Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (LP)

Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables – New Vinyl LP

Originally released in 1980, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the debut album from San Francisco punk legends Dead Kennedys. The record combines Jello Biafra’s unmistakable vocals and satirical songwriting with East Bay Ray’s surf-influenced guitar, Klaus Flouride’s bass, and the frantic energy of early American hardcore punk.

Featuring essential Dead Kennedys tracks like “California Über Alles,” “Holiday in Cambodia,” “Kill the Poor,” and “Chemical Warfare,” the album remains one of the defining releases of the early American punk scene. The closing track, “Viva Las Vegas,” is the band’s punk-rock interpretation of the song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.

Track Listing:

1. Kill The Poor
2. Forward To Death
3. When Ya Get Drafted
4. Let's Lynch The Landlord
5. Drug Me
6. Your Emotions
7. Chemical Warfare
8. California Über Alles
9. I Kill Children
10. Stealing People's Mail
11. Funland At The Beach
12. Ill In The Head
13. Holiday In Cambodia
14. Viva Las Vegas

Essential for fans of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, D.I., and T.S.O.L., and anyone into raw, politically charged early American punk and hardcore.

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