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Dead Kennedys
Biografie van de kunstenaar Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys Are A Punk Rock Band That Formed In San Francisco California USA In 1978. During Its Initial Eight-Year Run With Original Vocalist Jello Biafra The Band Attracted Controversy For Their Provocative Content And Were Among The First To Define The Style Of 1980s Hardcore Punk. Dead Kennedys' Lyrics Were Usually Political In Nature Satirizing The Reagan Administration And The American Establishment In General As Well As Popular Culture And Even The Punk Movement Itself. Several Stores Refused To Stock Their Recordings Sparking Debate About Censorship In Rock Music. Jello Biafra Became An Active Campaigner Against The Parents Music Resource Center PMRC Culminating In An Obscenity Trial In 1985-1986 Which Resulted In A Hung Jury. The Group Released A Total Of Four Studio Albums And One EP Before Disbanding In 1986. Following The Band's Dissolution Jello 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 Spoken Word Performances And Becoming An Activist With The Green Party. In 2000 Jello Biafra Lost An Acrimonious Legal Case Initiated By His Former Dead Kennedys Band Mates Over Songwriting Credits And Unpaid Royalties. In 2001 The Band Reformed Various Singers Have Since Been Recruited For Vocal Duties.
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Dead-Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
The First Single By The Dead Kennedys. The Record Was Released In June 1979 On Optional Music With "The Man With The Dogs" As The B-Side. The Title Track Was Re-Recorded For The Band's First Album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 1980 And The Version That Appeared On This Single As Well As The Single's B-Side Are Available On The Rarities Album Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death 1987 . The Lyrics Were Written By Jello Biafra And John Greenway And Biafra Composed The Music In One Of His Rare Attempts At Composing On Bass.The Song Focuses On Jerry Brown The Governor Of California 1975-1983 And 2011-Present And Is Sung From His Perspective. An Imaginary Brown Outlines A Hippie-Fascist Vision For America In Which His "suede Denim Secret Police" Kill Un-Cool People With "organic Poison Gas" Chambers. Lines Such As "Serpent's Egg Already Hatched" A Reference To A Line From William Shakespeare's Play 'Julius Caesar' Comment On The Corrosive Nature Of Power. The Line "now It Is 1984" Refers To The Totalitarian Regime Of George Orwell's Novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
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Biography - Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys Are A Punk Rock Band That Formed In San Francisco California USA In 1978. During Its Initial Eight-Year Run With Original Vocalist Jello Biafra The Band Attracted Controversy For Their Provocative Content And Were Among The First To Define The Style Of 1980s Hardcore Punk. Dead Kennedys' Lyrics Were Usually Political In Nature Satirizing The Reagan Administration And The American Establishment In General As Well As Popular Culture And Even The Punk Movement Itself. Several Stores Refused To Stock Their Recordings Sparking Debate About Censorship In Rock Music. Jello Biafra Became An Active Campaigner Against The Parents Music Resource Center PMRC Culminating In An Obscenity Trial In 1985-1986 Which Resulted In A Hung Jury. The Group Released A Total Of Four Studio Albums And One EP Before Disbanding In 1986. Following The Band's Dissolution Jello 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 Spoken Word Performances And Becoming An Activist With The Green Party. In 2000 Jello Biafra Lost An Acrimonious Legal Case Initiated By His Former Dead Kennedys Band Mates Over Songwriting Credits And Unpaid Royalties. In 2001 The Band Reformed Various Singers Have Since Been Recruited For Vocal Duties.
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The first single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in June 1979 on Optional Music with "The Man with the Dogs" as the b-side. The title track was re-recorded for the band's first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980), and the version that appeared on this single, as well as the single's b-side, are available on the rarities album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (1987).
The lyrics were written by Jello Biafra and John Greenway, and Biafra composed the music in one of his rare attempts at composing on bass.The song focuses on Jerry Brown, the Governor of California 1975-1983 and 2011-present, and is sung from his perspective.
An imaginary Brown outlines a hippie-fascist vision for America, in which his "suede denim secret police" kill un-cool people with "organic poison gas" chambers. Lines such as "Serpent's egg already hatched" (a reference to a line from William Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar') comment on the corrosive nature of power. The line "now it is 1984" refers to the totalitarian regime of George Orwell's novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.