I loved this album, and i only wish i knew what he thought about all the nonsense amerika and klinton are doing in kosovo. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. He has amassed quite a large number of spokenword albums about political activism as well as a large body of recorded music that mostly serves as spiritual successors to the kennedys output. I think that was a rumor that a lot of people that i knew very well told me that i. Born in boulder, colorado on june 17, 1958 as eric reed. This performance took place in the baronet theater. He has released an assortment of musical collaborations and a series of trenchant spoken word recordings. Jello biafra is the former lead singer and songwriter for san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys, and is currently a musician and spoken word artist.
Happy birthday jello biafra faith no more followers. Leftover cracks scott sturgeon and the 11year itch vice. Official alternative tentacles staff page for jello biafra. Exdead kennedys frontman jello biafra likes to keep busy.
Definitions of jello biafra, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of jello biafra, analogical dictionary of jello biafra english. So perhaps it requires recatagorization, rather than removal. Biafra was the lead singer and songwriter for san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys. No more cocoons is probably jellos most fun spoken word album, though of course theres plenty of serious political. Eric reed boucher is a spoken word poet and punk rock musician who operates under the name. Jello biafra biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Around the same time, the band were approached by renowned underground punk rock figure and exdead kennedys frontman jello biafra, and as.
I am emperor ronald reagan born again with fascist cravings still, you made me president human rights will soon go way i am now your shah today now i command all of you now youre going to pray in school ill make sure theyre christian too youll go quitely to boot camp. He started the record label alternative tentacles with east bay ray in 1979 biafra is a member of the green party of the united states. He is the head of alternative tentacles records, the record label originally founded by dead kennedys in 1979 and which he took over in 1986. Seen only jello biafra and the guantanamo school of medicine. To cap off jello biafra week at punknews, editor john gentile spoke with. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys. One of the most arresting albums ive ever listened to, nmc contains lots of material that, while dated, still relates to our lives today.
Biafra practices what he preaches by recording albums of his spokenword pieces on his own record label, alternative tentacles. Jello biafras birthday greating from stza crack for his 50th birthday celebration in june of 2008. June 17, 1958, boulder, colorado, united states is the former lead singer and songwriter for san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys, and is currently a musician and spoken word artist. Dead kennedys break up is announced around the time of the release of bedtime for democracy. Kramer david licht and kramer are both from shockabilly on the end of music as we know it 1988 last scream of the missing neighbors 1989, with d. Jump to navigation jump to search initial visibility. Jello biafra turns down offer to reunite with dead. Lard, with al jourgensen and paul barker of ministry.
Live footage, music videos, interviews, and fan videos. No more cocoons is the first spoken word album by jello biafra. The group, founded in the early 1990s in riverside, california, prides itself on its independence. One running attack against the band was always that their words were better read than. While undoubtedly best known as the frontman of hardcore punk legends dead kennedys, jello biafra born eric boucher, june 17, 1958 has had quite a career since leaving the band as well. Biafra hasnt performed with the dead kennedys since their 1986 breakup, and his. As a devoted advocate of free speech, artistic freedom, and just plain getting your ideas out in the open, he created a. A punk rock musician, political activist and owner of an influential record label, he is best known for his time as the lead singer and song writer for san francisco punk band, the dead kennedys. Jello biafra on how to resist trump, why punk still. After he left the dead kennedys, he took over the influential independent record label alternative tentacles, which he had cofounded in 1979 with dead kennedys bandmate east bay ray.
Jello biafra discusses why punk is still a relevant force for social change, why trumps cabinet choices terrify him and how to get involved. He is stza crack, as his fans know him, the outspoken, antagonistic. June 17, 1958, stage name jello biafra, first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for san francisco punk rock band the dead kennedys. Interestingly, on one of his spoken word performances, he talks about. Interest in biafras spoken word activities continues to grow. This is a piece from the spoken word album i blow minds for a living, from 1992.
Happy 57th birthday to former dead kennedys singer jello biafra. Gira, joey ramone as sibling rivalry, the dicks, zolar x, leftover crack. Leftover crack return their firestoked railroad spike to societys eye with the. His index and middle fingers are adorned with the fading words kill cops. Jello biafra i blow minds for a living spoken word. Always ahead of the curve, jello biafra along with krist novoselic nirvana, kim thayil. With iraq gone to hell in a hand basket, rome falling at home, and the socalled opposition democrats searching for a message as they throw another election, its high time for biafra and his merry mouth to tip the cow and set the barn on fire. Punk rock vocalist, spoken word artist, anticensorship campaigner and author. A detailed discography of releases by the hardcore punk musician and spoken word artist jello biafra releases with the dead kennedys studio albums.
Although now primarily focused on spoken word art, he has continued as a. Leftover crack life causes cancer crack, degeneric, stza 2. This tells the story in his own words about how jello biafra ran for mayor of san francisco as a prank but a. In addition to running the seminal indie label alternative tentacles, hes found time to put out a bunch of spokenword albums, play some. Jello biafra updates his classic opening monologue from his first spoken word album, no more cocoons for 2020. Eric reed boucher, better known by the stage name jello biafra, is an american punk rock musician and political activist best known as the former lead singer of the dead kennedys. But you attacked the character of jello biafra by calling him a cop caller. Although now focused primarily on spoken word performances, biafra has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations. Jello biafra, the original politicallyincorrect bad boy, splashes into spoken word with no more cocoons. This performance took place in the baronet theater in asbury park, new jersey as part of the 2007 paul. If youve ever seen him in concert, you know that jello biafra isnt so much a person as he is a nuclear reactor sealed inside a fleshy form. Stza crack punk rock, squats, hipsters, entertainment, project ideas, envy. Yes, colcut is a real band, who did put out an album with biafra doing spoken word on it. Jello biafra simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Following the demise of the dead kennedys in the wake of the financial and emotional disaster that was their 1986 obscenity trial, vocalist and freespeech icon jello biafra launched a solo career, devoting some of his releases to spoken word observations on american culture and politics and others to collaborative efforts with several bands. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys initially active from 1979 to 1986, dead kennedys were known for rapidfire music topped with biafras sardonic lyrics and biting social commentary. The bellrays are an american group that combines garage rock and punk with soul vocal styles. Jello biafrastatecollapsed to show the template collapsed, i.
Like just about every other leftist speaker around, his tapes, cds and videos are easy to find. Despite the nearly 20 albums of music that hes released, despite the dozens of hours of spoken word discs that hes cut, it can be tough get a glimpse of what makes up the seminal musician, and moreso, what he thinks about internally. Jello biafra turns down offer to reunite with dead kennedys at riot fest. Find out when jello biafra is next playing live near you. Deadline is a split album released in 2007 on alternative tentacles records and fat wreck. The prolific musician and punk rock innovator will be supporting his latest spoken word album, in the grip of official treason.
June 17, 1958 is the former lead singer and songwriter for san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys, and is currently a musician and spoken word artist. Jello biafra at forbidden island tiki lounge on jan 18th, 9. Jello biafra proclaims the obscured truth on this wellperformed spoken word. Eric reed boucher is a spoken word poet and punk rock musician who operates under the name jello biafra. Jello biafra no more cocoonsthe jello biafra spoken. Deadline leftover crack and citizen fish album wikipedia. Leftover crack is an american punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of. Tales from the trial released 1989 on alternative tentacles. After his time with the band concluded, he became a political activist and took over the influential record label, alternative tentacles, which was founded by him and east bay ray. Biafra, jello in the grip of official treason amazon. Jello biafra has busy developing his spoken word endeavours, his sporadic. Jello biafra of dead kennedys performs an original poem inspired by the pledge of allegiance. This past winter, i had a chance to talk to the legendary and larger than life jello biafra. He also turned his attention to running his bands own record label, alternative tentacles, originally founded in 1979 but owned by biafra since the mid1980s.
He can be found on many college campuses doing spoken word shows, as opposed to his punk music shows with. Eric reed boucher born june 17, 1958, better known by his professional name jello biafra, is an american singer, musician, and spoken word artist. After his time with the band concluded, he continued as a musician in numerous collaborations and as a spoken. Biafra, who began his tenure in punk rock as the frontman of the dead kennedys and continues to contribute to the scene with his label and dozens of projects from the coup, jello biafra and the melvins, ministry, napalm death and many, many more. Long live the code, hells winter, and never breathe what you cant see. You can find the list of jello biafra tour dates here. On stage, as his band tears through riffcharged rockers at volume 11, biafra leaps and prances and darts across the stage, his arms lashing in all directions. Jello biafra created his name as an ironic combination of a nutritionally poor. Jello biafra biography wikipedia eric reed boucher born june 17, 1958, better known by his professional name jello biafra, is an american singer, musician, and spoken word artist. June 17, 1958 is an american musician and spoken word artist. Stza crack jello biafra 50th birthday song youtube. After he left the dead kennedys, he took over the influential independent record label alternative tentacles that he cofounded in 1979. Jello biafra is a musician, spoken word artist, and the former lead singer and songwriter for the san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys. Jello biafra has announced the dates for a spoken word tour set to kick off next month.
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