- Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death · 1979
- Alan Cross' Playlist · 1980
- Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death · 1981
- Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death · 1980
- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables · 1980
- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables · 1980
- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables · 1980
- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables · 1980
- Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc. · 1982
- Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc. · 1981
- Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc. · 1981
- Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death · 1982
- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables · 1980
Essential Albums
Albums
Artist Playlists
- Smart, funny, and unrelentingly political.
- The punk, metal, and alt-rock heroes who pay tribute to the hardcore legends.
More To Hear
- The punk rocker talks about the influence of the Ramones.
About Dead Kennedys
One of the finest, most distinctive American punk bands of the late 1970s/early '80s, the Dead Kennedys combined righteous political anger with a biting sense of satire. Wildman Jello Biafra's high-pitched yelp and East Bay Ray's twangy, surf-influenced guitar riffs were the San Francisco group's trademarks. The band broke up in the mid-'80s, around the time that they became targets of a high-profile censorship case involving the cover of their FRANKENCHRIST album. In 2000, they were in court again, squabbling over the rights to their albums, and a reunion ensued (from which Biafra was conspicuously absent, replaced by Dr. Know singer Brandon Cruz).
- ORIGIN
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- FORMED
- June 1978
- GENRE
- Rock