Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
(Cherry Red Records 1980 BRED10)
UK Pressing – Full Pic with heads on back cover
Matrix No’s: BRED-10-A MAX Is Life As Boring As You Are? Utopia Logo LYN-8665-1UT
BRED-10-B MAX Do You Deserve To Live? in dead wax Utopia Logo LYN-8665-1UT
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners and some rubbing on front
Original Cherry Red Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Poster in Nr MINT condition
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978. The band was one of the first American hardcore bands to make a significant impact in the United Kingdom.
Dead Kennedys’ lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing establishment political figures (both liberal and conservative) and authority in general, as well as popular culture and even the punk movement itself. During their initial incarnation between 1978 and 1986, they attracted considerable controversy for their provocative lyrics and artwork. Several stores refused to stock their recordings, provoking debate about censorship in rock music; in the mid 1980s, vocalist and primary lyricist Jello Biafra became an active campaigner against the Parents Music Resource Center. This culminated in an obscenity trial between 1985 and 1986, which resulted in a hung jury.
The group released a total of four studio albums and one EP before disbanding in 1986. Following the band’s dissolution, Biafra continued to collaborate and record with other artists including D.O.A., NoMeansNo and his own bands Lard and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, as well as releasing several spoken word performances.
In 2000 (upheld on appeal in 2003), Jello Biafra lost an acrimonious legal case initiated by his former Dead Kennedys band mates over songwriting credits and unpaid royalties. In 2001, the band reformed without Biafra; various singers have since been recruited for vocal duties.
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys. It was first released on September 2, 1980 through Cherry Red Records in the United Kingdom and later issued by Jello Biafra’s own Alternative Tentacles label in the United States. It has been certified gold by the BPI. The best selling and generally the most critically acclaimed album by the Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables has become a major staple of American punk.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jello Biafra, except where noted.
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Kill the Poor” (written by East Bay Ray, Biafra) | 3:07 | ||||||||
| 2. | “Forward to Death” (written by 6025) | 1:23 | ||||||||
| 3. | “When Ya Get Drafted” | 1:23 | ||||||||
| 4. | “Let’s Lynch the Landlord” | 2:13 | ||||||||
| 5. | “Drug Me” | 1:56 | ||||||||
| 6. | “Your Emotions” (written by East Bay Ray) | 1:20 | ||||||||
| 7. | “Chemical Warfare” | 2:55 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “California Über Alles” (written by Biafra, John Greenway) | 3:03 | ||||||||
| 2. | “I Kill Children” | 2:04 | ||||||||
| 3. | “Stealing People’s Mail” | 1:34 | ||||||||
| 4. | “Funland at the Beach” | 1:49 | ||||||||
| 5. | “Ill in the Head” (written by 6025, Biafra) | 2:46 | ||||||||
| 6. | “Holiday in Cambodia” (written by Biafra, Greenway) | 4:37 | ||||||||
| 7. | “Viva Las Vegas” (written by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman; originally performed by Elvis Presley) | 2:42 | ||||||||
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Total length:
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33:06 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Jello Biafra – lead vocals
- East Bay Ray – lead guitar
- Klaus Flouride – bass, backing vocals
- Ted – drums
- 6025 – rhythm guitar on “Ill in the Head”
Additional performers
- Paul Roessler – keyboards
- Ninotchka – keyboards, backing vocals
- Dirk Dirksen – backing vocals
- Bobby Unrest – backing vocals
- Michael Synder – backing vocals
- Bruce Calderwood (Bruce Loose) – backing vocals
- Barbara Hellbent – backing vocals
- HyJean – backing vocals
- Curt – backing vocals
- Chi Chi – backing vocals
Production
- Norm – producer
- East Bay Ray – producer
- Oliver DiCicco – engineer, mixing
- Kevin Metcalfe; Paul Stubblebine – mastering
- Judith Calson – front cover photo
- Winston Smith – artwork
- Annie Horwood – artwork
- Jello Biafra – artwork
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