It starts south of Boston, both the story and the conversation. “My heart is in Massachusetts,” Dicky Barrett tells me, recently spending some time in his We spoke with former Mighty Mighty Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett about his new band, The Defiant, and their album releasing October 27.
“My heart is in Massachusetts,” Dicky Barrett tells me, recently spending some time in his hometown of Norwood, catching up with old friends, including Jerry Lehane of the, were formed in the early ‘80s among an electrifying East Coast rock scene. Dicky, and the nine-piece he fronted, with their single “The Impression That I Get” topping the Modern Rock Tracks Chart in ’97, would go on to make an indelible mark on music and a definite influence on the flurry of ska-punk bands that followed.
These are incredibly serious topics with a message – but they’re also great songs. From the Sex Pistols’ “God Save The Queen” to Green Day’s “American Idiot,” to pretty much anything by The Clash, protest and anti-establishment are as synonymous with punk as unity is with ska – both produce some inarguably epic music.
Dicky asks that you judge the songs by their own merit. “That’s the beauty of it, if you want to attack me for supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr., fine. It’s going to be very difficult for people to attack these songs because they’re strong and they’re good.” The conversation shifts to Joe Strummer and his aforementioned anti-establishment early years, as well as his humanist legacy, grounded in compassion for all people.
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