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MDC
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 MDC (2017)
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| Origin
| Austin, Texas
,
USA
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| Genres
| Punk
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| Years active
| 1979?1995, 2000?present
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| Labels
| R Radical Records,
Crass
, Boner Records,
New Red Archives
,
Sudden Death
, Tank Crimes
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| Members
| Dave Dictor
Ron Posner
Mike Smith
Al Schvitz
Russ Kalita
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| Past member(s)
| Michael Donaldson
Franco Mares
Dejan Podobnik
Brady Green Erik Mischo
Bill Collins
Matt Freeman
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MDC
are an
anarcho-punk
and
hardcore punk
band that started in
Austin, Texas
in
1979
. They helped make hardcore punk popular in Austin, but in
1982
they moved to
San Francisco, California
, where they continued to become popular in the hardcore punk community. In 1993 the band stopped playing music, but they began again in
2000
and still play music today.
Their lyrics were very
political
. They did not like the
police
,
war
,
capitalism
or
racism
. They did like
gay
people and thought that they should be treated fairly.
The name MDC is an
abbreviation
and has meant many things. The band changes what it means a lot. It has meant "Millions of Dead Cops", "More Dead Cops", "Millions of Dead Children", "Multi Death Corporations", "Millions of Damn Christians", "Missile Destroyed Civilization" and "Magnus Dominus Corpus".
