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"California Über Alles" is the debut single by American punk rock band Dead Kennedys. It was the group's first recording and was released in June 1979 on the Optional Music label, with "The Man with the Dogs" appearing as its B-side .
Although Dead Kennedys have continued to perform over the years, they have not released any more studio albums since Bedtime for Democracy. Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing political figures and authority in general, as well as popular culture and even the punk movement itself. During their initial incarnation ...
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death was the last Dead Kennedys album that Biafra approved the production of, and their last album released through Alternative Tentacles. The album includes "Pull My Strings", recorded live, which they played only once on March 25, 1980 at the Bay Area Music Awards ("BAMMIES") in front of music industry bigwigs ...
East Bay Ray was involved in all the Dead Kennedys' studio recordings and is credited for mixing and producing the band's first single, "California Uber Alles"/"Man with the Dogs", the band's first LP Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables with Oliver Dicicco, the EP In God We Trust, Inc. and he mixed "Holiday in Cambodia"/"Police Truck".
He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. [1] Initially active from 1979 to 1986, Dead Kennedys were known for rapid-fire music topped with Biafra's sardonic lyrics and biting social commentary, delivered in his "unique quiver of a voice". [2]
Also featured on the album is an updated version of "California über alles" with new lyrics by Biafra about the recall campaign that placed Arnold Schwarzenegger in the California governor's office, as well as "Those Dumb Punk Kids (Will Buy Anything)", a song where Biafra openly criticizes his former Dead Kennedys bandmates.
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Dead Kennedys.It was first released on September 2, 1980, through Cherry Red Records in the United Kingdom, and I.R.S. Records in the United States.
In God We Trust, Inc. is an EP by hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys and the first of the group's releases with drummer D. H. Peligro.The record is a screed against topics ranging from organized religion and Neo-Nazis, to the pesticide Kepone and the government indifference that worsened the effects of the Minamata disaster.