The Dicks influenced many punk bands that became popular around the ‘80s like the Dead Kennedys. When the band eventually broke up in 1986, Floyd performed in other bands, including Sister ...

Gary Floyd, a founding member of the influential ‘80s punk rock band the Dicks, has passed away. He was 71. The Austin Chronicle reports Floyd was taken off life support after time in the ...

But most bands on the Phoenix punk scene of the early ‘80s had their own thing going on. “None of the bands were really your stereotypical punk-rock bands or New Wave bands,” Beram says.