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Bio |  |  | | DEAD KENNEDYS were one of the most popular and important American hardcore punk bands of the late 70's/early 80's. They formed in San Francisco in 1978 when vocalist Jello Biafra answered a music paper advert placed by guitarist East Bay Ray. They were joined by bassist Klaus Flouride, drummer Ted, and a second guitarist known to posterity simply as 6025. The latter soon departed, while Ted was replaced in 1981 by D.H. Peligro.
After a brief rehearsal period, DEAD KENNEDYS played their first gig at Mabuhay Gardens in July 1978. The "Fab Mab" was a Filipino restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach section that served as a home to punk bands for nearly ten years. It wasn't too long before the band gained a considerable following around San Francisco. Live, DEAD KENNEDYS were a combination of chaos and theatrics. Their sound could be described as a cross between the Sex Pistols and the Ventures.
DEAD KENNEDYS' early success led them to record their first single "California ?er Alles" in 1979, a blistering attack on the then Governor of California, Jerry Brown. It was released on their own label in the USA, Alternative Tentacles Records, set up by East Bay Ray. That single was later issued in Britain on the indie label Fast Products.
"Holiday in Cambodia" (1980) followed and is perhaps the band's definitive moment - a perfect mix of hilarious yuppie-baiting lyrics and evil-sounding music. Almost as essential were "Kill The Poor" (1980) and "Too Drunk To Fuck" (remarkably, a British Top 40 single in 1981), and the debut LP, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980). That LP went on to be awarded a Gold Record in Britain.
DEAD KENNEDYS played their last show in March of 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, where they started. |
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Links | | www.deadkennedys.com
www.myspace.com/deadkennedys |
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Press | | Landon Gale-George @ Covert Publicity
CovertPublicity@gmail.com
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| | Dead Kennedys have compiled ten of their best-known recordings into a specially-priced new package, for the first time since 1987. Contains all of the hits...."Holiday in Cambodia," "California Über Alles," "Police Truck," "Kill the Poor," "Viva Las Vegas," and "Too Drunk to Fuck." Also Includes brand-new artwork and two bonus, unreleased live tracks. |
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting VegetablesSpecial 25th Anniversary EditionCD + DVD [Click Here To Purchase] |
| | Now available on Manifesto Records -- This CD + DVD reissue of one of the greatest punk albums of all time will feature original album (released September 1980) and artwork along with Bonus DVD Documentary of previously unreleased archival live footage and new interviews. The bonus documentary DVD, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Eyeballs touches on the early days of Dead Kennedys and goes in-depth about the recording of the album. and rare images of early pressings of the album, promotional campaigns, posters, early singles (45s), rare posters, and articles written about the band. New interviews were conducted with DEAD KENNEDYS' members East Bay Ray and Klaus Flouride. Other notables include Ninotchka, Chi Chi, Dirk Dirksen, Oliver DiCicco, Iain McNay, Johnny Angel, Eric Himmelsbach, and Craig Rosen. |
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting VegetablesCD [Click Here To Purchase] |
| | On Manifesto for the first time for its 25th anniversary, is the classic album of American hardcore punk rock, and one of the albums that helped define a whole genre. Contains 14 of the classics including "California Uber Allies," "Holiday in Cambodia," "Kill the Poor," "Viva Las Vegas," "Chemical Warfare," and "Let's Lynch the Landlord," this is the album that every hardcore fan must have. |
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Give Me Convenience or Give Me DeathCD [Click Here To Purchase][Download From iTunes] |
| | Released in 1987, this is the bands "greatest hits" collection and should need no introduction. It features 17 tracks that document the band's classic singles, b sides, rare tracks and compilation tracks from across their career, including "Holiday in Cambodia", "Police Truck," "California Über Alles," and "Too Drunk To Fuck." |
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Bedtime For DemocracyCD [Click Here To Purchase] |
| | Recorded in 1986, this is DEAD KENNEDYS' final studio album and these 21 tracks saw the band take a more "thrashy" edge to their sound, resulting in some of their most fast and intense tracks, and includes " Hop With The Jet Set" and "Take This Job And Shove It". |
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| | This is the first live album ever authorized by DEAD KENNEDYS, featuring previously unreleased live recordings of the band performing classic tracks like "Police Truck," "Kill the Poor," "Holiday In Cambodia," "Moon Over Marin," "California Über Alles," "MTV - Get Off the Air" and more. All were recorded on their home turf, the San Francisco Bay Area; and it's all real--there are no overdubs. |
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| | First released in 1985, this is the infamous psychedelic-edged hardcore release that caused such a sensation with the subsequent censorship trial and features songs like "MTV - Get Off the Air,""Hellnation," and "Chicken Farm". |
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Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust Inc.CD [Click Here To Purchase] |
| | Two albums in One! This full-length album from 1982 established the band as one of the world's most controversial underground acts and features a more eclectic, progressive style. The singles "Bleed for Me" and "Halloween" are featured as is "Moon Over Marin." Combined on the same CD is 1981's In God We Trust, Inc., an all time hardcore classic EP of furious anthems, including "Nazi Punks Fuck Off." |
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| | Features an entire set of live performances from 1979! Includes a cover of the Beatles and a disco version of "Kill The Poor!" |
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