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Hardcore Bands You Should Know
Band #3: Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys are the band that epitomized the politically-oriented punk band of the 1980s. In a time period where many politically-minded people in the US were angry about having Ronald Reagan as president, this was the band that represented young America’s discontent of that fact with humor, sarcasm, and irony. Lead by sarcastic and outspoken frontman Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys represented not just the left-wing punk, but was also the forefront of San Francisco’s hardcore punk scene, being the first US punk band to write about politics. Their first album, “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables”, combined the new hardcore punk sound of the time with surf rock guitar riffs, rockabilly grooves, and satirical lyrics about the upper class of America, California’s governor at the time, Jerry Brown, and the dictatorship of Pol Pot in Cambodia. “Fresh Fruit” is regarded by Spin, Q, Alternative Press, and Kerrang! magazine as one of the most influential and important punk rock records to ever be released. Their later albums, such as “Frankenchrist” and ” In God We Trust Inc.” had a more aggressive bite to their songs as they started leaning more into hardcore punk, but still keeping their political mindset. This is a band that, despite the controversy and legal troubles they faced throughout their career, had kept true to their punk rock nature. There’s no other band like the Dead Kennedys, and they have made their mark on America when Americans didn’t want their mark.

Recommended Album: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Recommended Songs: California Uber Alles, Holiday in Cambodia, Police Truck, Nazi Punks Fuck Off, MTV Get Off The Air 

“Die on organic poison gas. Serpent’s egg’s already hatched. You will croak, you little clown, when you mess with President Brown!”