Over 15 years since they first burst forth onto the L.A. punk scene, Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys are a band that should still be feared - and respected.Like their British counterparts the Sex Pistols, the Dead Kennedys erupted when we ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes.com
Christopher Sonnabend sat next to me in science class in sixth grade. Rather than on the teacher, his attention was on his desk. He’d both draw and etch tiny symbols into the surface. The symbols were like some aboriginal carving, with ...more
Uncut
Though Black Flag and X could match their intensity, Dead Kennedys were surely the most influential proponents of late-'70s US punk. Theirs was a remorseless blitz, topped off by the hammy vibrato of the outraged and fabulously sarcastic Jello ...more
All Music Guide
A hyper-speed blast of ultra-polemical, left-wing hardcore punk, and bitingly funny sarcasm,Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetablesstands as the Dead Kennedys' signature statement. As one of the first hardcore albums, it was a galvanizing influence on ...more
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