Dick Lucas (singer)

Dick Lucas
Lucas (left) with Gray Madder, 1995
Born	(1961-02-21) 21 February 1961 (age 64) 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]

Biography

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.

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. "Biography: Subhumans". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 May 2010.
2. Huey, Steve. "Biography: Citizen Fish". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 May 2010.
3. "Dick Lucas (2) – Write The Way Up". Discogs. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Write The Way Up". goodreads.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.