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2007 - Milking the Sacred Cow
2004 - Live at the Deaf Club
2001 - Mutiny on the Bay
1988 - Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc.
1987 - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
1986 - Bedtime for Democracy
1985 - Frankenchrist
1982 - Plastic Surgery Disasters
1982 - The Virgin Demos
1981 - In God We Trust, Inc.
1980 - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
view 2007 - Milking the Sacred Cow 2004 - Live at the Deaf Club 2001 - Mutiny on the Bay 1988 - Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc. 1987 - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death 1986 - Bedtime for Democracy 1985 - Frankenchrist 1982 - Plastic Surgery Disasters 1982 - The Virgin Demos 1981 - In God We Trust, Inc. 1980 - Fresh Fruit for Rotting VegetablesMembers
4 Male
Popularity
57
Followers
898,894
Origin
San Francisco, California
Genre
Punk Rock
Style
Punk
Mood
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Born
4 Male
Popularity
57Followers
898,894
Origin
San Francisco, CaliforniaGenre
Punk RockStyle
Punk
Mood
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Born
1978
Active
1978 to 
1986
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Artist Biography
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Dead Kennedys are an American punk band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk rock community, and were one of the first American hardcore bands to make a significant impact in the United Kingdom.
Their eclectic music encompassed their trademark loud and fast hardcore, but also spaghetti western, psychedelic, garage rock and rockabilly. Jello Biafra's biting lyrics tackled the sociopolitical concerns of the Reagan era with a distinct sense of morbid humor and satire, following in the footsteps of such earlier rock satirists as Frank Zappa and non-musical countercultural figures like Abbie Hoffman and Lenny Bruce.
In the mid-1980s, the band was embroiled in an obscenity trial in the United States over the artwork of their album Frankenchrist (1985), which included the explicit titular subject of H. R. Giger's Penis Landscape. The band was charged with "distribution of harmful matter to minors", but the trial ended with a hung jury.
Dead Kennedys released five studio albums before disbanding in 1986. In 2001, the band reformed without Biafra, who had been in a legal dispute with the remaining members over royalties.
The band played three performances in October 2010. At one of the concerts, they debuted their first new song since 1986, "You're Such a Fake".
Since the dissolution of Dead Kennedys, Biafra has continued to collaborate and record with other artists, including Mojo Nixon, Al Jourgensen of Ministry, and the Melvins, and has become a spoken word performer, covering political topics in particular.
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