Artist To Watch In 2026: Dash Rip Rock

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Dash Rip Rock shows are a cut-loose good time — a high-octane collision of irreverence, distortion, and raw guitar-driven grit.

This legendary Louisiana Music Hall of Fame trio and longtime indie stalwart fuse roots rock, garage rock, country-punk, and Southern swagger to earn praise from The New York Times for their “fluency in American roots music with a robust dose of punk-rock spirit” and from SPIN as “undeniably the South’s greatest rock band.” With 17+ underground classic albums, a loyal cross-genre fan base spanning rock, Americana, and punk, and a 1990s radio hit with their tongue-in-cheek anthem “Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot,” Dash Rip Rock continues to deliver electrifying live shows. Founder, lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Bill Davis is often credited as a pioneer of country punk, cowpunk, and alt-country—genres that merge rock, outlaw country, and punk attitude.

They put out a few albums on Alternative Tentacles, like the classics Recyclone, Hee Haw Hell, Call Of The Wild, and Black Liquor! You know the old saying... once a tentacle, always and tentacle. You can also catch Bill Davis' incredible guitar work on the epic live album, Walk On Jindal's Splinters by Jello Biafra & The Raunch & Soul All-Stars!

Find out more about Dash Rip Rock at their website dashriprock.net and see when the next show near you is, tell them we sent you! 

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