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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Pull My Strings Lyrics
Dead Kennedys
Im tired of self respect
I cant afford a car
I wanna be a prefab superstar
I wanna be a tool
Dont need no soul
Wanna make big money
Playing rock and roll
Ill make my music boring
Ill play my music slow
I aint no artist, Im a business man
No ideas of my own
I wont offend
Or rock the boat
Just sex and drugs
And rock and roll
Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool, drool
My payola!
Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool, drool
My payola!
Youll pay ten bucks to see me
On a fifteen foot high stage
Fatass bouncers kick the shit
Out of kids who try to dance
If my friends say
Ive lost my guts
Ill laugh and say
Thats rock and roll
But theres just one problem
Chorus
Is my cock big enough
Is my brain small enough
For you to make me a star
Give me a toot, Ill sell you my soul
Pull my strings and Ill go far
And when Im rich
And meet bob hope
Well shoot some golf
And shoot some dope
Is my cock big enough?
Is my brain small enough?
Repeat chorus, etc. etc