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By Christopher Gray, Fri., March 11, 2005
Back to the Bookstore
If word on the street is any indication, the Dicks are much more popular now than when they were actually around. Their two-night Room 710 stand this weekend – Friday with Faster Disaster, Castle Siege, and the Bulemics, and Saturday with Free Range Bastards, the Ugly Beats, and the Ends – has had Red River denizens buzzing for months. A quick word of advice: come early.
"Some people are saying, 'There'll be 1,000 people,'" marvels bassist Buxf Parrot. "I'm like, 'Bullshit, there were never 1,000 when we were playing, why would there be now?' But who knows?" The punk rockers' legend has increased tenfold since singer Gary Floyd packed up and left for San Francisco in the mid-Eighties; even Parrot admits he's impressed their songs have held up.
The 710 lineup will be the same as their well-received reunion last fall in San Francisco, except for Davy Jones subbing for the injured Brian Magee on guitar; Parrot says he and Floyd have even talked about maybe going back into the studio. The newly svelte singer's weight loss, he adds, hasn't affected his formidable howl a bit. "We were wondering since he lost so much weight if he could still belt 'em out like he used to," Parrot says. "He still can."
