'Go Girl Crazy!'

What I dislike the most about punk bands is that they are almost always manned by smart alecks. As much as the genre and its players reject the notion of conformity and the shallow veneer of popular music, punk musicians are no more sincere or real than their richer, more popular counterparts.

More often than not, you'll find more stage acts, nicknames, make-up, costumes and theatrics in punk rock than you'll find anywhere.

I don't know how sincere The Dictators were about the song "Master Race Rock" considering they might not be serious about anything, to the point that they're covering Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe."

Maybe all of this is irrelevant (it is) and it's more about the sound (it is) and attempting to find genuine feeling in these knuckleheads' music is folly. It'll just frustrate anyone.

The Dictators make this list because in 1975 they had set the stage for the punk explosion and the landscape of rock music being changed forever. Not only the music, but also their smart aleck attitudes.