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Mystery Island Interview with Stan Lee of The Dickies by Lucy Hell
Here's a cool interview with The Dickies' Stan Lee by Lucy Hell for Mystery Island Magazine. The text is reproduced here with permission.
Check out the original version, which includes pictures from Stan Lee's personal collection, at www.mysteryisland.net/thedickies. Lucy interviewed the Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray summer 2008. Read Lucy's interview with East Bay Ray here >>
 Stan Lee Interview by Lucy Hell
for Mystery Island Publications
Spring 2007
Lucy: As of April 2007 are there any plans for The Dickies to record a new album?
Stan: We are working on one more but it will be a while ...
Lucy: Are the Dickies still touring?
Stan: We do still play around, we did europe in 2005.
Lucy: Was Neil Diamond really contacted to write The Dickies a love song? That would have been incredible. Maybe you guys should cover "Love on the Rocks."
Stan: Yes, we did ask him, but we wanted another "I'm a Believer" and didn't hear anything that was near that caliber.
Lucy: Why didn't your version of "Secret Agent Man" ever appear on any of the albums? It would have gone great on All This and Puppet Stew. Just curious. I heard an MP3 and it sounded like it could have been great. Any insight ...
Stan: "Secret Agent Man" was done in a living room and wasn't a proper recording. It was a one night thing for that project and didn't pay enough to warrant any better attention.
Lucy: What was it like for Stan Lee of The Dickies to meet Stan Lee of Marvel Comics?
Stan: It was awesome.
Lucy: As a kid did you ever carry a metal lunch box to school?
Stan: No metal lunch box to school, so I made up for it by collecting Spider-man lunch boxes.
Lucy: MCA Records released a compilation of "Saturday Morning" songs that included two songs The Dickies had already wisely recorded. The Violent Femmes did "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah" and Helmet covered "Gigantor." Why weren't The Dickies included on that album?
Stan: I dont know.
Lucy: What are your favorite TV shows?
Stan: In no particular order, American Idol, South Park, America's Next Top Model, House, Boston Legal and reruns of Leave it to Beaver!
Lucy: Tell us a funny concert story:
Stan: Aaaaaaaaaah, I just woke up and that would involve thinking and typing and I type with one finger ...
Lucy: Does Leonard still have a puppet penis?
Stan: Yes.
Lucy: What punk band (outside of The Dickies) do you like the most?
Stan: Well, if I only get one to choose it would have to be The Ramones.
Lucy: Why are most of the so-called punk bands today so goddamned boring?
Stan: Are there new punk bands?
Lucy: Did you guys ever play with Flipper, The Germs, or Joe Pop-O-Pie?
Stan: I think that we played with Flipper a couple or few times or maybe I just did narcotics with the singer, can't remember those days all that well. I was busy... The Germs played with us a number of times, those were the days! Joe pop o who?
Lucy: Sorry, Joe's out of San Francisco. You can read his interview at: www.mysteryisland.net/popopie.
Would The Dickies ever consider covering "House of the Rising Sun"? It would be a punk classic.
STAN LEE: Some classics can't be topped and I'm thinking that that's one of them ...
Lucy: What's your favorite Dickies song?
Stan: Bestest Dickies song for me would be "Attack of the Mole Man," what a spooky middle part in the song, ooooh scarry!
(Editor's note: "Attack of the Mole Man" is available on the CD: Dawn of The Dickies).
Lucy: Please tell us a Dickies secret:
Stan: Then it wouldn't be a secret now would it! Nice try though. Being a man of few words, I think that you got a lot of letters out of me! Hope there's enough for your interview.
Lucy: Wait, that's not all! We need to know what kind of ice cream Stan Lee eats!
STAN LEE: Chocolate almond!
Lucy: It's been a honor talking you with, Stan. Keep on bowlin' with Bedrock Barney.
Editor's note: Lucy Hell's favorite Dickies song is: "I'm Stuck In a Condo (With Marlon Brando)" from the Idjit Savant album.
"Stan Lee of The Dickies Interview" by Lucy Hell © 2007 Mystery Island Publications. Edited and formatted by Bradley Mason Hamlin. Photos of Stan Lee from the collection of Stan Lee. All rights reserved.
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