Man With The Dogs<\/a><\/p>\nThe\u00a0awesome debut 7″ single by the Dead Kennedys on the US based Optional Music label.<\/p>\n
This was a record that\u00a0was so good that I also\u00a0had to have\u00a0a copy of the\u00a0UK released 7″ single on the Fast Product label\u00a0which\u00a0hit the UK stores\u00a0sometime in 1980 – It had a different sleeve (these things were important to me in those days you see).\u00a0Sadly though I do\u00a0not own the record\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0US Alternative Tentacles label.\u00a0 I would have\u00a0liked to have collected the full set, but y’know…<\/p>\n
The Dead Kennedys\u00a0released some great records throughout the first half of the 1980’s. The records were always eagerly awaited (by me\u00a0at least) and once\u00a0purchased they were\u00a0played to death\u00a0straight from when\u00a0the\u00a0stylus hit the spinning vinyl for the first time.<\/p>\n
Classic stuff.<\/p>\n
Text below ripped from allmusic.com.<\/p>\n
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The Dead Kennedys merged revolutionary politics with hardcore punk music and, in the process, became one of the defining hardcore bands. Often, they were more notable for their politics than their music, but that was part of their impact. The Kennedys were more inspired by British punk and the fiery, revolutionary-implied politics of the Sex Pistols than the artier tendencies of New York punk rockers. Under the direction of lead vocalist Jello Biafra, the Dead Kennedys became the most political and \u2014 to the eyes of many observers, including Christians and right-wing politicians \u2014 the most dangerous band in hardcore. By the mid-’80s, the band had become notorious enough to open themselves up to a prosecution for obscenity (concerning a poster inserted into their 1985 Frankenchrist<\/em> album), and the ensuing court battle sped the band toward a breakup, but they left behind a legacy that influenced countless punk bands that followed.<\/p>\nThe Dead Kennedys formed in 1978 in San Francisco when Biafra (vocals; born Eric Boucher) and bassist Klaus Flouride responded to a magazine ad placed by guitarist East Bay Ray. Drummer Ted (born Bruce Slesinger) joined soon after and the band played locally for the first two years of their career, occasionally venturing outside the Bay Area. Within a year, the band released their first independent single on the San Francisco based Optional Music label, “California \u00dcber Alles,” an attack on the then-current governor, Jerry Brown. It was followed shortly afterward by their second single released on IRS Records, “Holiday in Cambodia.” In 1979, Biafra ran for mayor of San Francisco; he finished fourth. By this time, the band had become quite popular in both the American and British underground. Finally, in 1980, the band released their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables<\/em>, on IRS Records. After its release, Ted left the band; he was replaced by drummer Darren H. Peligro.<\/p>\nFollowing the release of Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables<\/em>, the Dead Kennedys formed their own independent record label, Alternative Tentacles, in 1981. The first release on the label was the Kennedys’ EP, In God We Trust<\/em>. That same year, the single “Too Drunk to Fuck” scraped the bottom of Britain’s pop Top 40, despite being banned from airplay. In 1982, the Kennedys released the\u00a0“Bleed For Me” single and their second full-length album, Plastic Surgery Disasters<\/em>. After its release, the band took a hiatus, during which bandmembers \u2014 most notably Klaus Flouride \u2014 performed with various side projects. During that time, Alternative Tentacles began to establish itself as a major force in the American underground.<\/p>\nThe Dead Kennedys returned in 1985 with Frankenchrist<\/em>, which was the record that earned the band its greatest notoriety. Included with the album was a poster of the Swiss artist H.R. Giger’s Landscape #XX, a garish illustration of penises and anuses. A year after the release of the album, the Kennedys and Alternative Tentacles were prosecuted under revised Californian anti-obscenity laws for distributing pornography to minors because of the poster. For the next two years, the band was embroiled in a bitter legal battle, during which Biafra emerged as one of the most articulate advocates for free speech and vocal opponents of the PMRC. In the summer of 1987, the case ended with a hung jury and was dismissed.<\/p>\nAlthough the Dead Kennedys emerged victorious from the court battle, they didn’t remain a band for much longer. Just before the prosecution began in 1986, the band released Bedtime for Democracy<\/em>, which turned out to be their last official album. After the case was settled, the Kennedys split, releasing the posthumous compilation Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death<\/em> in 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 California Uber Alles Man With The Dogs The\u00a0awesome debut 7″ single by the Dead Kennedys on the US based Optional Music label. 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