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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Stealing People’s Mail Lyrics
Dead Kennedys
We aint going to the party
We aint going to the game
We aint going to the disco
Aint gonna cruise down main
Were stealing peoples mail
Stealing peoples mail
Stealing peoples mail
On a friday night
Drivin in the mountains
Winding round and round
Rummage thru your mailboxes
Take your mail back to town
And we got license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns
Checks to politicians from real estate firms
Money, bills and cancelled checks
Pretty funny pictures of your kids
Were gonna steal your mail
On a friday night
Were gonna steal your mail
By the pale moonlight
We got grocery sackful after grocery sackful
After grocery sackful after grocery sackful
After grocery sackful after grocery sackful
Of the private lives of you
Ha ha
People say that were crazy
Were sick and all alone
But when we read your letters
Were rolling on the floor
We got more license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns
Checks to politicians from real estate firms
Money, bills and cancelled checks
We cut relationships with your friends
Were gonna steal your mail
On a friday night
Were gonna steal your mail
By the pale moonlight
We better not get caught
Well be dumped in institutions
Where well be drugged and shocked
til we come out born-again christians.