Dead Kennedysformed in in 1978 when vocalist Jello Biafra(né Eric Boucher) and bassist Klaus Flourideresponded to a magazine ad placed by guitarist East Bay Ray. The three joined with drummer Tedand formed one of the most successful hardcore punkbands of the 80s. The band played hard and fast punk that matched the raw energy of the West-coast scene with twists such as Ray's surf-guitar influences and Jello's nasal machine-gun vocals and political fervor. They released their first single, "California Über Alles", in 1979 and first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, in 1980 on Jello's own Alternative Tentacles record label. Fresh Fruitis considered a punk classic.
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Dead Kennedys
Down at the arsenal they keep the nerve gasses
Guarded day and night by caged white rabbits
Been sitting there for years
Im gonna have at it
I cut through the fence, run right in and grab it
Go crazy crazy crazy crazy
Now I got my own mustard gas in my pocket
Climb on a tree on a branch and drop it
On a country club full of saturday golfers
So I can watch them die chokin shakinin convulsions
Go crazy crazy crazy crazy
Crazy crazy crazy crazy
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Chemical warfare warfare warfare
Panic in the air
See the headless chickens runnin
Golf carts head on crashin
Crackin heads wide open
Scratch the grass, mister, you cant breath
And roll and writhe in a sandtrap
Starting to heave
Claw those clubs, lemme see you seethe
Crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy
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Chemical warfare warfare warfare
Yellow air
Yellow clouds
Blowin down down down the fairway
Sensitive to the touch
Mowin down the putting green
Heading straight for the big clubhouse
Where the stuffed country club
Effervescent ladies, so carefree
Relax, pose by the pool
Limber limp with a dry martini
Until.