MDC (band)

MDC
MDC performing live in Bar & Boos, Leiden, 6 May 2006. Left to right: Dave Dictor and Ron Posner. Dejan 'Poda' Podobnik (drummer) not visible behind Ron Posner.
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, United States
Genres	Hardcore punk
Years active	1982–1995, 2000–present
Labels	R Radical Records, Crass, Boner Records, New Red Archives, Sudden Death, Tank Crimes
Associated acts	Big Boys, Dead Kennedys, The Dicks, Patareni, Leftover Crack, Pig Champion, Operation Ivy, Rancid
Website	mdc-punk.com
Members	Dave Dictor Ron Posner Mike Smith Al Schvitz Russ Kalita
Past members	Michael Donaldson Franco Mares Dejan Podobnik Brady Green Erik Mischo Bill Collins Matt Freeman Chris Wilder

MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) is an American punk rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1981. The band was subsequently based in San Francisco, California, and are currently based in Portland, Oregon. Originally formed as The Stains before changing their name, the band also changed their name to a different initialism of MDC with every new record released. They play fast hardcore punk music espousing far-left sociopolitical ideals, with singer Dave Dictor expressing his animal rights, gay rights, transgender rights, pro-racial equality and anti-capitalist convictions.

MDC eventually released material through ex-Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra's independent Alternative Tentacles label. In the 1990s, Dictor published editorials for the internationally distributed fanzine Maximumrocknroll. MDC's initial run ended in 1995, and the band spent five years on hiatus before Dictor returned in 2000 with new band members.

Formed in late 1970s as The Stains and playing their first gig under this name in August 1980, MDC were one of three pioneering hardcore punk bands in Austin, Texas, in the early '80s, alongside The Dicks and Big Boys. These bands frequently played together and established the Austin hardcore scene. They released one single as the Stains in 1981, featuring a slower version of the future MDC song "John Wayne Was a Nazi" backed with "Born to Die". Both songs were later released on the debut MDC album.