The Official Dead Kennedys/Jello Biafra Thread (lyrics, hardcore, punk)

[Anarchy doll]

Originally Posted by Fenixpunk

Jellos "grow more pot" spoken word is great, Im all for the re-legalization of marijuana and have read quite a few books the subject. Some of the stuff listed already here is just the tip of the iceberg. I own a copy of The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer and have read it several times from cover to cover..tons of information on everything from how it can be used as a fuel to why it became illegal in the first place, and how it can reverse the effects of global warming. I definetly recommend picking it up. www.jackherer.com

yeah, I am gonna look for it at my local library and order it if I cannot find it there.

[Anarchy doll]

I just put this thread back up to spark some convo, since there has been talk of D.k and Jello

[Anarchy doll]

just had to bring this thread back up.....what would the punk forum be without a Dk thread huh?

[All_Nite_Dinah]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Their first couple of albums were OK , but they lost the plot big time. One of the things I liked about them was they were one of the very few American bands to actually get what punk was, It wasn`t about getting a mohawk & shouting over 3 chords.It was using the music as an escape & to show the world the issues that affect you & the hypocracy of everything & I think the Dead Kennedys did that probably better than anyone.
Which makes it such a shame that by the mid 80s they were having to write songs about MTV & giving posters away with their albums full of male genitalia for shock value.

Late DK lyrics are just a political as early ones. Even on Fresh fruit they had a political songs like stealing peoples mail and funco land at the beach. I dont think there lyrical style or approach changed much. Not much at all changed about the Dead Kennedys music. I think they may have become more rythm orientated and a more rounded band musicly but thats about it.

[Anarchy doll]

the lyrical content changed with the times...new issues, new protests....

[All_Nite_Dinah]

new issues new protests

same witty cynciscm and sarcasm

[All_Nite_Dinah]

sorry for the double post but anyway

The point I was trying to get across is the fact that DK never strayed entirley away from there politcal roots, never even got close to doing it. Like you say new issues arised. At the time MTV get off the air wasnt just another anti mtv song it was THE anti-mtv song. MTV was new, its not like today when its an everyday punk song topic, it was fresh and original. Times changed, difgferent mindless trends developed and the DKs took them on. Unfortunetly these trends overcame the band in the end.

As for the penis landscape thats part of what 80's hardcore was. Again you have to refer to the time frame. Its not like today when you see a kid with a mohawk or a **** bush shirt walk down the street and you dont bat an eye. Back then this was something unique and extrordinary. The penis lanscape was more than a piece of shock rock leeking into the hardcore scene. It was practicly a metafor for the entire movement(in my opinion). Something that is entirley vulgar and disgusting to people on the outside but to the inquisitive(and strong stomached) it was a piece of art. Just anopther thing that a hardcore kid would understand but not an adult at the time. The idea that they were just using it to sell albums is pretty much bunk as anyone who acctually listens to the dead kennedys lyrics could tell you.

[Anarchy doll]

hey at least I'm witty and not a know it all

[All_Nite_Dinah]

I love how when it all boils down whoever voices an opinion that deffers from a few selected people on here they are considered a know it all a dumb ass or just subject to ridicule. Story of my life, a minority amongst minorities.

[hookers with machineguns]

Originally Posted by All_Nite_Dinah

I love how when it all boils down whoever voices an opinion that deffers from a few selected people on here they are considered a know it all a dumb ass or just subject to ridicule. Story of my life, a minority amongst minorities.

That's Anarchy Doll's response to anyone that says anything remotely true, "you're a know-it-all!" Am I the only one that finds it odd that knowing alot about a subject can be turned around into an insult?