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Title: M.D.C. - Millions Of Dead Cops
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Hardcore Punk, Anarcho-Punk and Political Punk, Austin, Texas 8/26
Matrix #: BCR175-1
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (CC) | Members: M.D.C. (N/A)
Cultural Facts:
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Scene History: Originally formed in Austin as The Stains, M.D.C. became part of the early Texas hardcore underground before relocating to San Francisco and connecting with the city’s politically charged punk scene.
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Political Punk: “John Wayne Was a Nazi” became one of the band’s defining songs, using deliberately confrontational lyrics to attack racism, nationalism, and the sanitized mythology surrounding American cultural heroes.
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Band Lore: The group repeatedly reinvented what the initials M.D.C. stood for, using names such as Millions of Dead Cops, Multi-Death Corporations, and Millions of Damn Christians as satirical commentary on politics, religion, and corporate power.
8/25/2026 CC