The Dils

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Mr. Big 01:45 Tools
I Hate The Rich 00:00 Tools
Class War 00:00 Tools
You're Not Blank 01:41 Tools
Sound Of The Rain 03:26 Tools
It's Not Worth It 03:04 Tools
Blow Up 02:17 Tools
Tell Me What I Want To Hear 00:00 Tools
Red Rockers 00:00 Tools
Tell Her You Love Her 00:00 Tools
Red Rockers Rule 00:00 Tools
Gimme A Break 00:00 Tools
Citizen 00:00 Tools
National Guard 00:00 Tools
Modern Don Juan 00:00 Tools
What Goes On 08:01 Tools
Love House 00:00 Tools
New Kicks 00:00 Tools
Before The Law 00:00 Tools
Wreck Of The Old 97 00:00 Tools
Some Things Never Change 00:00 Tools
Tell Her Your Love Her 00:00 Tools
You're Not Blank (So Baby We're Through) 00:00 Tools
Wimp 00:00 Tools
C.A.R. 00:00 Tools
Angel Cradle 02:26 Tools
Century 00:00 Tools
Blow Up! 02:17 Tools
Tell Her I Love Her 00:00 Tools
High Speed Action 01:48 Tools
Royal Garden ni Youkoso 00:00 Tools
Chiisana Ippo 00:00 Tools
Yasashii Hoshizora 00:00 Tools
Christmas no Machi 00:00 Tools
Nadeshiko no Mai 00:00 Tools
Chiisana Ou-sama 00:00 Tools
Kokoro, Okufukaku 00:00 Tools
It's Party Time! 00:00 Tools
Mayoi 00:00 Tools
Tojite Shimatta Tobira 00:00 Tools
Guardian Sanjou! 00:00 Tools
Hinamori Ie no Oshougatsu 00:00 Tools
Shugo Chara Swing 00:00 Tools
Oh Dere Mademoiselle! 00:00 Tools
Kyoushitsu 00:00 Tools
Konpeki no Yoru 00:00 Tools
Oitsu! Owaretsu! 00:00 Tools
Hizashi Furu Machi 01:44 Tools
Kimochi Karoyaka ni! 00:00 Tools
Arashi no Mae 00:00 Tools
King's Chair 01:39 Tools
Saaya-sama to Oyobi Asobase 00:00 Tools
Ware wa Ou Nari 00:00 Tools
Mie nai Kyoufu 00:00 Tools
Happy Family 01:45 Tools
Dils, The - I Hate The Rich 00:00 Tools
Yochou 00:00 Tools
Arawareta Shoutai 00:00 Tools
Bishitto Iu wa yo! 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Class War 00:00 Tools
Tohoho na Ketsumatsu 00:00 Tools
C-A-R 00:00 Tools
You Don't Matter Anymore 00:00 Tools
The Sound of the Rain 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - You're Not Blank 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely 00:00 Tools
Poor Poor Girl 00:00 Tools
Turgid Tosh 00:00 Tools
Waratte, Rima 00:00 Tools
Platinum Royal 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Mr. Big 00:00 Tools
Mr.Big 00:00 Tools
Embryo 00:00 Tools
Itami 00:00 Tools
Kairi, Yureru Kokoro 00:00 Tools
L'apres-midi Calme 00:00 Tools
Shugo Chara! Suite (Pilot Film You Ongaku) 00:00 Tools
Kuro Neko no Serenade 00:00 Tools
My Wonderful Town 01:36 Tools
Oyasuminasai 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Red Rockers 00:00 Tools
Ougon no Ouji 00:00 Tools
Kodoku 00:00 Tools
Folks Say Go 00:00 Tools
Yoru no Shizuku 00:00 Tools
Watashi no Sekai 00:00 Tools
Kagayaki wo Shinjite 00:00 Tools
Shinpi 00:00 Tools
Chara Nari! Amulet Diamond! 00:00 Tools
Hitori Bocchi no Queen 00:00 Tools
Monou ge na Hitomi 00:00 Tools
Saaya-sama no Piano 00:00 Tools
Kourin! 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Citizen 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Blow Up! 00:00 Tools
Bokutachi no Chikyuu (Karaoke) 00:00 Tools
Hana no Yousei 00:00 Tools
Gozen 00:00 Tools
What Goes On (Live) 00:00 Tools
I Hate the Rich 7inch 00:00 Tools
The Sound of Rain 00:00 Tools
Its Not Worth It 00:00 Tools
Youre Not Blank 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - New Kicks 00:00 Tools
Car 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Gimme A Break 00:00 Tools
It's Not Worth It (live) 00:00 Tools
You're Not Blank (So Baby We'r 00:00 Tools
Red Rocker's Rule (Live) 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Turgid Tosh 00:00 Tools
I Hate The Rich, I Hate The Poor 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Tell Me What I Want To Hear 00:00 Tools
Class War (live) 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - C-A-R 00:00 Tools
Mr Big (1977) 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Before The Law 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Only The Lonely 00:00 Tools
National Guard (live) 00:00 Tools
Some Things Never Change (live) 00:00 Tools
Tell Me What I Want To Hear (live) 00:00 Tools
Mr. Big (Live) 00:00 Tools
Blow Up! (demo) 00:00 Tools
Citizen (live) 00:00 Tools
Dils, The - Poor Poor Girl 00:00 Tools
Gimme A Break (Live) 00:00 Tools
Class War (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Tell Her I Love Her (live) 00:00 Tools
New Kicks (live) 00:00 Tools
Blow Up (Live) 00:00 Tools
I Hate The Rich (live) 00:00 Tools
Wreck Of The Old 97 (live) 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely (live) 00:00 Tools
Class War/Mr. Big 00:00 Tools
Dils / I Hate The Rich 00:00 Tools
Mr. Big [1977] 00:00 Tools
You're No Blank 00:00 Tools
Hate the rich 00:00 Tools
The Dils-I Hate the Rich 00:00 Tools
Love House (live) 00:00 Tools
Blow Up! (Live) 00:00 Tools
the Dils - Mr. Big 01:45 Tools
01 -The Dils - I Hate the Rich 00:00 Tools
Red Rockers Rule [Live] 00:00 Tools
06 Class War 00:00 Tools
オープンハート 00:00 Tools
イッツ・ア・しゅごキャラ・ワールド! 00:00 Tools
忍び寄る影 00:00 Tools
I Hate The Rich. 00:00 Tools
The Expert 00:00 Tools
C-A-R (live) 00:00 Tools
Hey Mister Big 00:00 Tools
Sound of Rain 00:00 Tools
What Goes On [Live] 00:00 Tools
11-Blow Up 00:00 Tools
Class War - Dangerhouse Volume One 00:00 Tools
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The Dils was an American punk rock band of the late 1970s, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman. They appeared as the second act in the "battle of the bands" sequence in Cheech and Chong's film, Up In Smoke, where they can be heard before being seen performing "You're Not Blank" (which ends with drummer Andre Algovar complaining that he could not hear anything without stage monitors). After Recording the ' What? ' Records 45 Single ' I Hate the Rich / You're not Blank ' 1977, Andre decided to go to college; & so Pat Garret (aka Rand McNally) from Oklahoma took his place; who also Produced the 2nd 45 Single on DangerHouse Records ' Class War / Mr. Big ' after several mos. together. After he was jettisoned for adding a 3rd harmony vocal to the Closeout of ' Class War ' unbeknownst to the Kinman Bros. John Silvers was brought in; & the Band relocated to San Francisco in February 1978. Soon after forming in 1977 the band relocated to San Francisco, where they would have a significant influence on that city's embryonic punk scene (bassist Tony Kinman would play very briefly with San Francisco punk band The Avengers during 1977), and then Los Angeles, becoming one of the major bands in the early Los Angeles punk scene too. They were known for their conspicuous radical left politics, and for a strong melodic sense that earned them the nickname "punk rock Everly Brothers". Their debut single was "I Hate The Rich" / "You're Not Blank" (the latter most famously covered by Minneapolis punk band Dillinger Four), on Los Angeles-based label What? Records (also home to the Germs, amongst others), originally released in 1977 in what collectors refer to as the "Oils" sleeve - the lettering chosen for the band's logo looking more like "The Oils" than "The Dils" at first glance. This was later reissued by the same label in a more easy-to-decipher font. Their next record was their critical high-point, 1977's "Class War" / "Mr.Big" (the former most famously covered by Canadian punks D.O.A., issued on L.A.'s groundbreaking Dangerhouse label, in a pressing of 1500 copies entitled "198 Seconds Of The Dils". The last contemporary release was a three-sided double-7", "Made In Canada", which showed a gathering roots rock orientation. The Dils broke up in 1980. Music from the Dils (including material unreleased during the band's lifetime) remains available. The Kinmans would continue to follow the roots rock direction in the cowpunk band Rank and File in the 1980s along with Alejandro Escovedo, and Cowboy Nation in the 1990s. Other stops on the Kinmans' musical trail included a rock guitar and drum-machine project, Blackbird. In 2018, The Kinman brothers reunited for Chip's new band Ford Madox Ford. Released by Porterhouse records, Ford Madox Ford's debut album "This American Blues" features Chip on vocals and guitar, Matt Littell on bass, S. Scott Aguero on drums, Dewey Peak on lead guitar and Tony Kinman as producer. Tony Kinman died in 2018. Discography I Hate The Rich/You're Not Blank 7" (What? Records 1977) Reissued in 1990 on Gift Of Life Records Both songs + What Goes On (live, prev unreleased) included on V/A LP/CD What? Stuff (Iloki Records 1990) "I Hate The Rich" "You're Not Blank" 198 Seconds Of The Dils 7" (Dangerhouse Records 1977) Side A is available on the V/A LP/CD Dangerhouse Volume 1 and Side B can be found on Dangerhouse Volume 2, both albums on Frontier Records "Class War" "Mr.Big" Made In Canada 2x7" (Rogelletti Records 1980) A re-recording of "Sound of the Rain" appeared on the Rank and File album Long Gone Dead (Slash Records) 3 slower songs "Sound Of The Rain" "Red Rockers" "It's Not Worth It." Live:Dils LP (Triple X/Iloki Records 1987) The Dils Live 1977 - 1980 LP (Lost Records, 1990) Dils Dils Dils LP (Bacchus Archives 1991) (reissued on CD (1992) Damaged Goods) Side A has the 8 studio songs mentioned above on it. Side B contains live tracks from 1978 and 1979. The Last Goodbye (The Dils album)|The Last Goodbye LP (bootleg 199?) A live recording from 1980. Class War LP (Dionysus/Bacchus archives 2000) Includes the first 7 and 10 live songs recorded in 1980 previously released on The Dils Live 1977 - 1980 LP. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.