{"id":8417,"date":"1988-07-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-07-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=8417"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:15:43","slug":"matr-the-dictators-and-bruce-springsteen-faster-and-louder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/07\/04\/matr-the-dictators-and-bruce-springsteen-faster-and-louder\/","title":{"rendered":"Faster and Louder"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m reaching with this one, but a collaboration is a collaboration. and Bruce Springsteen does indeed make an appearance with The Dictators on the lead-off track to their 1978 album Bloodbrothers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bruce was a big fan of the influential punk band’s first two albums–in fact, he once wore a Dictators tee shirt on stage and dedicated “Born to Run” to them.<\/p>\n

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So when it turned out the band was recording their third album in the same building where Bruce was mixing Darkness on the Edge of Town<\/em>, Bruce stopped by for a visit and ended up on vinyl.<\/p>\n

Blink and you’ll miss it, but at about the 2:10 mark, listen closely and you’ll hear Bruce count the band back in for the final chorus.<\/p>\n