Dick Tator - also known as Jonathan Myers - is a DJ. He plays music, you dance. Having worked in indie record shops for almost a decade, his collection of tunes will have you dancing, smiling, and wondering, who the hell was that?
Member Since: 01/06/2007
Band Members: Dick Tator. I need no one else.
Influences: The obvious are: Stalin, Pol Pot, Pinochet, Milosivec, and all your other favorite autocrats. In reality....
John Peel is the biggest. What might you hear? Well....
Smiths, Cold War Kids, Two Gallants, Arcade Fire, Mr. Lif, Frank Black, Pixies, Scott Walker, Charlotte Gainsbourg, White Rabbits, Field Mice, Nick Cave, David Axelrod, Sonic Youth, M. Ward, Blonde Redhead, Dusty Springfield, Wilco, Styx, Beatles, The WHO, the Jam, The Purple Hearts, Captain Beefheart, Matthew Shipp, J-Live, Brewer & Shipley, The Mekons, El-P, Rod Stewart, Augustus Pablo, Morrissey, Crass, Flaming Embers, Mekons, June of 44, Modest Mouse, Count Ossie, Public Enemy, the Jolly Brothers, Harry Nilsson, Moving Units, ODB, the Flying Lizards, the Woodentops, Crash and Britany, Cramps, DK, Willie Bobo, Donovan, Dramarama, High Llamas, Leonard Cohen, Inspiral Carpets, Blonde Redhead, Elvis Costello, Arctic Monkeys, Karate, Aluminum Group, Jim O'Rourke, Roxy Music, T. Rex, The Gossip, Devendra Banhart, Creedence, Sea and Cake, Fred Willis and the New JB's, Talking Heads, Stone Roses, The Primitives, Desmond Dekker, Hi-Liters, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Pavement, Frank and Walters, Suede, GG Allin. Or I might play something else.
Sounds Like: The most amazing music you've ever heard. Everything from... America to Count Ossie, Dan the Automator to Crass, The Flaming Embers to June of 44. Indie / Funk / Punk / Hip Hop / Reggae / Dub / 70s / 80s / retro / schlock / glam / kitsch / and whatever else I wants to play. Don't worry, the music is good. Trust me - Dick Tator would not lie to you.
Record Label: Unsigned