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The day of the performance was spent practicing the song they were asked to play, the underground hit 'California über alles'. On March 25, 1980, Dead Kennedys were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards in an effort to give the event some 'new wave credibility', in the words of the organizers. The newest reissue-the special 25th-anniversary edition-features the original artwork and a bonus 55-minute DVD documenting the making of the album as well as the band's early years. Since its initial release, it has been re-released by several other labels, including IRS, Alternative Tentacles, and Cleopatra. The album reached number 33 on the UK Albums Chart. In June, the band recorded their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, released in September of that year on the UK label Cherry Red.

In early 1980, they recorded and released the single ' Holiday in Cambodia'.

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The band followed with a poorly attended East Coast tour, being a new and fairly unknown band at the time, without a full album release.įresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980–1981) Biafra performing live In June, the band released their first single, ' California über alles', on Biafra and East Bay Ray's independent label, Alternative Tentacles. Our name is actually homage to the American Dream.' Ħ025 left the band in March 1979 under somewhat unclear circumstances, generally considered to be musical differences. When JFK was assassinated, when Martin Luther King was assassinated, when RFK was assassinated, the American Dream was assassinated.

Not, apparently, the kind of contract some people have in mind.' However, despite popular belief, the name was not meant to insult the Kennedy family, but according to Ray, 'the assassinations were in much more poor taste than our band. Kennedy's assassination.' Despite mounting protests, the owner of Mabuhay declared, 'I can't cancel them NOW-there's a contract. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote in November 1978, 'Just when you think tastelessness has reached its nadir, along comes a punk rock group called 'The Dead Kennedys', which will play at Mabuhay Gardens on Nov. Due to the provocative name of the band, they sometimes played under pseudonyms, including 'The DK's', 'The Sharks', 'The Creamsicles' and 'The Pink Twinkies'. ĭead Kennedys played numerous shows at local venues afterward. They were the opening act on a bill that included DV8 and Negative Trend with The Offs headlining. Their first live show was on July 19, 1978, at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, California. The original band lineup consisted of East Bay Ray on lead guitar, Klaus Flouride (Geoffrey Lyall) on bass, Jello Biafra (Eric Reed Boucher) on vocals, Ted (Bruce Slesinger) on drums and 6025 (Carlos Cadona) on rhythm guitar. History Formation of the band (1978–1979) ĭead Kennedys formed in June 1978 in San Francisco, California, when East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) advertised for bandmates in the newspaper The Recycler, after seeing a ska-punk show at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco.

Although Dead Kennedys have continued to perform live over the years, they have not released any new material since the release of their fourth studio album Bedtime for Democracy in 1986. In 2001, the band reformed without Biafra various singers have since been recruited for vocal duties. In 2000 (upheld on appeal in 2003), Biafra lost an acrimonious legal case initiated by his former Dead Kennedys bandmates over songwriting credits and unpaid royalties. Following the band's dissolution, Biafra continued to collaborate and record with other artists including D.O.A., NoMeansNo and his own bands Lard and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, as well as releasing several spoken word performances. The group released a total of four studio albums and one EP before disbanding in 1986.

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This culminated in an obscenity trial between 19, which resulted in a hung jury. Several stores refused to stock their recordings, provoking debate about censorship in rock music in the mid-1980s, vocalist and primary lyricist Jello Biafra became an active campaigner against the Parents Music Resource Center. During their initial incarnation between 19, they attracted considerable controversy for their provocative lyrics and artwork. ĭead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing political figures and authority in general, as well as popular culture and even the punk movement itself. The band was one of the defining punk bands during its initial eight-year run. Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.

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