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	\| name =		\| name = Johnny & the Dicks
	~~\| image =~~		\| origin = Cleveland, Ohio
	~~\| caption~~ =		\| genre = Art punk<br />Performance art
	\| origin =		\| years_active = 1978–1979
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	\| years_active =		\| members = [[John D. Morton]]<br />[[Andrew Klimek]]<br />[[Cynthia Sley]]<br />[[Laura Kennedy]]<br />[[Michael Weldon]]<br />[[Karen K. Karen Karen]]<br />[[Charles Gilchrist]]
	\| ~~label~~ =		\| associated_acts = [[Electric Eels]]<br />[[The Styrenes]]<br />[[Bush Tetras]]<br />[[X_X]]
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			Johnny & the Dicks were an art-punk performance group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1970s. Although often described as a band, the group functioned primarily as a performance art project and intentionally rejected conventional musical structure.

			== History ==
			Johnny & the Dicks were formed around 1978 by [[John D. Morton]] following the dissolution of his earlier band, [[Electric Eels]]. The group emerged from Cleveland’s early punk and experimental art scene and included members of other notable projects such as [[The Styrenes]], [[Bush Tetras]], and [[X_X]].

			The group was described as an anti-rock band that frequently did not perform music in a traditional sense. Performances included staged actions, posing with instruments, miming recordings by other bands, and performance art pieces such as Morton’s “Tool Jazz,” in which he cut pieces of lumber while other members sat at a table eating cake.

			Johnny & the Dicks performed only a small number of times before dissolving. One documented performance took place at the SPACES art venue in Cleveland, where the band performed in a separate room from the audience, who viewed the action via closed-circuit television. Footage of this performance was recorded by SPACES founder James Rosenberger.

	== Members ==		== Members ==
	* [[John D. Morton]]		* [[John D. Morton]]
	* [[Andrew Klimek]]		* [[Andrew Klimek]]
	* [[~~Karen K. Karen Karen~~]] ~~(Karen Ellis)~~		* [[Cynthia Sley]]
			* [[Laura Kennedy]]
	* [[Michael Weldon]]		* [[Michael Weldon]]
	* [[~~Cynthia Womersly]]~~		* [[Karen K. Karen Karen]]
	* [[Laura Kennedy]]
	* [[Charles Gilchrist]]		* [[Charles Gilchrist]]
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	~~[[Category:NEEDSREFERENCES]]~~		== Discography ==
	[[Category:~~PAGESWITHNOIMAGES~~]]		* ''Johnny & the Dicks'' (1979)
	[[Category:~~CLE Punk~~]]
	[[Category:~~Bands~~]]		The group released a self-titled “album” consisting of a record sleeve that intentionally did not contain a record, in keeping with the project’s conceptual and performance-based approach.
	[[Category:~~Musical~~ groups ~~from Ohio~~]]
			== External links ==
			* [https://dangerousminds.net/comments/amazing_early_punk_document_johnny_and_the_dicks_live Johnny & the Dicks on Dangerous Minds]

			== References ==
			<ref>{{Cite web
			\| url = https://dangerousminds.net/comments/amazing_early_punk_document_johnny_and_the_dicks_live
			\| title = Amazing Early Punk Document: Johnny and the Dicks Live
			\| website = Dangerous Minds
			\| date = 2015-10-09
			\| access-date = 2025-12-14
			}}</ref>
			{{Reflist}}

			[[Category:Verified musical groups from Ohio]]
			[[Category:Verified musical groups from Cleveland, Ohio]]
			[[Category:Art punk groups]]
			[[Category:Performance art groups]]

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== Members ==
* [[John D. Morton]]
* [[Andrew Klimek]]
* [[Karen K. Karen Karen]] (Karen Ellis)
* [[Michael Weldon]]
* [[Cynthia Womersly]]
* [[Laura Kennedy]]
* [[Charles Gilchrist]]
[[Category:CLE Punk]]
[[Category:Bands]]