The Punk that LA Forgot: Part IV
The Dils: I Hate the Rich b/w You're Not Blank/198 Seconds of The Dils
According to my research (I'm pretty sure I just made an obscure cartoon reference) The Dils seemed to have been an odd man out in LA punk. A lot of those bands seem to have not taken the whole thing particularly seriously, whereas The Dils were sort of like The Clash in their philosophy: boo capitalism, enact change both musically and politically, and fun is a no no. And you know how much I love political punk.
P.S. I'm doing their first two singles back to back because it seems silly to do only four songs separately.
Is it just me or is "I Hate the Rich" an even more speed up version of "Blitzkrieg Bop". Meh. Still pretty sweet. This seems to be another one of those bands that is perfectly serviceable, but with the bajillion punk bands that have existed in the last few decades they're nothing particularly special. The same three chords, the same one to two minute songs. Not bad certainly, but I probably won't be going back to them any time soon.