MDC

1979 -
Ron Posner (x-conron)’s anal retentive list: Early December 1979 in Austin, Texas, Kevin Bastin, already a Raul's (the local punk club) regular, bought a PA (two speaker monitors, mixing board, mic and stand) and began practicing vocals. On Christmas Eve, Kevin and I were listening to Patti Smith's Horses LP blasting out of Kevin's PA. Kevin pointed out - “We can do this. Let’s start a rock band and make music just like them.” It seemed so real almost like you could reach out and touch the musicians. We agreed. Kevin bought an Aria Pro II copy of a Mesa Boogie Mark I guitar amp and I bought a 1972 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe goldtop electric guitar.

I had taken classical guitar lessons since 10th grade. In 1979 I was studying at the University of Texas at Austin. I lived in a $125/month garage apartment on Whitis Street, just three blocks from Raul's. I was also into riding road bikes on a regular basis. I was good friends and often rode with Colin Jones (Texas Jr. State Champion). Colin mentioned that he played drums. His father was a drummer in a jazz band and had a spare vintage black Gretsch kit he told Colin he could have.
Dave Dictor was also a UTA student who just moved down from New York inspired by the music of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker and others. He had already been in a band in New York called the Solar Pigs with his friends Butchie and Jim Brighton but had a different idea for a band. He had met Gary Floyd, the singer in The Dicks, who had a strong influence on him, and the two became good friends.
Kevin, Dave and I finally met at Raul's Club and soon we decided to start a punk band together. Dave went out and bought a 1972 Gibson SG (modded at Erlewine Guitars) and a Fender silver-face guitar amp. I was going out with Amy Mann at the time so rehearsals were held at her place at 505 East 50th Street. You could play as loud as you wanted any time of the night and day and no one ever complained. At first the band was called the Reejex and soon after it became the Stains. We started out trying to play songs like Blitzkrieg Bop, Psycho Killer and of course our No. 1 hit song written by Dave - John Wayne Was a Nazi.
Original members: David Dictor (guitar), Ron Posner (guitar), Colin Jones (drums), Kevin Bastin (vocals)
Other subsequent members: Amy Mann (vocals), Stephanie (vocals), Andy Delinquent (bass), Grant (bass), Karl Reactor (drums), Frank Mares (bass), Mikey Offender (bass) and Al Schultz (drums), etc.

1980 -
? - Austin, TX: outdoors at health food co-op in front of a patch of wheat grass.
July 4 - Austin, TX: Punk Party: Delinquents + Stains w/Amy
July 24 - Austin, TX: Duke's Royal Coach Inn: Delinquents + Stains + Millionaires (Andy Delinquent - bass)
July 29 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Delinquents + Stains
August 17 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Austin Stranglers + Stains
August 19 - Austin, TX: Raul's Club: F-Systems + Stains
August 23 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Vendettas + Delinquents + Court Reporters + Stains + Electric Tools
September 4 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Sharon Tate's Baby + Stains
September 8 - Austin, TX: Raul's: The Dicks + Stains
September 14 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Stains (1st headline show) + Fragments
September 19 - Austin, TX: Debbie Allen's Party: Stains
September 23 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Vendettas + Stains
October 2 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Delinquents + Stains
October 4 - Austin, TX: Zilker Park: Punk Symphony + Vendettas + Stains + Sharon Tate's Baby + Electric Tools (Texas Metaphysical Benefit)

October 7 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Stains + Offenders + Perverted Popes
October 9 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Stains + Perverted Popes
Oct. 5 - Vendettas die, Oct. 7 - Millionaires die, Oct. 9 - Derelicts die, Oct. 28 - Strangler's die
October 14 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Stains + Delinquents + Reactors
October 18 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Big Boys + Foams + Stains
October 21 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Stains + Variety Show
October 25 - Austin, TX: Fashion Show: Dicks + Stains
October 27 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Sharon Tate's Baby + Big Babies + Secret Science + Stains + Perverted Popes
November 3 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Reactors + Stains
November 16 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Dicks + Stains + Big Boys + Inserts + Sharon Tate's Baby + Offenders + Perverted Popes + Commandos (Benefit for El Salvador)
November 18 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Stains + Ideals + Jacks (Iggy Pop Gig)
November 22 - Austin, TX: Duke's: The Next + Stains (Amy's Birthday)
November 28 - Karl Reactor on drums
November 29 - Austin, TX: Generic Party: Stains (1st gig w I Karl Reactor)
December 2 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Sharon Tate's Baby + Stains
December 5-6 - Houston, TX: The Rock Island: Black Flag + Recipients + Stains
December 10 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Inserts + Stains

December 18 - Houston, TX: u Unreleased
Earth & Sky Studio: engineer Dan Yaney
Musicians: David Dictor (vocals), Ron Posner (guitar), Karl Reactor (drums) and Frank Mares (bass).

December 20 - Austin, TX: Dicks Party: Dicks + Stains
Dec. 31 - Standing Waves die [29 gigs]

1981 -

January 13 - Allan Schultz comes down from Long Island, N.Y. and joins us on drums. Al’s 1975 band B.S.A. (Brodski, Schultz & Alpert) actually wrote I Remember and Someone’s behind You Again in their original versions. Fact: “No matter how good a guitar player you are, you're only as good as your drummer”. Al joining the band gave us that extra level of musicianship, genius, ideas and creativity to become a world class act. Mikey Donaldson from the Offenders joining on bass made it so all the more. All four of us together definitely delivered the goods in spades.

January 21 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Dicks + Stains + Reactors + Inserts (Texas Farmworker's Union Benefit)
January 29 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Subhumans (Canada)
February 6 - Houston, TX: Island: Stains + Nerd Rock
February 13 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Stains + Dicks + Reactors + Inserts

February 15 - Houston, TX: u John Wayne Was a Nazi - 1st 7” single
Earth & Sky Studio: engineer: Dan Yaney
Musicians: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Al Schultz (AS - drums) and Mikey Offender (bass).
Songs: John Wayne Was a Nazi (words & music - DD), Born to Die (words - DD, music - RP)
Songs: Corporate Death Burger (words - DD, music - RP), Dick for Brains (words & music - DD) never released.

February 18 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Dick + Stains + Rejects
Feb. 19 - The Next die
February 20 - Houston, TX: Island: Big Boys + Dicks + Inserts + Stains (Ultimate Punk Show)
February 28 - Austin, TX: Raul's: Big Boys + Stains (5 songsw/Buxf Parrot)
March 6 - Black Flag sleep over from Raul's gig
March 14 - Austin, TX: Hawaiin Prints Party: Dicks + Stains + Inserts
March 27 - Houston, TX: Island: Dicks + Stains + Reactors
April 2 - Stains single arrives (vinyl)
April 5 - Austin, TX: Anti-Klan Benefit: Dicks + Stains + Big Boys + Inserts + Gays + Droogs + Perverted Popes + Offenders
April 16 - Houston, TX: Island: D.O.A. + Really Red
April 18 - Houston, TX: Island: D.O.A. + Big Boys + Dicks + Stains
April 23 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Dicks + Stains + Offenders + The Call + Droogs - club re-opens w/Joseph Gonzalez
(Glenn's Birthday - Perverted Popes Die)
April 25 - Stains single cover arrives
June 11 - Austin, TX: Duke's: The Fast (N.Y.) + Dicks + Big Boys + Stains
June 13 - Austin, TX: The Vault: Big Boys + Stains + Dicks + Jerry's Kids (Big Boy SF Benefit)
June 26 - Houston, TX: Island: Fix + Stains + Dicks
June 27 - Austin, TX: Duke's: Fix + Droogs + Stains + Dicks
1st West Coast Tour
July 2 - San Francisco, CA: Dirk Dirksen's Fab Mab (Mabuhay Gardens): Dead Kennedys + Stains + Dicks
July 8 - San Francisco, CA: Sound of Music: Dicks + Stains
July 15 - San Francisco, CA: S&M: Stains + Fuck-Ups
July 16 - San Francisco, CA: Fab Mab: Middle-Class + Stains
July 18 - San Francisco, CA: Fab Mab: Flipper + Middle-Class + Stains + Fix
July 25 - Los Angeles, CA: Cuckoo's Nest: Black Flag (1st gig w/Henry Rollins from S.O.A.) + L.A. Stains + Texas Stains (Mikey Offender and the Dicks run out of beer money and run back to Texas in Ron's orange & white 1972 Monte Carlo, Frank Mares on bass)
July 31 - Austin, TX: Duke's: M.D.C. Stains + Red Rockers + Sluts
1st West Coast Tour ends
August 16 - Austin, TX: Dick's Party: Dicks + M.D.C. Stains + Droogs + Offenders
August 22 - Austin, TX: Bucky's Tit Bar: Dicks + M.D.C. Stains
August 26 - Austin, TX: The Vault: The Lewd + Dicks + Stains + Big Boys
September - Houston, TX: Island: Toxic Reasons + M.D.C. Stains + Dicks + Sluts
September - Austin, TX: Dave's House: Toxic Reasons + Jam Session
October 4 - Austin, TX: Waterloo Park: Big Boys + Dicks + M.D.C. Stains + Jerry's Kids + Droogs
October 22 - Austin, TX: Rome Inn: M.D.C. Stains + Dicks + Ideals
November - Houston, TX: Island: M.D.C. Stains + Big Boys + Recipients
November - Austin, TX: Rome Inn: M.D.C. Stains + Dicks + Offenders
November 21 - Austin, TX: Rome Inn: Dicks + M.D.C. Stains + Whoom Elements + Toxic Shock
November 28? - Austin, TX: Texas Opry House: Black Flag + Saccharin Trust + M.D.C. Stains + Dicks + Big Boys [35 gigs]

December ? Houston, TX: u Millions of Dead Cops - 1st 12” LP
Earth & Sky: engineer: Dan Yaney, cover art: Carlos Lowry, back cover art & band name: Buxf Parrot
Musicians: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Al Schultz (AS - drums), Mikey Offender (bass), Frank Mares (bass), Grant (bass)?.
Songs: Business on Parade (words - DD, music - RP & DD), Dead Cops I-II (words - DD, music - RP, arr. - AS), America's So Straight (words - DD, music - RP), Born to Die (words - DD, music - RP), Corporate Death Burgers (words - DD, music - RP), Violent Rednecks (words - DD, music - RP), I Remember (words - DD & BSA: Brodski, Schultz, Alpert 1975 - music - BSA), John Wayne Was a Nazi (words & music - DD), Dick for Brains (words & music - DD), I Hate Work (words - DD, music - RP & DD), My Family (words & music - DD), Greedy & Pathetic (words - DD, music - RP), Church & State (words - DD, music - RP), Kill the Light (words - DD, music - RP, arr. - AS), American Achievements (words - DD, music - RP, arr. - AS).

MDC moves to San Francisco, CA. The decision to move to SF was Dave's. He pointed out that we were #1 on Tim Yohannon's KPFA playlist and ranked 37th in our own hometown. The first place we landed when we got to SF was the Food Stamp Office and the next place was the 175 Florida Street Hamm's Brewery “Beer Vats” which was to become our home. Vat Rats owe it to Tom Falkenberry and Nathan for their vision of turning an old beer brewery into rehearsal spaces for bands. Shellee Harper, Aunt Jemimah, Anita Collison, John Lieb, Wild Bill, Tammy Cleveland, Charucki, Josh, Barry Dalive, Bliss Blast - all Vat Rats. MDC, DRI, C2D, The Dicks, Sluglords, Witnesses, etc. - all either lived there or practiced there. In fact, old school Austin punks are probably still pissed off at us since we started the exodus out of Texas to the beer vats.

1982 -
March 17 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: M.D.C. + Reign of Terror + Crucifix
Tour with HR's (Hunt & Rod) Bad Brains starts
March - Berkeley, CA: Ruthie's Inn: Bad Brains + Code of Honor + M.D.C.
March - Houston, TX: Island: Bad Brains + Really Red + M.D.C.
March - Austin, TX: Esther's Pool: Bad Brains + Big Boys + Dicks + M.D.C.
Tour with Bad Brains ends
April 9 - Austin, TX: Studio 29: Dicks + Offenders + M.D.C.
April 23 - Berkeley, CA: Ruthie's Inn: Bad Religion + Code of Honor + M.D.C. + Free Beer + Fifth Column + Intensified Chaos
April 24 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: M.D.C. + Tanks + Stepmothers
April 28 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Rebel Truth + Bad Posture
May 9 - Hayward, CA: Mills College: M.D.C. + Fuck Ups + U.X.B. + The Afflicted
May 28 - Berkeley, CA: Barrington Hall: M.D.C. + Deadly Reign + Whipping Boy + Uptones + The Vacant
June 5 - San Francisco, CA: Tool & Die: M.D.C. + Fuck Ups + Bad Posture + The Hated + Juvenile Justice
June 9 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: M.D.C. + Los Olvidados + Killjoy + Church Police
June 11 - San Francisco, CA: Elite Club: Fear + Code of Honor + M.D.C. + Free Beer + Deadly Reign
June 16 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: Husker Du + M.D.C. + Deadly Reign + Whoom Elements
June 18 - San Francisco, CA: Tool & Die: Dead Kennedys + Fuck Ups + Code of Honor + M.D.C. + Big Boys + Butthole Surfers + Whoom Elements
June 25 - San Francisco, CA: Tool & Die: Minor Threat + M.D.C. + Deadly Reign + Arsenal
July 2 - Fresno, CA: Captain Kangaroo: Minor Threat + M.D.C. + Cambodian Kids + Capitol Punishment
July 3 - Los Angeles, CA: Alpine Bill's: Dead Kennedys + Minor Threat + M.D.C. + Zero Boys + Detonator
July 9 - Los Angeles, CA: Dancing Waters: Fear + M.D.C. + Systematic Death + Urban Guerillas
July 14 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: Bad Posture + M.D.C. + M.A.D. + The Afflicted
July 15 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: D.O.A. + M.D.C. + The Undead
July 23 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: Black Flag + Descendents + Husker Du + M.D.C.
1st United States Tour
July 30 - Los Angeles, CA: Dancing Waters: Black Flag + Red Scare + Descendants + M.D.C.
August 3 - Los Angeles, CA: Whiskey a Go-Go: D.O.A. + M.D.C. (two shows same night)
August 4 - El Paso, TX: J.L. Charlie's: M.D.C.
August 5 - Austin, TX: The Ritz: Fuck Ups + M.D.C. + Dicks
August 6 - Dallas, TX: Studio D: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Butthole Surfers + Bobby Sox
August 7 - Austin, TX: The Ritz: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Dicks + Offenders
August 8 - Houston, TX: University of Houston: Dead Kennedys + Really Red + M.D.C.
August 9 - Houston, TX: The Omni Club: M.D.C. + Fuck Ups + Verbal Abuse
August 15 - Chicago, IL: Exits: M.D.C. + Negative Effect + Rights of the Accused (1st gig) / M.D.C. + Six Feet Under (2nd gig)
August 16 - Minneapolis, MN: 1st Avenue: Husker Du + M.D.C. + Mecht Mensch + Todaken
August 17 - Lansing, MI: M.D.C. + Violent Apathy + Crucifucks
August 19 - Chicago, IL: C.O.D. Club: M.D.C. + Antibodies
August 21 - Boston, MA: Gallery East: M.D.C. + S.S. Decontrol + Deep Wound
August 24 - Trenton, N.J.: City Gardens: M.D.C. + Hose - Son of Flipper (Rick Rubin's band) + Even Worse
August 26 - Hartford, CT: Lit Club: M.D.C. + Deep Wound
September 1 - Providence, RI: Living Room: M.D.C. + F.U.'s
September 2 - Adelphi, MD: The Mill: M.D.C. + Scream + Millionaire's Disease
September 3 - Richmond, VA: Va. Commonwealth: M.D.C. + Front Line
September 3 - Richmond, VA: Cha-Cha's: M.D.C. + Front Line + White Cross
September 4 - Baltimore, MD: Terminal 406: M.D.C. + Symptons
September 5 - New York, NY: 2+2, A-7 Annex: Reagan Youth + M.D.C. + Blood Clot + Schism
September 6 - Posaic, NJ: Hittsville: M.D.C. (MDA Benefit)
September 10 - New York, NY: 2+2: M.D.C. + Front Line + Crucial Truth + Young & Useless
September 11 - Philadelphia, PA: Girard Ballroom: M.D.C. + Sadistic Exploits + Crucial T
Septmeber 12 - Albany, NY: The Chateau: M.D.C.
September 17 - New York, NY: 2+2: M.D.C. + Inner Hate + John Hinckley Fan Club + Ultra-Violence
September 18 - Baltimore, MD: Terminal 406: The Faith + M.D.C. + Minor Threat + Scream + Bollocks + Agnostic Front
1st Canada Tour
September 23 - Ottowa, Ontario: Wave Club: M.D.C. + Tuinals
September 24 - Montreal, Quebec: Hardcore Club: M.D.C. + Scum
September 25 - Toronto, Ontario: Turning Point: M.D.C. + Chronic Submission + Urban Warfare
September 27 - Toronto, Ontario: Liberty Street: M.D.C. + Chronic Submission
September 28 - London, Ontario: Embassy Hotel: M.D.C. + .10-8
September 29 - London, Ontario: Embassy Hotel: M.D.C. + .10-8
September 30 - Windsor, Ontario: Radio City: M.D.C.
October 1 - Detroit, MI: Clubhouse: M.D.C. + Radical Left + Fate Unkown + Allied
October 2 - Indianapolis, IN: Ceasar's: M.D.C.
October 4 - Louisville, KY: The Beat: M.D.C. + Mutant Growths
October 5 - Newport, KY: Jockey Club: Effigies + Ritual + The Fucking Cunts + M.D.C.
October 6 - Akron, OH: Mother's: M.D.C. + ODFx + Urban Mutants
October 7 - Lansing, MI: Coptic Church: M.D.C. + Crucifucks + The Fix
October 8 - Milwaukee, WI: Niko's: M.D.C. + Sacred Order + Clip Boys
October 9 - Milwaukee, WI: Top of the Hill: D.O.A. + M.D.C. + Sacred Order
? - Chicago, IL: M.D.C. + Six Feet Under + Antibodies
? - Winnepeg, Manitoba: Royal Albert Hotel: M.D.C. + Sudden Death + Manic Depressors + Unwanted + Stretch Marks (4 gigs)
? - Calgary, Alberta: Calgarian Hotel: M.D.C. + Victims of a Nation + Riot 303 + Vile (7 gigs)
1st Canadian Tour Ends
? - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: M.D.C. + Bad Posture + Deadly Reign + Juvenile Justice
? - San Francisco, CA: Tool & Die: M.D.C. + Naked Lady Wrestlers + Fang + Domino Theory + Verbal Abuse + Urban Assault
? - Akron, OH: Club Hell: M.D.C. + Urban Mutants
? - New York, NY: Irving Plaza: Minor Threat + M.D.C. + S.S. Decontrol
? - New York, NY: A-7: M.D.C. + Agnostic Front
1st European Tour
November 15 - London, England: Musician's Collective: M.D.C. (No Nukes Benefit)
November 17 - Liverpool, England: The Warehouse: Dead Kennedys + Peter and the Test Tube Babies + M.D.C. + Mayhem
November 18 - Sheffield, England: The Leadmill: Dead Kennedys + PTTB + M.D.C.
November 19 - Leeds, England: Leeds Polytechnic: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Xpozez
November 20 - Leicester, England: Percy Gee Building: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + 13th Chime
November 22 - Bath, England: Bath Pavilion: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Disorder
November 23 - Brighton, England: Moulscombe Polytechnic: Dead Kennedys + PTTB + M.D.C.
November 24 - Norwich, England: University of East Anglia: Dead Kennedys + PTTB + M.D.C. + Serious Drinking
November 26 - London, England: Central London Polytechnic: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Serious Drinking + Subhumans
November 27 - London, England: Central London Polytechnic: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Serious Drinking
December 1 - South Hampton, England: West Refectory: Dead Kennedys + PTTB + M.D.C.
December 4 - Mechelen, Belgium: Voksbelang: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C.
December 5 - Amsterdam, Holland: Paradiso: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C.
December 6 - Hamburg, Germany: Friedrich-Elbert Hall: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Napalm
December 8 - Recklinghausen, Germany: Musikpalast: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C.
December 9 - Hannover, Germany: Rotation: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C.
December 10 - Berlin, Germany: SO 36: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Sick Pleasure
December 11 - M.D.C. kicked off the tour after confronting the DKs at their 4-star hotel and accusing them of being sell-out punk rock. East Bay Ray said “you're just a fart in my living room” and then back to drinks at the hotel bar…
December 13 - Munich, Germany: M.D.C. + Napalm
December - Arnhem, Holland: O.H.L. + M.D.C. + Jesus and the Gospelfuckers (103 gigs)
1st European Tour ends

1983 -
January 1 - New York, NY: Plugs Club: M.D.C. + Heart Attack + Reagan Youth + False Prophets + Misguided
February 11 - Houston, TX: Island: M.D.C. + Offenders + U.S. D.R.I. + Pissed Youth
February 25 - Houston, TX: Island: M.D.C. + Offenders + Doomsday Massacre + The Needy
March 5 - Austin, TX: Soap Creek Saloon: M.D.C. + Big Boys + Fudge Tunnels
March 12 - San Francisco, CA: Tool & Die: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Verbal Abuse (Texas Bands)
March 19 - Sacramento, CA: McInley Park: M.D.C. + Dicks + Tales of Terror
March 20 - Reno, NV: Space Theatre: M.D.C. + 7-Seconds + Jack Shit
March 31 - Los Angeles, CA: Skylight: Bad Religion + M.D.C. + Circle One
April 10 - San Francisco, CA: Tool & Die: Minor Threat + M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Deadly Reign + Bad Influence
April 11 - San Francisco, CA: On Broadway: M.D.C. + Dicks + Sluglords + Burnt Offering
April 22 - Madison, WI: Notingham Co-Op: M.D.C. + Die Kreuzen + Tar Babies
Aril 23 - Madison, WI: Smilies: M.D.C. + Crucifucks + Die Kreuzen
Rock Against Reagan/Racism - R.A.R. Tour begins
April 24 - Madison, WI: Capitol Grounds: M.D.C. + Crucifucks + Knuckleheads (RAR gig)
April 25 - Springfield, IL: Capitol Grounds: M.D.C. + Crucifucks (RAR gig)
April 27 - Carbondale, IL: University of Illinois: M.D.C. (RAR gig)
April 29 - Chicago, IL: Centro Americano: Minor Threat + M.D.C. + Articles of Faith + Rights of the Accused
April 30 - Columbus, OH: Capitol Grounds: M.D.C. + Crucifucks (RAR gig)
April 30 - Akron, OH: The Dale: M.D.C. + Dicks + Crucifucks
May 1 - Detroit, MI: City Club: M.D.C. + Dicks + Crucifucks (RAR gig)
May 6 - Cleveland, OH: City Hall: M.D.C. + Dicks + Crucifucks + ODFx (RAR gig)
May 7 - New York, NY: M.D.C. + Crucifucks - Float up 5th Ave. from Washington Square ending in front of United Nations Bldg. (RAR gig)
May 8 - New York, NY: Central Park: M.D.C. + Dicks + Crucifucks + PeDeBoi + Monyaka
May 13 - Philadelphia, PA: Love Club: M.D.C. + Dicks + D.R.I. + Crucifucks
May 15 - Boston, MA: Boston Commons: M.D.C. + Dicks + Crucifucks + D.R.I. (RAR gig)
May 19 - Amherst, MA: University of Massachusettes: M.D.C. + D.R.I. (RAR gig)
May 19 - Albany, NY: The Chateau: M.D.C. + Dicks + D.R.I.
May 22 - New York, NY: Great Gildersleeves: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Dicks + Joneses
May 25 - Mt. Vernon, NY: Left Bank: M.D.C. + Dicks + D.R.I. + Joneses + Blood Clot (Papa Jerry's band)
May 26 - New York, NY: A-7: M.D.C. + Blood Clot + Virus + Eye Witness News + Jihad
June 4 - New York, NY: Beacon Theatre: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + Bad Posture + False Prophets + No Thanks
June 9 - Providence, RI: The Living Room: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + The Possessions
June 12 - New York, NY: CBGB's: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Cause for Alarm
June 14 - New York, NY: Taller Latino-Americano: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Reagan Youth + Counterforce + Cause for Alarm + Agnostic Front + Corporate Pigs (RAR gig)

June 16 - New York, NY: u Multi-Death Corporation - 2nd 7” single
High Rise Studio: engineer Papa Jerry, front cover art: Vince Rancid
Musicians: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Al Schultz (AS - drums) and Frank Mares (bass).
Songs: Multi-Death Corporations (words - DD, music - RP), Selfish Shit (words - DD, music - RP), Radioactive Chocolate (words - DD, music - RP), No Place to Piss (words - DD, music - RP)

June 18 - Pogo's: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Cause for Alarm + Circle of Deceit
June 19 - Washington, D.C.: Space Two Arcade: M.D.C. + D.R.I.
June 24 - Richmond, VA: Bennie's: M.D.C. + D.R.I. + White Cross + No Labels
July 2 - New York, NY: CBGB's: M.D.C. (Benefit for El Salvador)
July 2 - New York, NY: M.D.C. + Counterforce - Block party on the street at 2nd Street and Avenue B.
July 3 - Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Cause for Alarm + Crucifucks (RAR gig)
July 4 - Washington, D.C.: Lincoln Memorial: M.D.C. + The Romans + Red Lions
July 5 - New York, NY: Reggae Lounge: Dead Kennedys + M.D.C. + D.R.I. + Crucifucks
2nd Canadian Tour
July 8 - Quebec, Quebec: The Lock-All: M.D.C. + Ooby-Dooby (Lisa Bat joins Tammy Cleveland as roadie)
July 8 - Quebec, Quebec: The Lock-All: M.D.C.
July 14 - Montreal, Quebec: The Spectrum: M.D.C. + G.B.H. + Scum + Unruled
July 16 - Ottowa, Ontario: Boys and Girls Club: M.D.C. + Porcelain Forehead + Civil Terror
July 17 - Ottowa, Ontario: Roxy: M.D.C. + Honest Injun + Black Dove + Randy Peters
July 20 - Toronto, Ontario: Studio 167: M.D.C. + Articles of Faith + Young Lions + Civil Terror
July 23 - Toronto, Ontario: Don River Jail
Ron and Franco go to jail for 7 days on a trumped up weapons charge and kicked out of the country. (Ron's 25th Birthday: Full Moon)

July 30 - New York, NY: A-7: M.D.C. + Bad Posture + Pure Schism (A-7's last night open)
August 3 - New York, NY: Sin Club: M.D.C. + Dog Breath + Pissed Youth + Cavity Creeps (Boobie's Birthday)
August 6 - Richmond, VA: Casablanca: M.D.C. + Iron Cross
August 7 - Atlanta, GA: M.D.C.

Missing gigs here from August until December.
John Lieb on drums from Sluglords and Morally Bankrupt.
Flipside Video #5: M.D.C. + Dicks at the Olympic Auditorium December 14th?

2nd European Tour starts
December 17 - Amsterdam, Holland: Wyers: M.D.C. + Pandemonium
December 18 - Groningen, Holland: Vera: M.D.C. + B.G.K.
December 20 - Amsterdam, Holland: Wyers: M.D.C. + Base Jones (blues band)
December 21 - Antwerp, Belgium: Paradox: M.D.C. + Zyklome A + Moral Demolition
December 23 - Uithorn, Holland: Shiva: M.D.C. + B.G.K.
December 24 - Hengelo, Holland: Babylon: M.D.C. + B.G.K.
December 25 - Venlo, Holland: Bauplatz: M.D.C. + Staphorster Chaoten All
December 26 - Steenwijk, Holland: Buze: M.D.C. + B.G.K. + Local Disturbance + Boegies
December 28 - Hannover, Germany: Korn Straas: M.D.C. + B.G.K. + RAF Punk
December 30 - Copenhagen, Denmark: Saltlageret: M.D.C. + B.G.K. + City X
December 31 - Copenhagen, Denmark: BZ Brigaden Ryesgade 58: M.D.C. (New Year's Party)

1984 -
January 2 - Copenhagen, Denmark: Youth Center Ungdomshuset Jagtvej 69: M.D.C. + Dance Group
January 6 - Amsterdam, Holland: Wyers: M.D.C. + ZX (Benefit to pay the electric bill.)
January 14 - Hengelo, Holland: Babylon: M.D.C. + No Pigs
January 15 - Groningen, Holland: Vera: M.D.C.
January 20 - Freiburg, Holland: Anarchy Squat: M.D.C. + Hawaiin Five-O
January 21 - Freiburg, Holland: Anarchy Squat: M.D.C.
January 27 - Milano, Italy: Virus Via Correggio 18: M.D.C. + Impact + Wretched
January 28 - Torino, Italy: Centro D'Incontro: Pejjo Punk + Negazione + Contro Potere + M.D.C. + Contrazione + Kolletivo
February 2 - Ferrara, Italy: M.D.C. + Juggernaut
February 3 - Bologna, Italy: M.D.C. + Irha + Cheetah Chrome and the Motherfuckers
February 4 - Milano, Italy: Virus: M.D.C.
February 6 - Barcelona, Spain: Zeleste: M.D.C.
February 7 - Barcelona, Spain: Zeleste: M.D.C. + Kangrena
February 9 - Zaragoza, Spain: M.D.C. + Cuarto Reich
February 10 - Madrid, Spain: Sala Imperio: M.D.C. + Inter-Terror (broadcast on national television - lip sinking)
February 15 - Hannover, Germany: Korn Straas: M.D.C. + Boskops
February 16 - Berlin, Germany: KuKuck: M.D.C. + Porno Patrol
February 18 - Berlin, Germany: Front Kino: M.D.C. + Razia + Boskops
February 21 - Copenhagen, Denmark: Youth Center Ungdomshuset Jagtvej 69: M.D.C. + Negative IQ
February 22 - Copenhagen, Denmark: Cristiania Lopen: M.D.C. + Far Out
February 23 - Brehmen, Germany: M.D.C.
February 24 - Wielingen: Amsterdam, Holland: B.G.K. + Crucifix + No Pigs + M.D.C.
February 25 - Lelystaad, Holland: De Roggel: M.D.C. + Crucifix + B.G.K. + Zyklome A + Blitzkrieg
February 26 - Venlo, Holland: Bauplatz: M.D.C. + Crucifix + Incest

? - San Francisco, CA: u Millions of Dead Children - 3rd 7” single
Secret Studios, engineer: Diane Franklin
Musicians: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Al Schultz (AS - drums) and Frank Mares (bass).
Songs: Chicken Squawk (words and music - DD), Kleptomaniac (words - DD, music - RP), Death of a Nun/Pecking Order (words - DD, music - RP)
? - San Francisco, CA - u Rat Music Compilation 12” LP
Songs: Pay to Cum Along (words - DD, music - RP), Evolution's in Rock (words - DD, music - DD & RP)

July - San Francisco, CA: Democratic Convention: (Last live show with x-con ron on guitar - quits due to problems in band.)

July - Fogtown/Concrete Jungle: Ron purchases Fogtown (Y Que) Skate Shop from infamous bail bondsman Carlos Amezcua. Originally located on 620 Shrader Street in the Haight District of San Francisco. Early employees were Jayfish (www.alexisneel.com/), Pat Black (still holding a grudge after 20 yrs.), Tammy Cleveland, Jake Phelps (www.thrashermagazine.com/) and Tommy Guerrero. After loosing the lease the shop moved around the corner to 1714 Waller Street, parallel to Haight Street. Ron and Carlos decided to start up Fogtown Skateboards producing their own boards and creating a team of sponsors. Carlos doesn't come up with his share of the money and Ron continues without him. Carlos sues and one year later Ron looses the name and becomes Concrete Jungle. A silk-screening business was opened in the basement. The team was composed of various notables such as Danny Sargeant, Noah Salasnek, Mike Archimedes, Steve Roetter, Jake Phelps, Phil Chen, Mickey Reyes, etc. Early blanks were made by Madrid and later on by Alva. Models included B2D I, Board to Death II (artist - Kevin Clarke), Beast (MoFo), Van Gough, Chick Stick (Dali), Dirty Rotten Imbeciles model, etc. Borgy Copers were also produced and advertised by Bryce Kanights, Tommy and Tony Guerrero, etc. Chris Charucki (www.ratdog.org/) singer for Cause for Alarm and MDC’s long-time roadie was manager at Concrete Jungle. Shop closes the end of 1989 due to the syndrome - too many tanks, not enough gas.

December 12 - u Smoke Signals - 2nd 12” LP
San Francisco, CA: Secret Studios: engineer: Diane Franklin
Musicians: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Al Schultz (AS - drums) and Joe Orguera from Cause for Alarm (JO - bass).
Songs: Big Picture (Subhumans Canada), No More Cops (words - DD, music - JO), King of Thrash (words - DD, music - RP), Skateboards from Hell (words - DD, music - RP), Acceptable Risks (words - DD, music RP)
Songs: Time Out (words - AS, music - RP) and Ron's Song Take #2 (music - RP) were never released.

1985 -
>>>>> Gordon Frazier on guitar for rest of Smoke Signals (1986) and Millions of Damn Christians - This Blood's for You (1987)
>>>>> Eric Calhoun on guitar for Metal Devil Cokes (1989)

1987 -
June 30 - Rudolph Frank Mares (Franco) copyrights all previous MDC/Stains material in his name - “CLAIMANT”

1988 -
November/December - European Tour with x-con ron on guitar - Eric Calhoun had a medical problem and could not play.

December - u Elvis in the Rhineland - Live in Berlin 12” LP
Berlin, Germany: Quartier Latin: M.D.C. + Ludichrist
Recording and release on David Pollack's Destiny Records.
Mobile 24-track studio recording: engineer: deaf & dumb
Musicians: David Dictor (vocals), Ron Posner (guitar), Al Schultz (drums) and Frank Mares (bass).
Songs: Dead Cops Rock, Fogtown, Secret to a Long Life plus all the oldies.

1989 -
MDC regroups: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Al Schultz (AS - drums) and Mikey Offender (MO - bass)
4 new songs written: Borrowed Time (words - DD, music - MO), 3 others (music - RP)
May 19 - Long Beach, CA: Fender's: MDC + Uniform Choice + No For An Answer + Circle One + Hard Stance + A Thought Crusade
Missing gigs here.
European tour with David Pollack cancelled and Ron gets Verbal Abuse to go instead and they record…

1991 - 1997
>>>>> Bill Connors (guitar) and Matt Freeman (bass): Hey Cop, If I Had a Face Like Yours (1991)
>>>>> Chris Wilder (guitar) and Erica Liss (bass): Shades of Brown (1993)
>>>>> The Submissives: David Dictor & Tom “Pig” Champion: An Anvil Will Wear Out Many A Hammer (1997)

2003 -
>>>>> Brendan Bekowies (guitar), Matt Van Cura (bass) and Albatross (drums): song - Sick of It

2003 Euro Tour w/David Dictor, Ron Posner, Matt Van Cura (bass) and Mike Pride (drums).
The two blokes who started MDC are together again after 14 years along with Matt Van Cura (bass) and totally hot shit drummer Mike Pride.
June 20 - London, England: Underworld: T.S.O.L. + Youth Brigade + Total Chaos + Pistol Grip
June 21 - England: Harlow Square: M.D.C. + X-Possibles
June 22 - Morecambe, England: HITS - Market Arena: M.D.C. + Leftover Crack, Business, X-Possibles
June 23 - Groningen, Holland: Orkz Bar: M.D.C. + Molotov Cocktail
June 24 - Groningen, Holland: Orkz Bar: M.D.C. Unplugged w/Boxcar Dave & Brendan Bekowies
June 25 - Hamburg, Germany: Flora Squat: M.D.C. + Tear It Up + X-Possibles
June 26 - Kiel, Germany: Alte Meirei: M.D.C. + X-Possibles + Anti-Control
June 27 - Leipzig, Germany: Conne Island: M.D.C. + X-Possibles + Anti-Control
June 28 - Prague, Czech Republic: Abaton: M.D.C. + Varukers + Poison Idea + X-Possibles (Bud Fest)
June 29 - Kranj, Slovenia: M.D.C. + CCD + Baracka
June 30 - Pula, Croatia: M.D.C.
July 1 - Zagreb, Croatia: Mocvara: M.D.C. + Motus + Senata Fox
July 2 - Viernna, Austria: E.K.H.: M.D.C. + Pawns + X-Possibles
July 3 - Wolfurt, Austria: Vereinhshaus: M.D.C. + Argies (Argentina)
July 4 - Linz, Austria: KV STWST: M.D.C. + Undercover Cunts
July 5 - Hannover, Germany: M.D.C. +
July 6 - Berlin, Germany: KOPI: M.D.C. +
July 7 - Halle, Germany: M.D.C. +
July 8 - Nurnberg, Germany: M.D.C. +
July 9 - Le Percy, France: M.D.C. +
July 10 - Zaragoza, Spain: M.D.C. +
July 11 - Madrid, Spain: Gruta 77: M.D.C. +
July 12 - Barcelona, Spain: La Roca del Valles: M.D.C. + The Deal
July 13 - Bordeaux, France: M.D.C. +
July 14 - Rennes, France: Mondo Bizarro: M.D.C.
July 15 - Rotterdam, Holland: M.D.C. +
July - Matt Van Cura decides to do tattoos full time, give it a shot with Marleuse and play in Thought Crime.

October 3 - New York, NY: CBGB's: M.D.C. + Abrasive Wheels + Molotov Cocktail + The Krays + The Unseen (Punknite

Unplugged Tour with David Dictor/ Boxcar Dave and Ron Posner/ x-con ron

December 18 - Maribor, Slovenia: CRO: M.D.C. Recording session at Dusan’s studio - unreleased

March 22 to April 6 - New York, NY: David and Ron finalizing details for the new cd.

May 7, 8, 10 & 11 - New York, NY: Funkadelic's: rehearsal's for the new cd (2 hrs., 4 hrs., 2 hrs., 4 hrs.)

May 12, 13, 14 & 15 - New York, NY: Cyclone Sound in Coney Island: engineer: Don Fury

Musicians: David Dictor (DD - vocals), Ron Posner (RP - guitar), Mikey Offender (bass) and Mike Pride (drums).

Songs: Destroying the Planet (words - DD, music - RP), Going Nowhere Fast* (words - DD, music - RP), Founding Fathers (words - DD, music - RP), Poseur Punk (words - DD, music - RP), Let's Kill All the Cops* (words - DD, music - RP & DD), Life But How to Live It (words - DD, music - RP), Prime Evil (words - DD, music - RP), Time Out (words - AS, music - RP), Girls Like You Make Me Queer (words - DD, music - RP), Sleep a Little Less, Dream a Little More (words - DD, music - RP & DD), Walking on Thin Ice (words - DD, music - RP), No More Cops (words - DD, music - Joe Orguera), Long Day, Short Life (words - DD, music - RP), Timmy Yo* (words & music - DD), Nazis Shouldn't Drive (words - DD, music - ), Sick of It (words - DD, music - Brendan Bekowies & Matt Van Cura), Prick Faced Bastard* (words - DD, music - RP), Ballad of GW* (words & music - Dan the Parody Man): *solos by - Kentaro Saito from Dynamite Club.

Euro Tour with David Dictor, Ron Posner, Mikey Donaldson (bass) and Mike Pride (drums).

Best line-up since 1981 - Mikey on bass from Offenders, D.R.I. and Sister Double Happiness.

June 27 - Copenhagen, Denmark: Ungdomshuset K- Town Festival: M.D.C. + Regulations + Holier Than Thou (HTT)

June 30 - Bratislava, Slovakia: M.D.C. + Holier Than Thou + Argies ( Argentina)

July 16 - Morecambe, England: Wasted - The Carleton: M.D.C. + Varukers + Sick on the Bus

July 19 - Nijmegen, Holland: Festival Valkhofpark: M.D.C. + Extra Action Marching Band (John Lieb)

July 21 - Utrecht, Holland: ACU Politiek Cultural Center: M.D.C. + Dynamite Club