Filed under: News Spinner.com : Bassist and founding member of the Dead Kennedys, Klaus Flouride, is taking a leave of absence from his institutional hardcore punk band due to a medical condition called Angioedema. "I'm not leaving the Dead Kennedys so much as, right now, I can't... Read more
The never-been-the-same-since-Jell o-quit Dead Kennedys are another member down - Klaus Fluoride has decided that thirty years is enough : Over the past thirty years, I have had the great fortune to have been a founding member of Dead Kennedys, It’s been tough at times but particularly rewarding working and collaborating with men like Biafra, 6025, D.H., Brandon, Jeff, Ted, Dave, Steve, Skip and especially Ray. However a recurring medical condition called Angioedema has caused me to make the difficult decision to begin withdraw from the road and as a touring member of Dead Kennedys. Thus I have [...]
Well, I searched for 'punk' and 'Olympic' and got this classic live clip from the Dead Kennedys! Enjoy 8-8-08 and the Olympics this weekend! Dead Kennedys, Olympic Auditorium,, 1984 "Take this Job and Shove it" & "Chemical Warfare"
Filed under: Twisted Tales Spinner.com : The name of the band alone - Dead Kennedys - is about as Twisted as they come. They were looking for some action, and they got it. San Francisco's answer to the Sex Pistols had more than their share of colorful episodes.Where to begin? We... Read more
Filed under: Twisted Tales Spinner.com : The name of the band alone - Dead Kennedys - is about as Twisted as they come. They were looking for some action, and they got it. San Francisco's answer to the Sex Pistols had more than their share of colorful episodes.Where to begin? We... Read more
Given that, as far as I am concerned, I already live in something of a music Mecca - not Edinburgh per se, but Scotland in general - it only makes sense that when holiday time rolls around I should head for the other great global centre of sulky indie-folk: Portland, Oregon. Home to so, so many great bands, home to the Pickathon Music Festival , home to more rain even than Scotland, this just seems like a wonderful way to spend the next couple of weeks. I am working early on, in fact I have four or [...]
California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys 1979 Mabughay Gardens, San Franciso, California Next month I celebrate my 20 year high school reunion. It has inspired me to seek out my favorite music from that time . Dead Kennedys were definitely a big part of that. In fact, DK was in a special class for us; they rocked AND had something important to say. There was a lot of that in the 80s and I do see it much any more. It’s sad. Where is our modern day Jello Biafra? Our Bono? Aren’t there any [...]
Ahhh.. I remember it like it was the day before yesterday... somewhereabouts 1984. Definitely caught wind of the Connecticut hardcore scene even though I grew up across the border in NY State. Cassettes, moshing, and feeling like I was a part of something. Funny that I actually became friends with some of the guys in the CT bands many years later like 76% Uncertain. Here are some of the songs that fueled my youth. Is it weird that I still dig them? Clitboys – No Such Thing Vatican Commandos – [...]
- Covers for your week - Afterhours - Shadowplay (Joy Division cover) Tratto dall’album tributo Something About Joy Division questa è una bella versione acustica di uno dei brani più conosciuti della band di Manchester. Manuel Agnelli sussurra dolcemente l’angoscia dell’attesa, in una notte buia e silenziosa come la città mentre dorme. Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas (Elvis cover) Jello Biafra, comandante di questo veliero di pirati, storpia l’accento [...]
I am safely on the east coast and have sporadic internet access, but I wanted to say hi and give a fond farewell to California. As I get more settled I will try and post more often, I'm way behind on searching for new covers for the collection as well so if you find something amazing send it my way! Guster "California Dreamin' " (The Mamas and The Papas Cover) Mates of State "California" (Phantom Planet Cover) The Delgados "California Über [...]
Who doesn’t love moving into a new place and having some unforeseen problems there (*cough* look at the fourth song posted *cough*)? An ode out to everyone doing the move thing, such as myself and Sasha (who as many of you probably have noticed by the punk rock assault, hasn’t posted on here in quite some time due to her computer being all packed away). Good luck to everyone else moving! Mp3: Dead Kennedys – [...]
Good tidings on this first Friday of June, Internet travelers. Is the weather nice where you live? Has that neighborhood swimming pool opened yet? Can you hear the sweet, lilting song of the ice cream truck as is barrels down your street at break-neck speeds, barely escaping a collision with the doughy face of a six-year-old who "just wanted a Spiderman Popsicle"? Are the birds and bees graciously eating one another's assholes, or doing whatever it is they do to give us that birds-and-bees expression? I'll tell you one thing that's not happening: I'm not going to see [...]
Legendary singer of the Dead Kennedys and head honcho of the highly-influentual punk label Alternative Tentacles , Jello Biafra, has no plans on fading away soon. The outspoken, controversial Biafra has been active as a spoken word artist for quite some time and also performing as Jello Biafra and The Melvins, or just Jelvins. On his 50th, Alternative Tentacles celebrates with a show showcasing Jello's new band, reunited skate-punk legends Drunk Injuns, and latest crop of exciting bands such as Akimbo, and Triclops!. The newly hatched Biafra band (as yet unnamed) is Ralph Spight (Victims Family, Freak [...]
Walls and bridges have a symbiotic relationship - one separates people, the other connects. Whether the Great Wall Of China or the walls of a cellblock, their use keeps humans divided from each other. Bridges span obstacles, sometimes they're as simple as a log fallen across a stream, other times as complex as the 12,828 foot Akashi Kaikyo Bridge suspension bridge in Japan. Between November 9, 1989 and August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall separated West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany. [...]
Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys Okay, last week I asked if there was anything more stupid than the recent spat about Obama's "bitter" comments. In the last several days, that question has been answered. By far the silliest thing yet to happen in this neverending primary season are the gas tax "holiday" proposals from McCain and Hillary. Beyond just the absurdity of the proposals themselves, there is the very terrifying thought that such pandering actually could prove effective. I find it hard to believe that people could be bamboozeled by something [...]
Maybe this is a bit parochial (and non-musical) but all the signs suggest that the largest share of Londoners who actually voted for their mayor did so for an upper class homophobic racist. Apart from making the must-be-soon celebration of Thatcher's death in Trafalgar Square much more interesting than it would have been under [...]
There was a (belated) Earth Day festival on campus yesterday. As per the usual protocols for these types of events, the organizers set up a sound stage in the courtyard between the student center and science building. While mostly used to broadcast repeat plays of a Best of Bob Marley CD (because no matter how mainstream ecological awareness has become, it is vital to stress its hemp-shirt-and-Birkenstocks roots), it did host at least one live musical performance, and I caught a couple minutes of their set during one of my trips to the vending machines in an adjacent [...]
California - Phantom Planet California Sun - The Dictators California Girls - The Magnetic Fields California (Part II) - Mason Jennings California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
A friend of mine is suffering from an appalling time trying to find a job, and it's hard to offer sympathy in that kind of situation, but I have been through this before, so I do have some idea. It took me almost a year to get my first job in what I trained [...]
The Easter Bunny scars a child for life, Mayne Island, 24 March 2008 Don't let the title of this post scare you, Dearest Friends, we're all safe and sound. We had a lovely time on Mayne, all in all. Though there were some suffering children. The weather was magnificently fickle; frequent bouts of lashing wind and cascading hail interspersed with lengthy stretches of gentle sunshine sufficient to allow for refreshing walks in forest and along shore. I also managed to steal an hour to myself, which I spent sitting by the water [...]
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