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Dead Kennedys

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 5-1

    See also: * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: Honorable Mentions * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 20-16 * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 15-11 * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 10-6 Here it is: After a week-long countdown, we br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: The Complete List

    See also: * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: Honorable Mentions Here they are -- the 20 greatest San Francisco musicians ever: 20. Cameron Paul Lists of pioneering American DJs often mention the usual suspects in New York and Chicago, but go back to the '70s and '80s and you'll find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Jello Biafra's 'Ultimate Third Rail': Why the Outspoken SF Punk Rocker Abandoned Plans to Play in Israel

    Last summer, SF punk rocker, notorious political rabble-rouser, and former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was booked to perform in Israel, along with his band, the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in support of their new Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP. But their plans raised quite a controver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Turns Out Jello Biafra Looks Absolutely Terrifying as a Porn Star Manager

    Jello Biafra, or the devil?​ The Vancouver interview phenomenon known as Nardwuar recently released a new interview with S.F. punk prognosticator/originator Jello Biafra, and boy is it terrifying. Not for any of the usual reasons -- Jello behaves with considerable restraint here compared to pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Juke Hunt Finale: The Best Jukeboxes in San Francisco

    You saw it coming...​Over the past few months, we've found treasures and trash in San Francisco bars: Old school jukeboxes with surprisingly sincere music picks, and sad little boxes we  urge you to skip. It's all come to this: The juke hunt winners distilled into a single list, the best offe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    In Case You Were Wondering, Jello Biafra Hates S.F.'s High-Tech Geeks and "Shitty Indie-Pop Bands"

    Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine​Jello Biafra, the former high-pitched voice of the Dead Kennedys, isn't known for holding his tongue. Whether he's helming a punk rock band, running his Alternative Tentacles label, or even just speaking onstage, the guy always has something - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in the Haight

    The juke at Aub Zam Zam​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    The Five Dumbest Songs By Artists Glen E. Friedman Has Photographed

    The Dead Kennedys, photographed by Glen E. Friedman​As you may have seen in the Nov. 3 issue of SF Weekly, legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman brought his long-running "Fuck You All" exhibit to 941 Geary this past weekend, where it will happily live for the rest of 2010. We are so thrilled we ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    "Fuck You All": Glen Friedman's punk and hip-hop photos are meant to inspire

    The Dead Kennedys, photographed by Glen E. Friedman​As you may have seen in the Nov. 3 issue of SF Weekly, legendary photographer Glen E. Friedman brought his long-running "Fuck You All" exhibit to 941 Geary this past weekend, where it will happily live for the rest of 2010. We are so thrilled we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Photo: Jello Biafra, Please Learn to Use the Internet

    ​And you think it took a while to get Kanye West on Twitter? From what our sources at Alternative Tentacles (the record label started by ex-Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra) tell us, their tech-phobic boss isn't even hip to e-mail -- Biafra has to be faxed documents. What's a fax? I'm not reall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Subculture Film Fest Alert: Video Punks, Drunken Hippies & Dangerous Robots

    "Gold": Remember when hippies used to just love the mud?​It's amazing to realize how many historical subcultures San Francisco has hosted over the years. And while a full tally of them all would probably fill an entire boring-ass academic journal, YBCA has a better way to take in the doings of cul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Gossip Members Mobbed (Nicely) At Last Night's Slits Show

    Hiya SwanhuyserThe Slit's Ari-Up: Beth Ditto's a fan​SF Weekly's Hiya Swanhuyser hit last night's Slits show at Bottom of the Hill, only to inform us this morning that there was a celeb in the crowd. The groundbreaking female act from the early days of punk has had an impact on another groundbreak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Last Night: Soul Clap at the Elbo Room

    This dude really, really wanted to win. He air humped another dude on the dance floor. ​Soul ClapElbo RoomMonday, July 27, 2009Better than: Grease, Grease 2, Grease LightningIf you still believe people in San Francisco don't dance, you're going to the wrong shows. You can complain all you want abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Everything Must Go Play Pyrate Punx Party

    EKAphotographyAnti-Flag: Everything Must Go I have seen the future and its name is Everything Must Go. The Oakland quartet, fronted by the irascible Jake Hout, is quite possibly the Bay Area punk rock's scene's next breakout act-proud heirs to the legacy of such legendary groups as the Dead Kennedy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2009

    Last Night: US Air Guitar Championships at The Independent

    Anna McCarthyBeardo Weirdo shreds an air solo.The US Air Guitar ChampionshipsSat, June 27, 2009The IndependentBetter Than: The Real Guitar Awards.They came, they air shredded, they conquered. In the world of air guitar, high kicks, spandex, and bodily fluids floweth like water -- and everyone knows ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    A Short List of Famous San Francisco Pranks

    Anna McCarthyBeardo Weirdo shreds an air solo.The US Air Guitar ChampionshipsSat, June 27, 2009The IndependentBetter Than: The Real Guitar Awards.They came, they air shredded, they conquered. In the world of air guitar, high kicks, spandex, and bodily fluids floweth like water -- and everyone knows ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    LastNight: Tool at Bill Graham Civic Includes Jello Biafra, Primus

    Anna McCarthyBeardo Weirdo shreds an air solo.The US Air Guitar ChampionshipsSat, June 27, 2009The IndependentBetter Than: The Real Guitar Awards.They came, they air shredded, they conquered. In the world of air guitar, high kicks, spandex, and bodily fluids floweth like water -- and everyone knows ... More >>

  • Music

    September 19, 2007

    Punk Rock's Nine Lives

    The re-return of the Fab Mab

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    Bizarre World Harmony

    Gogol Bordello's mutant genre blowout

  • Music

    September 21, 2005

    Beat

    Find Love Week alternatives in "Meat," "Charlie Horse," "Pussykat," and Nouvelle Vague

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2004

    The Story of M

    When perverts navel-gaze

  • Music

    September 15, 2004

    Pop-Punk Confessional

    We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

  • Culture

    October 29, 2003

    Eric at 15

    A first novel narrated by a kid just like you and me -- except he's dead

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    House of Tudor

    The Fleshtones were retro-rockin' long before the White Stripes – and they still are

  • Music

    September 10, 2003

    Blitzkrieg Pop

    Punk has crossed over from underground filth to mainstream fluff, and Vendetta Red suggests that its music is the bridge

  • Music

    August 27, 2003

    OK Then

    Punk has crossed over from underground filth to mainstream fluff, and Vendetta Red suggests that its music is the bridge

  • Music

    August 6, 2003

    Hear This

    This could be your last chance to get pummeled by Victims Family. Don't miss it.

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2003

    Punk on Wheels

    A 10-mile, two-hour bike trip that memorializes the local spots punks loved

  • Music

    January 1, 2003

    Hear This

    Ipecac Records' fourth annual New Year's Eve Binge and Purge Fest celebrates the label's almost perverse diversity

  • Music

    November 13, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Soviet film satire, organ plaster-casting, and animal 'toon carnage

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    The Sounds of Silence

    Why the Bay Area has stopped producing big-time rock bands

  • Music

    June 5, 2002

    Hear This

    Bratmobile's riot grrls tackle gender, identity, and George Dubya's politics

  • Music

    June 13, 2001

    Working-Class Heroes

    Who would endure anonymity, uncertainty, and unhappy lovers to make a scant living? Freelance musicians, that's who.

  • Music

    November 15, 2000

    Pop Philosophy

    Anger and disenfranchisement make good musical bedfellows; National Novel Writing Month

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2000

    Pollock on the Guitar

    Myles Boisen

  • Music

    May 17, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Rocky Horror Picture Show; Unauthorized Fab Mab Reunion Show; Ideas in Animation; Slow Poisoners

  • Music

    May 17, 2000

    Riff Raff

    The Wedding Present; Bands Wanted(Talent Helpful, But Not Required); Oops

  • Music

    December 29, 1999

    Riff Raff

    Might We Suggest Hype! II: Electric Boogaloo? and Listing Toward San Francisco

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Letters

    Might We Suggest Hype! II: Electric Boogaloo? and Listing Toward San Francisco

  • Music

    December 16, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Might We Suggest Hype! II: Electric Boogaloo? and Listing Toward San Francisco

  • Music

    September 9, 1998

    Take This Tradition and Shove It

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Calendar

    May 20, 1998

    Night + Day

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Music

    May 13, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Calendar

    March 25, 1998

    Night + Day

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Calendar

    December 3, 1997

    Night+Day

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Music

    September 24, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Music

    June 12, 1996

    Night Crawler

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Music

    November 1, 1995

    Night Crawler

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

  • Calendar

    April 19, 1995

    Night+Day

    Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne reworks country and jazz, sticks it to the KKK, makes guitars out of rakes and toasters -- and dreams of working with Willie Nelson

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