The Dils

• Type: Band
• Hometown: San Diego, CA
• Active: 1977 - 1980
• Number of gigs played: 9
• Number of other acts played with: 18

• Jeff Scott
  1977 - 1977
  Lead Vocal
• Josef Marc
  1977 - 1977
  Drums
• Tony Kinman
  1977 - 1980
  Electric Bass, Vocals
• Chip Kinman
  1977 - Unknown
  Lead Guitar
• Buddy Hate
  1978 - Unknown
  Drums
  Replaced: Josef Marc
• John Silvers
  1978 - Unknown
  Drums

• The Dils on San Diego Reader

The Dils were an American punk rock band of the late 1970s, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman. They appeared as the second act in the "battle of the bands" sequence in Cheech and Chong's film, Up In Smoke, where they can be heard performing "You're Not Blank" (which ends with drummer Buddy Hate complaining that he could not hear anything without stage monitors).

Blank Generation 3 article

Interview with Chip Kinman, 1997

Shared a bill with:

• The Zeros 3 time(s)
• UXA 3 time(s)
• Negative Trend 2 time(s)
• The Avengers 2 time(s)
• Bo Diddley 1 time(s)
• Rank & File (Los Angeles) 1 time(s)
• The Alley Cats 1 time(s)
• The Clash 1 time(s)
• The Controllers 1 time(s)
• The Eyes 1 time(s)
• The Hitmakers 1 time(s)
• The Upbeats 1 time(s)
• The Weirdos 1 time(s)
• X 1 time(s)

Played at:

• The Mabuhay Gardens 3 time(s)
• Adams Avenue Theater 1 time(s)
• Aiatos - Berkely, CA 1 time(s)
• Elks Lodge No. 99 1 time(s)
• Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1 time(s)
• The Skeleton Club 1 time(s)
• The Stardust Ballroom 1 time(s)

Gigs Played:

• The Skeleton Club (Sunday, November 4, 1979) The Dils The Upbeats
• Date:1979, November 4, 8:30 pm (Sun)
• Headliner: The Dils
• First Opening: The Upbeats

• New Wave 1980 The Stardust Ballroom (08-30-1979) X The Weirdos The Alley Cats
• Date:1979, August 30, 7:30 pm (Thu)
• Headliner: X
• First Opening: The Weirdos
• Second Opening: The Alley Cats
• Additional: The Dils

• 02-09-1979, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium: The Clash Bo Diddley The Dils
• Date:1979, February 9, 8:00 pm (Fri)
• Headliner: The Clash
• First Opening: Bo Diddley
• Second Opening: The Dils

• 10-21-1978, Aiatos - Berkely, CA: The Dils The Zeros
• Date:1978, October 21 (Sat)
• Headliner: The Dils
• First Opening: The Zeros

• 04-21-1978, Mabuhay Gardens: The Dils Rank & File (Los Angeles) UXA
• Date:1978, April 21, 11:00 pm (Fri)
• Headliner: The Dils
• First Opening: Rank & File (Los Angeles)
• Second Opening: UXA

• 02-24-1978, Masque Club Benefit Elks Lodge No. 99: The Skulls The Germs The Bags
• Date:1978, February 24, 8:00 pm (Fri)
• Headliner: The Zeros
• First Opening: The Dils
• Second Opening: The Eyes
• Additional: The Controllers

• 01-29-1978, The Mabuhay Gardens: The Dils The Avengers Negative Trend
• Date:1978, January 29, 10:00 pm (Sun)
• Headliner: The Dils
• First Opening: The Avengers
• Second Opening: Negative Trend
• Additional: UXA

• 01-28-1978, The Mabuhay Gardens: The Dils The Avengers Negative Trend
• Date:1978, January 28, 10:00 pm (Sat)
• Headliner: The Dils
• First Opening: The Avengers
• Second Opening: Negative Trend
• Additional: UXA

• Adams Avenue Theater (Saturday, October 8, 1977) The Zeros The Dils The Hitmakers
• Date:1977, October 8 (Sat)
• Headliner: The Zeros
• First Opening: The Dils
• Second Opening: The Hitmakers