Gary Floyd, a founding member of the influential ‘80s punk rock band the Dicks, has passed away.

He was 71.

The Austin Chronicle reports Floyd was taken off life support after time in the hospital due to congestive heart failure.

The Chronicle said Floyd grew up in Palestine, Texas, and spent time in Houston where he was a conscientious objector who worked as a janitor in a state hospital to avoid the Vietnam War draft. An openly gay man, Floyd would often perform in drag to the Texas crowds during the 1980s, according to the Austin Chronicle.

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The Dicks formed in Austin in 1980, ultimately disbanding in 1986. They would later reunite and perform together until 2016. The reunion shows featured the original lineup other than Glen Taylor who died in 1997. The group was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

Floyd was a founding member along with Buxf Parrott, Pat Deason and Glen Taylor. They playing in Austin until 1983 when they left for San Francisco.

The band released two full-length albums, “Kill from the Heart” in 1983 with SST Records and “These People” in 1985 with Alternative Tentacles. Tracks include “No Nazi’s Friend,” “Anti-Klan” (Parts One and Two), “Bourgeois Fascist Pig,” “Dicks Hate the Police,” “Cities are Burning” and “Decent and Clean.”

The 2015 documentary film “The Dicks from Texas” chronicles the band and the Austin punk scene.

Along with Lynn Perko, Floyd also formed the alternative blues rock band Sister Double Happiness in San Fransisco in 1986. The band released several studio albums including a self-titled record in 1988 with SST, as well as “Heart and Mind” in 1991 with Reprise and “Horsey Water” in 1994 with Sub-Pop.

Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork wrote Floyd was “a punk all-timer on stage” who “turned anger and despair at homophobia, racism, and the abuse of state power into righteous, rallying punk onslaughts.”

“Floyd wished to establish a counterpoint to not only mainstream conformism, but also bigotry in their surrounding alternative communities,” Monroe wrote.