC
2017 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
CD Album12 Tracks
Primordial Records


Mdc - M.D.C Millions Of Delusional Citizens / The Antidon

M.D.C Millions Of Delusional Citizens / The Antidon'ts

MDC
2017 - United States
Hardcore, Punk
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Swamp Cabbage Records


Mdc - Millions Of Dead Cops / Cut Them Down

Millions Of Dead Cops / Cut Them Down

MDC
2017 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Twisted Chords


Mdc - Live At CBGB

Live At CBGB's 1983

MDC
2015 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP14 Tracks
Beer City Records


Mdc - Mike & Dave Country

Mike & Dave Country

MDC
2014 - United States
Punk, Acoustic, Country
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Kill All Sexist Records


Mdc - Zombie Love

Zombie Love

MDC
2013 - United States
Punk, Thrash
Vinyl 7"3 Tracks
Portnow Intertainment Group


Mdc - Mabukkuasa

Mabukkuasa

MDC
2011 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
CD Album Compilation14 Tracks
Jerk Off Records, S.b.s. Records


Mdc - Millions Of Dead Cops / Riot Cop

Millions Of Dead Cops / Riot Cop

MDC
2007 - United States
Punk, Acoustic
CD Album13 Tracks
Malarie Records


Mdc - Unplugged

Unplugged

MDC
2006 - United States
Punk, Acoustic
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
Tankcrimes


Mdc - Magnus Dominus Corpus

Magnus Dominus Corpus

MDC
2004 - United States
Punk, Hardcore, Thrash
Vinyl LP18 Tracks
Yellow Dog Records


Mdc - Live At Lintfabriek (Kontich - B) - 21.06.2002 -

Live At Lintfabriek (Kontich - B) - 21.06.2002 -

MDC
2003 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
CD Album29 Tracks
Not On Label (mdc Self-released)


Mdc - Smoke Signals & Millions Of Damn Christians

Smoke Signals & Millions Of Damn Christians

MDC
2002 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
CD Reissue29 Tracks
Rhythm Vicar


Mdc - Now More Than Ever

Now More Than Ever

MDC
2002 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
CD Album Compilation30 Tracks
Not On Label (mdc Self-released)


Mdc - M.D.C. / Drags / Nobodys / Jinx

M.D.C. / Drags / Nobodys / Jinx

MDC
1999 - United States
Punk
CD Album Compilation28 Tracks
V. M. L. Records, Liberation Records


Mdc - 9/8/96 (Fireside Bowl - Chicago, IL)

9/8/96 (Fireside Bowl - Chicago, IL)

MDC
1997 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7"5 Tracks
V. M. L. Records


Mdc - I Don

I Don't Want To Hurt You Dude, I Just Want My Shit Back

MDC
1997 - United States
Punk
Vinyl 7"2 Tracks
Honest Don's


Mdc - Godman / My Dog Has No Girlfriend

Godman / My Dog Has No Girlfriend

MDC
1996 - United States
Punk
Vinyl 7"5 Tracks
Rory Records


Mdc - The Best Of Flipside Video #4 Live!

The Best Of Flipside Video #4 Live!

MDC
1995 - United States
Punk
VHS NTSC25 Tracks
Flipside Video


Mdc - Liberty Gone E.P.

Liberty Gone E.P.

MDC
1994 - United States
Punk, Hardcore, Power Violence
Vinyl 7"7 Tracks
Slap A Ham Records


Mdc - Shades Of Brown

Shades Of Brown

MDC
1993 - United States
Punk
Vinyl LP15 Tracks
We Bite Records


Mdc - Thanks For Giving Me What I Didn

Thanks For Giving Me What I Didn't Want...

MDC
1993 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7"3 Tracks
New Red Archives


Mdc - Live In Maribor 9. 10. 1990

Live In Maribor 9. 10. 1990

MDC
1991 - United States
Punk
Vinyl LP17 Tracks
Semaphore


Mdc - Hey Cop!!! If I Had A Face Like Yours...

Hey Cop!!! If I Had A Face Like Yours...

MDC
1991 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP15 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Metal Devil Cokes

Metal Devil Cokes

MDC
1989 - United States
Punk
CD Album16 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Elvis - In The Rheinland (Live In Berlin)

Elvis - In The Rheinland (Live In Berlin)

MDC
1988 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP25 Tracks
Destiny Records


Mdc - More Dead Cops 1981-1987

More Dead Cops 1981-1987

MDC
1988 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP13 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Millions Of Dead Cops / More Dead Cops

Millions Of Dead Cops / More Dead Cops

MDC
1988 - United States
Hardcore
CD Album Compilation29 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - This Blood

This Blood's For You

MDC
1987 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP14 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

MDC
1986 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP13 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Millions Of Dead Children

Millions Of Dead Children

MDC
1984 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7"3 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Compilation

Compilation

MDC
1983 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
VHS Album Compilation11 Tracks
Target Video


Mdc - Multi-Death Corporations

Multi-Death Corporations

MDC
1983 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7"4 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Millions Of Dead Cops

Millions Of Dead Cops

MDC
1982 - United States
Punk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP14 Tracks
R Radical Records


Mdc - Multi-Death Corporations / Live - 26•11•82

Multi-Death Corporations / Live - 26•11•82

MDC
- United States
Punk, Hardcore
Cassette Album5 Tracks
Endangered Musik


Mdc - Live Zagreb, Galerija SC, 10.10.1990.

Live Zagreb, Galerija SC, 10.10.1990.

MDC
- United States
Hardcore, Punk
Vinyl LP31 Tracks
New Prejudice A2o Records


Mdc - Live In Zagreb & Maribor 1990

Live In Zagreb & Maribor 1990

MDC
- United States
Hardcore, Punk
CD Album Compilation48 Tracks
New Prejudice A2o Records




- Videos MDC -

77 Videos

Multi Death Corporation
MDC
Radioactive Chocolate
MDC
MDC Selfish Shit
MDC
MDC - Millions of Dead Cops (Full Album)
MDC
This Blood's For You
MDC
Massacred And Dismembered Culture
MDC
Your Deathwish Is Sick
MDC
Henry Kissmyassinger
MDC
Mao Tse Tung
MDC
Bye Bye Ronnie
MDC
Chock Full Of Shit
MDC
Who's The Terrorist Now?
MDC
Millions Of Damn Christians
MDC
Elvis in the Rheinland (live in Berlin 1988)
MDC
Dick For Brains Elvis In The Rhineland
MDC
More Dead Cops 1981-1987 (Full Album)
MDC
Spanish Castle Magic
MDC
Radioactive Chocolate
MDC
Selfish Shit
MDC
Multi Death Corporation
MDC
Born to Die
MDC
John Wayne Was a Nazi
MDC
MDC – Millions Of Dead Cops / More Dead Cops [FULL ALBUM]
MDC
MDC & Pig Champion - I Don't Want To Hurt You Dude, I Just Want My Shit Back Bw/ Dark Clouds (1997)
MDC
Life, But How to Live It
MDC
Ballad of G.W.
MDC
Nazis Shouldn't Drive
MDC
Let's Kill All the Cops
MDC
Prick Faced Bastard
MDC
Poseur Punk
MDC
Girls Like You Make me Queer
MDC
Prime evil
MDC
Sick of It
MDC
Founding Fathers
MDC
Going Nowhere Faster than You
MDC
Sleep a Little Less, Dream a Little More
MDC
MDC (Millions Of Dead Cops) :: Live @ CBGB's, NY, NY, 6/12/83
MDC
No more cops (live Maribor '90)
MDC
MDC – Live In Maribor 9. 10. 1990 (1991)
MDC
MDC(Millions of dead cops)-Beat somebody up
MDC
MDC Millions of dead cops
MDC
07 John Wayne was a Nazi by MDC
MDC
Dirty Harry For President
MDC
Shades Of Brown
MDC
Metal Devil Cokes (Full Album)
MDC
Best of Flipside Video #4 (Dicks, MDC)
MDC
BEST OF FLIPSIDE VIDEO #4: DICKS * MDC
MDC
Merry Fucking Christmas
MDC
Born To Die (No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA)
MDC
Mein Trumpf (2017)
MDC
Live In Zagreb, Galerija SC, 10.10.1990. (Loš zvuk)
MDC
Live In Zagreb, Galerija SC, 10.10.1990. (Loš zvuk)
MDC
MDC - Millions of Dead Cops (Full Album)
MDC
Magnus Dominus Corpus (Full Album)
MDC
'Ema'
MDC
Henry Kissmyassinger
MDC
M.D.C. - Last Train to Castro
MDC
This Blood's For You
MDC
JELENEM (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)
MDC
FESTA PARTICULAR 🎉 ft. @danixazarias
MDC
Selfish Shit
MDC
Chiche Binks
MDC
Entiéndeme (Official Video)
MDC
FAIR PLAY (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
MDC
Multi Death Corporation
MDC
Chock Full Of Shit
MDC
SZABADULJ EL (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
MDC
TE SE VAGY MÁS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
MDC
MANIAC (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
MDC
Let's Kill All The Cops (ACAB)
MDC
Hey Cop!!! If I Had a Face Like Yours (Full Album)
MDC
Live in Los Angeles 1984
MDC
"I Remember" (1982)
MDC
More Dead Cops 1981-1987 (Full Album)
MDC
MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) - "Born to Die" Official Election Video 2020 / A BlankTV World Premiere!
MDC
Ah Ouais
MDC
Sin Testigos (Official Video)
MDC





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