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Dead Kennedys biography, Dead Kennedys discography
Jello Biafra
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Bruce Slesinger
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D.The Dead Kennedys are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California.In the late 1980s, the band was embroiled in an obscenity trial in the US over the 1985 Frankenchrist album, which included a poster with art that depicted penises (Penis Landscape by H.The band was charged criminally with distribution of harmful matter to minors, but the trial ended with a hung jury.The band officially disbanded in 1986.Plastic Surgery Disasters and Alternative Tentacles Records
1.Frankenchrist and criminal obscenity prosecution
1.Lawsuits over royalty payments
1."DK" logo
3 Lyrics
4 Samples
5 Members
6 Discography
6.Late 1970s: Formation of the band
The Dead Kennedys formed in June 1978, after guitarist East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) advertised for bandmates after seeing a punk show at the Mabuhay Gardens.This lineup recorded their first demos.In early July, the band wanted a more experienced drummer, so they recruited Ted (Bruce Slesinger).Dead Kennedys played numerous shows at local venues afterwards.On March 25, 1980, the DKs were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards in front of music industry bigwigs to give the event some "New Wave credibility", in the words of the organizers.The song was never recorded in the studio but this performance, the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the posthumous compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.In the fall, the band released their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.In January of 1981, Ted announced that he wanted to leave to pursue a career in architecture and would help look for a replacement.In May, the band released the single "Too Drunk to Fuck".It is also likely that had "Too Drunk to Fuck" hit the top 30, it would have been banned from playing, in the fashion of The Exploited.The following year (1982) they released a full album, Plastic Surgery Disasters (the album's cover features a withered starving African child's hand being held and dwarfed by a white man's hand).American social and political life such as the religious right, Ronald Reagan and the idle rich.While they continued to play live shows during 1983 and 1984, they took a break from releasing new records to concentrate on the Alternative Tentacles record label, which would become synonymous with DIY alternative culture, independent from and in contrast to the commercialized sterile cultural landscape the world had become since the "cultural revolution" of the '60s faded into the yuppie '80s.The band continued to write and perform new material during this time, which would appear on their next album (some of these early performances can be seen in the Live at DMPO's on Broadway video, originally released by Dirk Dirksen and later reissued on Rhino).The release of the album Frankenchrist in 1985 showed the band had grown beyond their hardcore roots in terms of musical proficiency and lyrical maturity.Around this time Klaus Flouride released the similarly experimental solo EP Cha Cha Cha With Mr.The girl's mother wrote letters of complaint to the California Attorney General and to Los Angeles prosecutors.In 1986 members of the band Dead Kennedys, along with other parties involved in the distribution of Frankenchrist, were charged criminally with distribution of harmful matter to minors.The store where the girl actually purchased the album was never named in the lawsuit.The criminal charges focused on an illustration by H.Biafra says that during this time government agents invaded and searched his home.The prosecution tried to present the poster to the jury in isolation for consideration as obscene material, but Judge Susan Isacoff ruled that the poster must be considered along with the music and lyrics.The charges against three of the original defendants, Ruth Schwartz (owner of Mordam Records), Steve Boudreau (a distributor involved in supplying Frankenchrist to the Los Angeles Wherehouse store), and Salvatore Alberti (owner of the factory where the record was pressed), were dismissed for lack of evidence.District Attorneys Michael Guarino and Ira Riener made a motion for a retrial which was denied by Judge Isacoff, Superior Court Judge for the County of Los Angeles.The album, however, was banned from many record stores nationwide.The court case would later be brought up again after the breakup of the band, when Jello Biafra met with Tipper Gore on the Oprah Winfrey Show.During the summer they recorded these songs for their final album, Bedtime for Democracy, which was released in November.Lawsuits over royalty payments
In the late 1990s, former band members discovered problems with the amount of payments which each band member had received from their record label Alternative Tentacles.Former band members claimed that Jello Biafra had conspired to pay less royalty rates to the band members.Biafra claims that their lawyers had told him only to correspond through lawyers and not directly with the band, as the conflict over payment had apparently arisen before the accounting mistake was discovered.Dead Kennedys' back catalogue to the Decay Music partnership.Dead Kennedys song royalty directly to the band partnership.This dispute was hotly contested by all concerned who felt passionately for their cause, and the case caused minor waves within punk circles.Biafra claims that guitarist East Bay Ray had long expressed displeasure with Alternative Tentacles and with the amount of money he received from them, thus the original incentive for the discovery of the back payments.Biafra accused the band of wanting to license the famous Dead Kennedys song "Holiday in Cambodia" for use in a Levi's jeans commercial, which the band denied.Biafra would later complain that the jury was not sympathetic toward underground music and punk culture.Biafra's former bandmates maintain that they sued because of Jello Biafra's deliberate withholding of money, though when pressed they have acknowledged that the payment was an accounting mistake, but insist that Biafra was wrong in failing to inform the band directly.Dead Kennedys' name and his music.Biafra also accused the releases of the new live material of having poor sound quality.Consequently, he has discouraged fans from buying any Dead Kennedy reissues.The other band members denied Biafra's accusations regarding the live releases, and have defended the mixes as an effort of hard work.Biafra further criticized them for advertising shows using his own image taken from the original '80s incarnation of the band, which he labeled as false advertising.He recently attacked the reformed Dead Kennedys in a song called "Those Dumb Punk Kids (Will Buy Anything)", which appears on his second collaboration with experimental metal band The Melvins, Sieg Howdy!.Biafra told an audience at a speaking gig in Trenton, New Jersey, that the remaining Dead Kennedys have licensed their single "Too Drunk to Fuck" to be used in a rape scene in a Robert Rodriguez movie.The reformed Dead Kennedys followed their court victory by announcing a number of tour dates, releasing reissues of all Dead Kennedys albums (except Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, to which they did not have the rights until 2005), releasing several new archival concert DVDs, and licensing several songs to The Manchurian Candidate remake and the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game.Neighbors, Freddy Got Fingered, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.In 2001, Ray, Peligro, and Fluoride chose former child star Brandon Cruz to replace Biafra's role as vocalist.The band played under name "DK Kennedys" for a few concerts, but have since gone back to "Dead Kennedys" permanently.They have played across the continental United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and Russia.Milking the Sacred Cow was released.Recently, Klaus Flouride announced that he will be leaving the Dead Kennedys after their Spring 2008 tour.As of now, the Dead Kennedys haven't made any statements if they will find a replacement for Klaus, or break up again.The original logo was created by Winston Smith.He later contributed artwork for the covers of In God We Trust, Inc.Studio albums
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
In God We Trust, Inc.Appeal Verdict, Dead Kennedys v.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.This article or section has multiple issues.Please help improve it by citing reliable sources.Single by Dead Kennedys
from the album 'In God We Trust, Inc.Both songs from this single are taken from the In God We Trust, Inc.The Dead Kennedys addressed this segment of their audience with "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!"The grindcore band Napalm Death released a cover of the song on their EP Nazi Punks Fuck Off; it was also featured on Virus 100, a compilation of Dead Kennedys covers released by Alternative Tentacles in 1992.EP Leaders not Followers in 2000.Eugene Chadbourne did an acoustic cover of this song.Darkest Hour covered this song in 2007 for Kerrang!This song was the second consecutive Dead Kennedys single to contain "Fuck" in its title.This page was last modified on 25 March 2008, at 00:07.Jello Biafra (real name Eric Boucher), answered an advert placed in a music paper by guitarist East Bay Ray.In 1978 the full impact of British punk had yet to be felt in America, mainly because the sheer size of the country was such an obstacle for groups with limited financial backing.Biafra apparently a witness to the spectacle.Fired by this experience and that of a visit to Britain at the height of punk in 1977, Biafra determined to help create an equivalent American scene.American punk was free from the more ludicrous dictates which restricted many aspects of British punk; there were, for example, few bondage trousers and kilts to be seen at American gigs.After a brief rehearsal period the Dead Kennedys played their first gig in July 1978; the tension and provocation between band and audience that night set the standard for what was to follow.Also important was the fact that the band were not afraid to back up their political opinions with concerted action.The American branch of the Kennedys' own label, Alternative Tentacles, had been set up in 1979, but the British arm was not established until a few years later.In the meantime a string of singles appeared in the early 80s released through the independent labels Fast and Cherry Red.Governor of California, Jerry Brown.John Peel's Festive Fifty for many years.Had it been handled properly the album would unquestionably have been one of the best punk albums ever recorded; as it was the record fails to convince entirely.That crudity and brutality was taken to new extremes with the release of "In God We Trust Inc."Certainly, the inept bumblings offered by most of the UK's punk bands at this time could not compare."Plastic Surgery Disasters" (November 1982), is a vast improvement on Fresh Fruit and is the band's finest collection of songs; the savage wit and political satire remained to the fore, but the music, whilst retaining its energy, also included such unexpected moments as Fluoride playing the clarinet.This was finally broken with the release of "Frankenchrist" (December 1985), an LP which was indirectly responsible for the eventual fragmentation of the band.First Amendment which guarantees every American citizen the right to free speech.Despite having its moments it is a flatly produced record and sounds anachronistic and thin on musical ideas; Biafra later admitted that he had taken the opportunity deliberately to exhaust this particular side of his songwriting.Judge who overruled a deadlocked jury and declared a mistrial.The whole ugly affair, which apart from a few honourable exceptions had seen a disgraceful lack of support from most of the music business, had broken the Dead Kennedys but ultimately it has led Biafra into a whole new range of projects; these include numerous spoken word performances, musical collaborations with DOA, NoMeansNo, Mojo Nixon, and most effectively as Lard with Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker of Ministry.The Dead Kennedys had been a crucial stimulant to the US punk scene in its infancy; that scene has had important reverberations down to the present day and for the that reason alone the DKs' place in musical history is assured.It was taken from The Rough Guides, an exellent collection of band reviews.Sorry, the page you're trying to reach is unavailable or the page may no longer exist.Click your browser's Back button to return to the previous page."Dead Kennedys on MSN Music";s.Kennedys and deliberately misled East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Your search did not match any products.Too many keywords can constrain your search.View or change your orders in Your Account.
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