Audio CD review:
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust Inc.

Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust Inc.

Band: Dead Kennedys Title: Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust Inc. Rating: Release Date: 2001-09-11 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Advice from Christmas Past 2: Government Flu 3: Terminal Preppie 4: Trust Your Mechanic 5: Well Paid Scientist 6: Buzzbomb - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello 7: Forest Fire 8: Halloween 9: Winnebago Warrior 10: Riot - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello 11: Bleed for Me - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello 12: I Am the Owl - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello 13: Dead End 14: Moon Over Marin 15: Religious Vomit - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello 16: Moral Majority 17: Hyperactive Child 18: Kepone Factory 19: Dog Bite 20: Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello 21: We've Got a Bigger Problem Now 22: Rawhide

Love Me, I'm A Liberal these were originally released on Alternative Tenticles Records which is Jello Biafra's (main song writer and lyricsist) label. First of i'd like to point out that this and all current re-releases of DK albums are stolen goods (except maybe "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegatables" on Cherry Red Records). The Manifesto Records releases were made to benifit only the remaining members of the band as they sued for royalties and all that ugly mess (too much to get into). All these rereleases have inferior, photocopied art work and questionable remastering (with the exception being "Give Me Convienance Or Give Me Death" wich actually benifits in terms of sound quality). All this aside. . . this is an amazing album. You need to get this but see about getting an Alternitive Tenticles version. Let's face it. The politics are dated today. But the music is still great. Ronald Reagan and Pol Pot are dead and gone, and the band them selves has been in a embarrassing lawsuit about royalties. A lot has happened since the DK. Needless to say a couple of topics from the album and ep has been out-dated over time. The music still possess a certain young spirit and energy, and the humorous but smart lyric still packs quite a punch in places. Songs like Government Flu, Buzzbombs, Riot and Dead End, and let's not forget their greatest hit of all time, Nazi Punks F#%@ Off. The music is raw but melodic and I presume many still can agree with their lyric today. The Best of the Bunch, So I Think Two songs--"I Am The Owl" and "Moon Over Marin"--established this for me as their best album. Plastic Surgery Disasters was the last DK album I heard, and my expectations weren't huge. What comes through is the real musical talent of the band--so good that I could be transported through Biafra's Hepburn on speed lyrics and just enjoy the music. Quintessential Kennedys It now includes 'In God We Trust, Inc. If you only buy one Dead Kennedys album, it's gotta be 'Plastic Surgery Disasters', which captured this legendary San Francisco punk band at the top of their game. ', a short collection of DK gems, making it nearly impossible to pack more energy onto a single CD. Right out of the gate, this album is raw, explosive, and relentlessly confrontational. The band's unmistakeable sound is as "in your face" as Jello Biafra's scathing lyrics, which damn American society in hilarious fashion. No one is spared, as each song takes aim and fires away at one type of fraud or another. The government, religion, materialism, violence, cops, doctors, the rich, elitists, racists, homophobes, posers, jocks, science, and politicians- all face the firing squad of Biafra's scorn. Somewhere in the fray, there's a bullet or two aimed at every one of us, and when we're hit, it's just as easy to laugh at ourselves. The lyrics are cynical and often sarcastic, but extremely smart and at times, even prophetic. They're as relevant today as they were then- if not more so. Musically, Plastic Surgery Disasters is, in my opinion, DK's most adventurous and technically brilliant work. It's also their most "refined" album, production-wise, but it stops well short of commercial glossiness. It's a true punk classic. . . my all-time favorite. . We've Got A Bigger Problem Now Can I have one of those tricky dicky specials? Two parts formaldahyde/one part gin. . At 35 years old I often wonder who else is listening to this at 7am on the way to work?. You can see a complete list of all Dead Kennedys discography, or go back to the Dead Kennedys tabs