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The Dils
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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 Bl
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