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The '''Dead Kennedys''' were an important [[Hardcore Punk]] band from [[San Francisco]], who became famous for aggressive songs and socially conscious, satirical lyrics.
The band were formed in 1978 with guitarist East Bay Ray, vocalist Jello Biafra, bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer 6025. 6025 switched to second guitar but left soon after, and Ted was recruited as drummer instead.
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The same year, Jello Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco on a campaign that mixed serious proposals (banning cars within city limits in response to severe pollution problems, allowing neighbourhoods to elect police officers, legalizing squatting in vacant buildings) with outlandish ones (forcing businessmen to wear clown suits, erecting statues of Dan White so the parks department could sell eggs and tomatoes for people to throw at them, hiring unemployed workers as panhandlers in wealthy neighbourhoods), and using the commercial slogan "There's always room for Jello". He finished [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=130138 third with 3,79% of the votes]. As he shared the ballot with a [[Drag Queen]] candidate named Sister Boom Boom, the San Franciscan authorities responded by passing a law requiring all mayoral candidates in San Francisco to use their real names.
Dead Kennedys' first album, ''Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables'', was released in 1980, containing the famous songs "[[Kill the Poor]]" and "[[Holiday in Cambodia]]", plus a cover of [[
Soon afterwards, Ted left the band and was replaced by D.H. Peligro, who was showcased on the ''In God We Trust, Inc.'' EP from the same year, which was an all-out hardcore/thrash punk release, containing the songs "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!", which attacked [[Exactly What It Says
This evolution continued on 1985's ''Frankenchrist'', which showcased more extended pieces, horns and synthesizers. High points included the industrial "At My Job", the multipart "Stars and Stripes of Corruption", the organized sports parody "Jock-O-Rama" and the timely "M.T.V. - Get off the Air". The band got in trouble for including [[
In the late 1990s, the band members got caught up in a complicated royalty dispute, and led to a 1998 fraud trial which stripped Jello Biafra of his rights to the back catalogue and gave them to the other members instead (he lost two further appeals and was forced to pay damages). This burned the bridges between Biafra and Ray, Flouride and Peligro thoroughly, worsened by the others inviting Biafra to reunite the Dead Kennedys, which he refused on moral principles. Dead Kennedys albums were reissued on Manifesto Records and tour dates were announced after the court victory, with [[The Other Darrin|Brandon Cruz]] replacing Jello Biafra. (Cruz, a [[Former Child Star]], turned out to be the first in a series of [[Replacement Scrappy|Replacement Scrappys]]--the new DK's have had ''five'' lead singers so far.) This incarnation has been severely criticized for [[Money, Dear Boy|betraying Dead Kennedys' anti-corporate ideals]] and touring without their most important member. Lately, the group's official site has reported that both Flouride and Peligro are leaving due to health issues, leaving Ray the sole original member.
Jello Biafra went on to become a spoken word performer and political activist, sometimes also collaborating with other bands ([[
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== Dead Kennedys are the [[Trope Namers]] for the following tropes: ==
* [[Kill the Poor]] (Once the original name for [[Neutron Bomb]],
* [[Holiday in Cambodia]]
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* [[Alcohol
* [[Artist Disillusionment]]
* [[Assimilation Academy]]
* [[The Band Minus the Face]]
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]
* [[Chorus-Only Song]]
* [[The Cover Changes the Meaning]]
** Also true for "I Fought the Law", which they rewrote to denounce Dan White getting off for killing Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone.
* [[Creator Backlash]]
* [[Cult]]
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]:
* [[Digital Piracy Is Okay]]: In the old days, they released a cassette version of ''In God We Trust, Inc.'', which had a B-side bearing the label, "Home taping is killing record industry profits! We left this side blank so you can help."
* [[Driven to Suicide]]
* [[The Empire]]
* [[Fan Dumb]]
* [[Godwin's Law]]
** The song was later rewritten as "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now", with [[Ronald Reagan]] as the new target. Later, Jello (accompanied by the Melvins) did a third version criticizing yet another California governor, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].
*** Some other Dead Kennedys songs, such as "Stars and Stripes of Corruption" and "Let's Lynch the Landlord" also contain comparisons to Hitler and the Holocaust.
*** "Triumph of the Swill" mocks mindless "cock-rock metal heroes" and their fans with a comparison to Leni Riefenstahl.
* [[Green Aesop]]
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]
* [[I Am the Noun]]
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]
* [[Intentionally Awkward Title]]
* [[Kill the Poor]]
* [[Last-Note Nightmare]]
** Not to mention the screeching, coughing fit at the end of "Chemical Warfare"
* [[Life of the Party]] and [[Wild Teen Party]]
* [[List Song]]
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]
* [[The Man Is Sticking It to
* [[Mighty Whitey]]
* [[Miniscule Rocking]]
* [[Moral Guardians]]
* [[Motor Mouth]]
* [[The Other Darrin]]
* [[The Pete Best]]
* [[Police Brutality]]
* [[Protest Song]]
* [[Shout
* [[Signature Song]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]
* [[Stage Names]]
* [[Straight Edge]]
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
* [[Stepford Suburbia]]
* [[Take That]] - Boatloads. About nine out of every ten songs they wrote, if not more.
* [[Taking You
* [[Three Chords and
* [[Throw It In]]
* [[Torture Technician]]
* [[You Are Number Six]]
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