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San Francisco, United States (1978 – 1986)
Dead Kennedys are a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. During the 1980s the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene. Their music mixed the more experimental elements of English 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American hardcore punk scene. Dead Kennedys’ songs mix the deliberately shocking lyrics of punk with a humorous, acerbic, satirical, and sarcastic left-wing commentary on current social and political issues. Many of the band’s songs criticize the right-wing ideologies of the religious right and the Ronald Reagan administration, along with many far-left personalities and ideas.
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. R. Giger). 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. From 1998-2004, the band was embroiled in an acrimonious lawsuit over royalties and rights to the band’s music. In 2001, the band re-formed and began touring with a new vocalist over the objections of former lead singer Jello Biafra, who, after losing the lawsuit and being found liable for fraud, filed two appeals that he later lost.
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. R. Giger). 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. From 1998-2004, the band was embroiled in an acrimonious lawsuit over royalties and rights to the band’s music. In 2001, the band re-formed and began touring with a new vocalist over the objections of former lead singer Jello Biafra, who, after losing the lawsuit and being found liable for fraud, filed two appeals that he later lost.
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
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Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
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Bedtime for Democracy
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Frankenchrist
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Holiday in Cambodia
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Too Drunk To Fuck
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California Uber Alles
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Kill the Poor
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Viva Las Vegas
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Police Truck
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Forward to Death
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Let's Lynch the Landlord
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Chemical Warfare
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When Ya Get Drafted
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I Kill Children
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Drug Me
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Your Emotions
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Stealing People's Mail
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RichDude4Life wrote:
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RichDude4Life wrote:
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sylv1nh0 wrote:
almost 10.000.000 plays... 9.999.986 :P
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RedSteel92 wrote:
I have heard Nazi Punks Fuck Off about 100 times. DK is not a hardcore band. the riffs aren't powerful enough, lack the bite and intensity of hardcore like Minor Threat.
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Wjen wrote:
DOESN'T EVEN MUSIC.
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GedankenFrei wrote:
@RedSteel92: Not Hardcore? lol listen to some tracks like "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" or "Religious Vomit" and then compare this sound with ordinary PunkRock ... i think you will see differences between hardcorePUNK und PUNKrock ... not all tracks are so fast thats right but DK is one band with typical hardcore influences ...
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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
"Not even music" - That statement doesn't even make sense.
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Purzel_PadauZ wrote:
MetallicMadman You sure mean DK without Jello?
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narci91 wrote:
Lady Gaga is more political than this shit :D
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MetallicMadman wrote:
Fuck the Dead Kennedys. Lame-ass pretentious hipster shit.
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MoogleRancha wrote:
Fucking awesome band.
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MetallicMadman wrote:
Complete shit. Not even music.
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DahmerCorp wrote:
Shit. ha.
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RedSteel92 wrote:
Maybe so, but SoaD has a more broad based political platform and they don't always use sarcasm. Most of the time it's more like Prison Song or Fuck The System which is very direct and without the sarcasm. I don't like sarcasm in my hardcore. Aside from that musically, DK wasn't hardcore.
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ThePrio wrote:
System of a Down does.
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RedSteel92 wrote:
@ ThePrio: Yeah, all of those bands you listed espouse the social and political views that they support in their music, just like DK did. But they don't do it in the overly ironic that DK did. I just personally find it really annoying.
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ConnlaOlethros wrote:
Frankenchrist was for me what made me truly appreciate Jello Biafra especially 'a growing boy needs his lunch' & 'chicken farm'
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andreworopeza wrote:
quoted. score. XD i was just being rude & annoying, no logic here just enjoy being an ass. i "speel & spokeded mostest good." unless you're referring to what is as close as i can get to a sarcasm font. i never claimed TS made your arguments blah blah..i just making light of the fact that you listen to her, don't tell me what i'm claiming. no subtext here just judging you by your charts. i know it's not a fanbox; when you say something about music i like, i say stuff back. simple. they're great but i'm not even an avid fan & i'm bored now; go away.
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ThePrio wrote:
Criticizing DK for being preachy while listening to Minor Threat, Hatebreed, RATM AND System of a Down is so ironic my eyes rolled back into my head.
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bfmv24 wrote:
Hey, tag Eric Burdon with political
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