Whatever happened to political commentary?
With the lack of real Punk nowadays I thought I'd go back to the 80's again. I've done the more mainline soundtracks so decided I wanted something else. Probably one of the best punk bands ever and they're not even British, with some of the best bass guitar you will ever hear in any genre, with a style that echoes punk, rock, thrash and jazz, the Dead Kennedy's were the political voice of punk in the 80's.
In 1980 the underground scene was introduced to their acerbic lyrics with the release of Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. With attacks on everything from US foreign policy to commercialism there was an energy that was rare even in the punk of the 1970's.
My vote for one of the most memorable riffs in punk history? An attack on the US policy of supporting the Cambodian dictator Pol Pot in his war against Vietnam. It could be argued that US policy in the late 70's and 80's caused more death in Asia than during the whole of the Vietnam War. Shame history always seems to repeat itself. Here's Holiday In Cambodia.
In 1980 the underground scene was introduced to their acerbic lyrics with the release of Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. With attacks on everything from US foreign policy to commercialism there was an energy that was rare even in the punk of the 1970's.
My vote for one of the most memorable riffs in punk history? An attack on the US policy of supporting the Cambodian dictator Pol Pot in his war against Vietnam. It could be argued that US policy in the late 70's and 80's caused more death in Asia than during the whole of the Vietnam War. Shame history always seems to repeat itself. Here's Holiday In Cambodia.
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People tend to forget that there was more to punk in the 70's and 80's than songs about masterbation (The Vapors - Turning Japanese) and looking at girls (The Stranglers - Peaches)