He would know. He was there, after all, bouncing between San Francisco and Los Angeles as one-third of the seminal punk outfit he’d started with his brother Tony. In his telling, The Dils were invited ...

Tony Kinman of legendary West Coast agit-punks The Dils, Rank and File and other groups, has died after a battle with cancer. The sad news came via his brother, Chip. He was 63. Tony formed The Dils ...

Ty Segall has shared a cover of The Dils’ “Class War,” the second single off his forthcoming covers album Fudge Sandwich, out Oct. 26 through In The Red. “Class War” follows the previous single, a ...

Country songwriter, composer, and punk musician Tony Kinman has died following an extended battle with cancer. His brother and longtime bandmate Chip Kinman announced the news on Facebook Friday ...

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Founded by two brothers who played hard and fast music with in-your-face political songs like “I Hate the Rich,” and “Class War,” The Dils were in the forefront of the West Coast punk movement of the ...

The good people at Alex's Bar sure know how to put on a quality punk-rock show. This one is a superb four-band bill, headlined by local punk pioneers The Dils. Original member Chip Kinman has ...

Recent punk shows at Alex’s Bar have genuinely felt like events rather than simple gigs. A great example was the Avengers/Alice Bag/Alley Cats show — history lessons in the live environment, and ...

Tony Kinman, who co-founded the influential local punk group the Dils with his brother Chip, passed away this morning, after battling pancreatic cancer. “Our first show was at a pizza parlor in Del ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Country songwriter, composer, and punk musician Tony Kinman has died following an extended battle with cancer. His brother and ...