About Private Dicks

Formed in Bristol UK in 1978, Private Dicks were the leading lights on the Avon Calling album (Heartbeat Records) - the first compilation album of a UK city. Their classic single ''She Said Go'' - now ?30 in collectors magazines - made the UK independent charts and they were chosen by Sounds magazine as a tip for the top in 1980 along with Scritti Politti and U2 Fast, furious and direct - one reviewer said they swing with the power that only Irish bands appear to command - Private Dicks disintegrated within six months of being managed by Mark Dean, the man who discovered George Michael.