Small record store and Dead Kennedys

Yesterday I felt like shopping and being somewhat of a creature of habit I ended up where I always end up: at the record store. The moment I set foot in the place I started feeling pretty darn good, maybe being so close to wrapped LPs made me feel that way, I do feel like a kid in a candy store when I go to that place. It's no HMV, it's not your ordinary records store, it's independant so the owner tries to put some gems on the shelves and as far as I'm concerned that place is like a Heaven to me. I always end up finding stuff I would never find elsewhere.
There were so many interesting records there but I had to be a good girl and decide to buy just a few LPs. How cruel, I found every record Dead Kennedys ever made expect their first album ''Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables'' which contains the classic punk song '' Holiday In Cambodia''. I wanted that album badly, it's pure political punk music that's very sarcastic, very witty.

The band was so controversial at the time, their lead singer Jello Biafra was flamboyant and his lyrics were as sharp as a knife. Dead Kennedys was more than just a bunch of guys talking about political issues, more than just a regular punk band. Unlike many punk rockers of the time, they were more skilled musically than others were.

Listening to those songs is fun, I just like the raw energy, the weird voice that only makes the songs sound even more punk, more anarchic. The lyrics haven't lost their wit, years after they came out they still sound very actual. As a band they made great punk music, as a solo artist Biafra doesn't even come close to what Dead Kennedys did as a whole. But hey, there's a time to rock and a time to roll. After that it's time to move on.

Dead Kennedys