DEAD KENNEDYS PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS LP
Category / Style / Moods: Rock Hardcore Punk, Anarchist Punk, American Punk, American Underground, Punk

 24.77 / OBO 2008-09- S asocc
1982 ITALY STATIK LP TITLE: PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS
ARTIST: DEAD KENNEDYS CONDITION
COVER: VG
VINYL: VG++
RARE ITALIAN ORIGINAL PRESS

 TRACKS:  Disc: 1

1. 

Advice From Christmas Past

Dead Kennedys

2. 

Government Flu

Dead Kennedys

2:59

3. 

Terminal Preppie

Dead Kennedys

1:30

4. 

Trust Your Mechanic

Dead Kennedys

2:54

5. 

Well Paid Scientist

Dead Kennedys

2:21

6. 

Buzzbomb

Biafra, East Bay Ray

2:22

7. 

Forest Fire

Dead Kennedys

2:22

8. 

Halloween

Dead Kennedys

3:35

9. 

Winnebago Warrior

Dead Kennedys

2:08

10. 

Riot

Biafra, Dead Kennedys

5:57

11. 

Bleed for Me

Biafra, Dead Kennedys

3:25

12. 

I Am the Owl

Biafra, Dead Kennedys

4:50

13. 

Dead End

Dead Kennedys

2:56

14. 

Moon Over Marin

Dead Kennedys

4:26

Review by Ned Raggett Having proved themselves masters of the quick, vicious smash and bash, on their second full-length album the Kennedys continued in that vein while finding other effective ways to express their all-encompassing message of resistance and satire. Absolutely nobody is safe, whether it's the more expected targets of conservative society, or those who claim to follow what the Kennedys and punk promised but only ended up acting like idiots. For the most part, though, it's a well-deserved smackdown of all the jerks the early '80s produced, set to some fantastic music. Bookended by random noise jams -- the first one with a wonderfully dismissive spoken-word analysis on societal programming for The Good Life -- Plastic Surgery Disasters shows East Bay Ray, Klaus Fluoride and D.H. Peligro turning into an even more awesome unit than before. Ray's sheet-metal intense guitar may once or twice get slammed into too much treble for its own good, but his spaghetti-western-cranked-to-ten playing is fantastic stuff at its best. The others have their moments, like Peligro's rolling drum breaks on "Government Mechanic." When the band aims for subtlety, the results are grand -- the sudden silences on "Trust Your Mechanic," the goofy hipswing start to "Forest Fire." Unsurprisingly, Biafra is still at the center of it all; once again, the song titles make it clear what's at play. "Terminal Preppie," rips into an example of the type with gusto, and the wonderfully sneering "Winnebago Warrior" is just the tip of the iceberg. The real highlight can be found at the end -- "Moon Over Marin," with a soaring, anthemic surf-rock line from Ray offsetting Biafra's semi-apocalyptic vision of the Bay Area's snooty region. Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine The Dead Kennedys merged revolutionary politics with hardcore punk music and, in the process, became one of the defining hardcore bands. Often, they were more notable for their politics than their music, but that was part of their impact. The Kennedys were more inspired by British punk and the fiery, revolutionary-implied politics of the Sex Pistols than the artier tendencies of New York punk rockers. Under the direction of lead vocalist Jello Biafra, the Dead Kennedys became the most political and -- to the eyes of many observers, including Christians and right-wing politicians -- the most dangerous band in hardcore. By the mid-'80s, the band had become notorious enough to open themselves up to a prosecution for obscenity (concerning a poster inserted into their 1985 Frankenchrist album), and the ensuing court battle sped the band toward a breakup, but they left behind a legacy that influenced countless punk bands that followed. The Dead Kennedys formed in 1978 in San Francisco when Biafra (vocals; born Eric Boucher) and bassist Klaus Flouride responded to a magazine ad placed by guitarist East Bay Ray. Drummer Ted (born Bruce Slesinger) joined soon after and the band played locally for the first two years of their career, occasionally venturing outside the Bay Area. Within a year, the band released their first independent single, "California �ber Alles," an attack on the then-current governor, Jerry Brown. It was followed shortly afterward by their second single, "Holiday in Cambodia." In 1979, Biafra ran for mayor of San Francisco; he finished fourth. By this time, the band had become quite popular in both the American and British underground. Finally, in 1980, the band released their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, on IRS Records. After its release, Ted left the band; he was replaced by drummer Darren H. Peligro.  
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