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Bear-like, incendiary frontman
Gary Floyd first emerged in the public consciousness with Austin, TX, political punkers
the Dicks. The group released fiery albums on SST and
Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles labels before their dissolution in 1985. The Dicks had moved to San Francisco at one point, but when they chose to return to Austin,
Gary Floyd stayed behind, forming
Sister Double Happiness with former
Dicks drummer Lynn Perko in 1986.
The new group wallowed in furious, blues-tinged hard rock fueled by
Floyd's dynamic belting ability. The band sparked enough interest to sign to major-label Reprise for 1991's
Heart & Mind. The group broke up in 1995, however, and
Floyd moved on to form
the Gary Floyd Band, which released the album Broken Angels in 1995.
Floyd released the solo effort, Backdoor Preacher Man, in 2000. Early in the new millennium,
Floyd hooked up with some Bay Area musicians to form
Black Kali Ma (named after a Hindu goddess), a group which continued the punk/blues/hard rock spirit of
Floyd's past.
Black Kali Ma released their debut,
You Ride the Pony I'll Be the Bunny, on Alternative Tentacles in 2000. ~ Erik Hage