Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 2007

Members: Patrick Barnes, Peter Parker (6), Marco Sin

Power Pop band formed 1978 in Staten Island, NY, USA. Dissolved in 1982.
Not to be confused with the late-'80s metal band of the same name).
Patrick Barnes (guitar/vocals), Peter Parker (drums/vocals), and Marco Sin (bass/vocals).
The band was discovered by Squeeze bassist John Bentley at CBGB in New York. The band released two albums for Stiff Records in the UK (Epic Records in the US). In 1983, the group prepared demos for an unreleased third album, called 'Unsung Heroes'. Four tracks from it were included on 12 O'Clock High, an Italian career retrospective compilation, in 2002.

Bassist Marco Sin (born Marcus Robert Weissmann) died in 1995.

In February 2014, drummer Peter Parker (Minucci) worked with Omaha band, Naive Filter, to record two Dirty Looks originals; "Love Crimes" and "Kiss of Death".[cita