Dick Lucas | |
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 Lucas (left) with Gray Madder, 1995 | |
| Born | 21 February 1961 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England |
| Occupation | Singer |
Dick Lucas (born 21 February 1961) is a British vocalist and lyricist of several punk rock bands. He is best known for being a member the British anarcho-punk band Subhumans, [1] and the ska-punk band Citizen Fish that he co-founded in 1990. [2]
Lucas started his career as a vocalist in the Mental from March 1979 to August 1980. He then joined the Subhumans [1] in September 1980.
With the breakup of Subhumans in the mid-1980s came another band, Culture Shock, from 1986, followed by a short silence from Lucas, after which he co-founded Citizen Fish.
In 1995, Lucas's abstract novel Write the Way Up was published (an audio version of which was released in 2012 by Bluurg Records). [3] [4]
During early 2010, he contributed a spoken piece about the 7 July 2005 London bombings for Global Parasite's song "Seven Seven".
Lucas also appeared in the 2007 film Punk's Not Dead , where he discussed his views on punk rock and other philosophical issues.
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