Code 7

Credentials as a deep obscurist on the Minneapolis music scene could be one's for the asking if the name Clark Dircz is brought up, provided it can be pronounced properly. Dircz was the deep dish in a combo served up in 1993 as Code 7, a simile not only appetizing but appropriate considering the name comes from police code for a meal break. Another band came out of North Carolina a few years later called Codeseven and the two outfits should not be confused, either with each other or the content of chatter over police radios. Code 7 of Minneapolis may have been influenced by ...