The Art Of Punk - Dead Kennedys has been added as a related post - related requested by Grimm on that post.

The video reminded me of that Dead Kennedys tune "Moon Over Marin"

"Unlock my section of the sand
It's fenced off to the water's edge
I clamp a gasmask on my head...On my beach at night, bathe in my moonlight."
Now you did it......

http://videosift.com/video/Dead-Kennedys-Moon-Over-Marin

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Wow, Jello Biafra still has it. Just as awesome and topical as he was in Dead Kennedys or Lard.

That was great. I still like him. I saw them(dead kennedys) in Toronto in the early 80's. It was a wild night.

What matters is You got the message, spelling be DAMMED.

Wow .. nice Dead Kennedy's riff rip off. Oh, and nice spelling in the video. Fail.

Wow .. nice Dead Kennedy's riff rip off. Oh, and nice spelling in the video. Fail.

I'm not patronizing by pointing out that this music had it's place and purpose in rock history and just because it doesn't speak to you (and it's not supposed to speak to everyone) doesn't make it any less music then the music you like. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but your coming off as a music snob. There is a lot of music that I don't care for and sounds like crap to me but to each his own.

By saying things like "So, to rebel against clean, clear sounds, one must refuse to learn how to play one's instrument" just shows your ignorance of the genre. People weren't listening to bands like Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, The Circle Jerks, etc... Because they had a guitarist like Eddie Van Halen or a singer like Elton John...it wasn't about how good you could play your instrument. It was about the sound that you could create and the energy of that sound and the lyrics. The lyrics to one of the songs in this video "New Yorks Alright if you Like Saxophones" are pretty funny. The lyrics to one of the other songs "Let's Have a War" is also some good satire about how war is good for the economy "Jack up the Dow Jones!" and "General Motors get fat like last time!".

I'm not saying that you have to like this or understand this...just explaining why some people do. Your response on the other hand is basically that what I am telling you and what others have told you about the genre and why we like it is all bullshit.

>> ^Stormsinger:
So, to rebel against clean, clear sounds, one must refuse to learn how to play one's instrument, and just scream raggedly into a mike. Got it.
Drop the patronization, please. I'm fully aware of the ridiculous claims made to support the godawful talentless crap they called punk. And it's still nothing but noise. Precisely on the level of the three-year-old throwing a tantrum by screaming and kicking the floor.
I'm not saying there is no value in punk...but the value wasn't actually perceptible until -after- it was gone. Some of the bands now called post-punk are moderately interesting...a few are even very interesting. But that's not a description you'll ever convince me applies to this video.
>> ^Grimm:
And that's why you don't understand...because Rock and Roll isn't all about the "music". It can be, but it's not limited to that. The punk movement came about in part as a rebellion to how sanitized, over-produced, and corporate rock and roll had become in the 70's. You can't rebel against that kind of music by playing that kind of music...in it's extreme form you have to take it to the other end of the spectrum. Raw, three-chords, angry, attitude, expressive, etc... It spoke to a generation who grew up in the 70's to sanitized corporate rock and disco music.
>> ^Stormsinger:
Frankly, I'm really having a hard time making the word "music" stretch to cover that noise.

>> ^gwiz665:
"Intelligent punk band" rarely uttered phrase.


I think you're confusing the Guttermouths with Kennedys. There's a huge difference.

The roots of punk rock lie in the realm of college youth culture, avant-garde, politics, rebellion and nonconformity. They were the noble savages in the savage world of Rock n' Roll. Bad Brains, Crass, The Minutemen, Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Dead Kennedys, The Exploited, Propagandi -- the list of intelligent punk rock goes on and on.

Nice...

I think I hate you, but I also love you.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Dead-Kennedys-California-Uber-Alles

Reminiscent of the Dead Kennedys.. music wise. Nice.

Me too, It means I can keep my job!

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
Thanks for the promote! I'm glad to see people appreciate music history.

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
brilliant! *promote

Thanks for the promote! I'm glad to see people appreciate music history.

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
brilliant! *promote