Dick Lucas (singer)


Dick Lucas is a British vocalist and lyricist of several punk rock bands. He is best for being a member the British anarcho-punk rock band Subhumans, whom he joined in September 1980, and the ska-punk band Citizen Fish that he co-founded in 1990.

Biography

Lucas was a vocalist in The Mental from March 1979 to August 1980. He then joined theSubhumans in September 1980.
With the breakup of Subhumans in the mid 1980s came another band, Culture Shock, from 1986, followed by a short silence from Lucas.
Citizen Fish was co-founded by Lucas in 1990, a ska-punk group.
Citizen currently featuring Subhumans bass player Phil on guitar, the newly added Silas on drums, and long-time collaborator Jasper on bass guitar.
In 1995, Lucas's abstract novel Write The Way Up was publicised.
The Subhumans have long since reunited and released their first album in 12 years on September 13th, 2019, which included both a US and European tour. Other side projects in recording and performance have included The Bungalow Band, The Clutton Brothers, a spoken word–stand-up poetry act, and playing keyboards with friends in the Plymouth UK punk band Bus Station Loonies.
During early 2010, he contributed a spoken piece about the 7 July 2005 London bombings for Global Parasite's song "Seven Seven".
Lucas also appeared in the 2007 movie Punk's Not Dead, where he discussed his views on punk rock and other philosophical issues.

Style

Lucas' lyrical content ranges from his outrage and defiance at a system that had, in his perception, betrayed him to philosophical ruminations on the nature of conformity, group-think and the individual's place in society.
Lucas' later writing has proven to be less politically oriented, and heavier on social awareness, stressing understanding between people, and active communication.