Dead Kennedys

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the DKs last concert. The event was at UC Davis in 1986.
Anyone like the DKs?

[IcyPeas]

1. no, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn in Cambodia

and ate Jello

[OriginalGeek]

3. lolz

Laaz Rocket does a pretty good cover of that one but nothing beats the Dead Kennedys

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

4. Not another...

...Jello joke.

[OriginalGeek]

2. Love them

There's a band, sans Jello, touring as DK nowadays but I haven't heard if they are any good. I kinda think it's not DK without Biafra.

Some bands can get away with that but not them.

But Jello shows up in some pretty cool places - he's contributed vocals to one my other favorite bands, Napalm Death and Barney of ND is a huge fan of DK. They cover Nazi Punks Fuck Off in every show I've seen and I assume most, if not all, of the ones I haven't.


That reminds me, I need to add Dead Kennedys to my vinyl hunt. I've recently decided to start collecting vinyl records again and I think all my current DK is on CD (or stolen from the internet lol)...

and the Napalm Death cover:

Punk ain't no religious cult
Punk means thinking for yourself
You ain't hardcore cos you spike your hair
When a jock still lives inside your head

Nazi punks
Nazi punks
Nazi punks-Fuck Off!

Nazi punks
Nazi punks
Nazi punks-Fuck Off!

If you've come to fight, get outa here
You ain't no better than the bouncers
We ain't trying to be police
When you ape the cops it ain't anarchy

[Repeat chorus]

Ten guys jump one, what a man
You fight each other, the police state wins
Stab your backs when you trash our halls
Trash a bank if you've got real balls

You still think swastikas look cool
The real nazis run your schools
They're coaches, businessmen and cops
In a real fourth reich you'll be the first to go

[Repeat chorus]

You'll be the first to go
You'll be the first to go
You'll be the first to go
Unless you think

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. Without Jello...

...wouldn't be the same.

Chemical Warfare

[cyberswede]

9. Great tune!

I had to go listen on youtube!

[OriginalGeek]

11. lol, me too

for the last however long since this thread was started I have been feasting on DK on youtube...

[friendly_iconoclast]

23. I still have my "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" armband and the 7" single it came with.

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They both reside in a place of honor next to the Gang of Four's
"Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time/He'd Send InThe Army"....

[OriginalGeek]

24. NICE!

I'm gonna have to seriously start digging through some used record stores to find some of that stuff. I love Gang of Four too but I'm not as experienced with them...I need to fix that.

[cyberswede]

6. Have several of their albums on vinyl.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

12. I was a bit of a...

...Devo enthusiast as well.

[warrprayer]

7. Right Wing Pigeons

oops that was the milkmen

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. My Milkmen memories are very vague.... n/t

[warrprayer]

15. Understandable

I have false memories from the early 70s

[a la izquierda]

8. Love 'em.

Grew up listening to the Dead Kennedys. My husband and I are old fart punkers (well, I'm in the Wednesdays of my 30s and he's in the Saturdays of his, so we're not that old).

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. I'm about...

...20 years your senior. I suppose I'm an ancient fart.

[a la izquierda]

18. Nah, some of our best friends are in their 50s...

age is a number I don't pay much attention to. But, sometimes the young'uns in my gym make me feel ancient

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

20. I kinda feel like...

...I didn't grow up until 40.

[a la izquierda]

21. Then you must be like my husband.

The man still acts like he's 12.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

22. Well, occasionally I still act like I'm 12 but...

...in my 30s I was sometimes 4 - 9.

[OriginalGeek]

10. I just remembered

in the early~mid eighties I went to a tech school and had a "cafeteria friend" (Meaning we hung out at break times and smoked cigs together but it never went farther than that) and she is the one who really introduced me to the Dead Kennedys.

She had bright, multi-colored hair and a lot of other punk attributes so she stood out from most of the kids but I liked her and enjoyed hanging out with her (at least, until I started seriously dating the girl who is now my wife). I was skinny and had long hair and had come from a Led Zeppelin world of hard rock and metal but she played me some cool stuff from her Kennedys.

I remember teasing each other - she would see me come up and say "Hey Dead Zeppelin" and I'd say "Hey Led Kennedys" and we had stupid fun laughing at that.

I wish I knew if Heather is doing OK today. I'd definitely like to thank her for turning me on to some great hardcore and punk music.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

16. I've lost touch with many friends.

It seems, as time goes on, I'm better at being friends but have fewer of them.

[hibbing]

17. It's the suede/denim secret police They have come for your uncool niece

Hey,
Loved me some DK back in the day. Still listen to some every once in awhile.

Peace

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. peace

Now it is 1984. Knock-knock at your front door.