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Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Audio CD

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Dead Kennedys Band: Dead Kennedys
Title: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
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Release Date: 1993-02-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Kill the Poor 2: Forward to Death 3: When Ya Get Drafted 4: Let's Lynch the Landlord 5: Drug Me 6: Your Emotions 7: Chemical Warfare 8: California �ber Alles 9: I Kill Children 10: Stealing People's Mail 11: Funland at the Beach 12: Ill in the Head 13: Holiday in Cambodia 14: Viva Las Vegas

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Punk Fans
This was the DK'S first full length record, and one of their best, but all their records were good, with fast songs, witty lyrics, taking punk rock in new directions.


"It's time to taste what you most fear..."
Not only do his lyrics rip through you with their acidity, but awe you with their wit and accuracy. Jello Biafra is the MASTER of political satire.

"Play ethnicky jazz/To parade your snazz/On your 5 grand stereo/Bragging that you know how the niggers feel cold/And the slum's got so much soul. "
(Excerpt from "Holiday In Cambodia")

Even though those lyrics were written almost 30 years ago, I have yet to hear so few words that describe ignorant, suburban, wannabe-cool white kids so well. Paired with Biafra's lyrical genius, the musical styling of Flouride, Peligro, and East Bay Ray blast with raw, furious energy in just over 30 minutes. The songs are short, punchy, raw, and everything a punk album should be. Highlights include the afformented "Holiday In Cambodia", "Drug Me", "Chemical Warfare", "Let's Lynch The Landlord", and "Stealing People's Mail", however there is not one weak song on this album. A must have for any fan of the punk genre. .


Dead Kennedys - 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables' (Manifesto)
Holy shaz-bat!! Believe it or not, as many of CD's I get the chance to listen to while borrowing from a friend, store employee, etc. Review number 112. without having to purchase the title unless I want to, I've never heard this ground-breaking debut album from the beloved Dead Kennedys. Love that insane album title! 'Fresh Fruits. . . ' shows me just how extreme of a pure all-American hardcore punk band the Kennedys were. I mean, like didn't they practically invent 'hardcore'? You tell me. Either way, this fourteen track reissue really does it for me. Cuts I thought made a real statement were the insulting "Kill The Poor", "When You Get Drafted", the awesome "Let's Lynch The Landlord" (possibly an anthem for some?), "Stealing People's Mail" and probably their best known song that anyone who ever even listens to the radio should know, the in-your-mug "Holiday In Cambodia". Should rake in loyal fans and followers of the Sex Pistols, Alice Donut, The Germs, Minor Threat and of course Black Flag. Essential.


Dead Kennedys' Baptisim of Satire
Describing the band a leftover Vietnam War protest band, Jello B. The first full length album from Dead Kennedys is still foremost on the list of classic punk rock albums. and the Dks became the liberal conscience of the early punk underground scene. Picking up where the Sex Pistols' fell apart in San Francisco, California, Dead Kennedys continued the back-to-basics/music-as-message aesthetic of their British predecessors.

Jello's lyrics flip-flop from humorous to in-your-face in true satirical manner challenging the listener to divine whether he's a sick agitator or a wry social commentator. I've come to the conclusion that the songs are straw-man set ups delivered from the point of view to satiree; hopefully, I've been right all these years and the man isn't totally nuts.

Taking on subjects from hypocrisy of authority and waste of the unexamined life, "Fresh Fruit. . . " is as confrontational as it is fun to listen to, while as being just as relevant as when it was originally released. There's everything from the politics of County Joe to the energy of Joey Ramone here.

Unfortunately, current disagreements between the former band members find this album, along with the rest of the Dead Kennedys catalogue, in a control tug-of-war based more on financial disagreements than on ideological ones, which is in stark contrast to the spirit that the album was created in. If you can find an older copy on Alternative Tentacles Records, grab it because it'll be a long, long time before this material will be pressed again under the banner of the bat logo.


this cd rocks
unfortunatly, like the other two bands, their latter efforts just didn't have what the debuts did. this is definently one of the best punk albums of the 80's, along with circle jerks' group sex and adolescent's blue album. having said that, fresh fruit is a must-have for any punk collection. every song is great, from classics such as california uber alles, holiday in cambodia, and kill the poor to other great tracks such as when ya get drafted, let's lynch the landlord, chemical warfare, and funland at the beach, this album rocks from start to finish. get it today.


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