Dils

The DILS were a really unique band, a really, really unique band. Why? Well, they were a “political band.” “Big deal!” you say. You see, at the time there were no “political bands” – wait, there was The Clash but that was in England. “Yeah so that made the DILS the American Clash?” Well yes and no. For a lot of people, myself included, the DILS were a hope for a new strain of punk bands – for a new direction and a strong meaning to a scene that, at the time, was simply youthfully rebellious. It didn’t matter if some members of the band were admitted communists, or that they were outspoken critics of the local scene in general (after all they were from L.A., S.F., and San Diego, but that’s another story)- what mattered is that they were singing about more all-embracing topics, and we weren’t gonna let them let us down.

The DILS were a really unique band, a really, really unique band. Why? Well, they were a “political band.” “Big deal!” you say. You see, at the time there were no “political bands” – wait, there was The Clash but that was in England. “Yeah so that made the DILS the American Clash?” Well yes and no. For a lot of people, myself included, the DILS were a hope for a new strain of punk bands – for a new direction and a strong meaning to a scene that, at the time, was simply youthfully rebellious. It didn’t matter if some members of the band were admitted communists, or that they were outspoken critics of the local scene in general (after all they were from L.A., S.F., and San Diego, but that’s another story)- what mattered is that they were singing about more all-embracing topics, and we weren’t gonna let them let us down.