After he left the dead kennedys, he took over the influential independent record label alternative tentacles that he cofounded in 1979. A collaboration between jello biafra and punk band nomeansno. The first time i met him, he was extremely condescending. Deadline is a split album released in 2007 on alternative tentacles records and fat wreck chords. The worldinferno friendship society addicted to bad ideas the buzzcocks never gonna give it up against me. Jello biafra s 1979 mayoral campaign against diane feinstein was the first i ever worked on, which probably says a lot. But apart from the one meeting and its consequences that jello biafra wrote about for this site, there are many more connections between the strategies and subjects that can be found in the works of robert calvert and jello biafra. Around our nations capital theres a freeway 8 lanes wide white concrete ringed around the city for those who want inside get on get off ig. They have since released the album the sky is falling and i want my mommy. The official bloggy outpost of alternative tentacles records. Leftover cracks scott sturgeon and the 11year itch vice.
Leftover crack lights go out a punk fanzine from the uk. Ive been in touch with stza crack about our collab for the upcoming album i saw leftover crack years ago in santa cruz jello biafra was at the show and i met him too. Aug 08, 2009 jello biafra s birthday greating from stza crack for his 50th birthday celebration in june of 2008. Official alternative tentacles staff page for jello biafra. Nardwuar interviews leftover crack in vancouver, bc, canada. I cant fathom where you got that idea from, ray dont give any more weight to those cocaine use rumors. Around our nations capital theres a freeway 8 lanes wide white concrete r. Dave dictor of mdc is currently working on a project which may end up being his memoirs. Loc leftover crack stza scott sturgeon metro chicago photographer photography art. His current bands are leftover crack and crack rock steady 7 and sfh, whose third album, from the dumpster to the grave, will be released by fat wreck chords on october 11 there is a record release show that night at club europa in brooklyn and is currently streaming here. Dave dictor mdc working on memoirs, releases early look. The best punk shows in denver in december westword.
Biafra s nicknames for various political figures ronald reagan grandpa caligula. While homeboys in the back of the van make drugs wanna hide something like a crack lab just put it in plain sight only stop to refuel and unload more poison to tear more lives apart gang wars like never before. A picture of three of my favorite punks hanging out. The sky is falling and i want my mommy is an album recorded by jello biafra with punk band nomeansno. No, i was talking shit on the dead kennedys without jello biafra. Tickets can be purchased here the festivals organizers are billing it as a party to. Record label drops all legal action against dead kennedys, july, 2004 and appeal verdict, dead kennedys v. Jello biafra is a musician, spoken word artist, and the former lead singer and songwriter for the san francisco punk rock band dead kennedys.
Oct 16, 2017 by michael sorensen dont judge a book by its cover. A happy, excited jello biafra is a lot of fun to talk to. Has jello biafra ever tried to convert you to the green side. Dictor has stated that the work will include pieces on jello biafra, henry rollins, stza of leftov. Biafra tried to overturn that agreement to increase his share but failed, the shares remained the same. I made no commentary whatsoever as to the royalty division only on how raymond pepperell jr. Citizen fish covers money by choking victim, and clear channel fuck off. While that version of the man might make for great headline fodder, for some reason, when biafra feels bad, you tend to feel bad. When interviewing biafra, one usually tries to avoid the topic of the infamous dead kennedys lawsuit. Leftover crack babypunchers featuring jello biafra crack, degeneric, stza 3.
Played straighter with stzas side project star fucking hipsters. Youve made negative comments about the band and also jello biafra, whose label, alternative tentacles, you signed to. In recent interview with stza from leftover crack, he said that the first time he met you he could tell you didnt like crust punks. But you attacked the character of jello biafra by calling him a cop caller. Around our nations capital theres a freeway 8 lanes wide white concrete ringed around the city for those who want inside get on get off ignore everything to the sides in your midst i drive while homeboys in the back of the van make drugs. Biafra received much criticism from the left and punk community in light of an artistic boycott of israel put forward by the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign in 2005. San francisco punk legend celebrates 60th birthday cbs. Thankful for the memories as a young teen when it was 90% of the local shows i went to and very thankful it was an intro to 1st and some 2nd wave ska, but it feels a bit cringey to me now. The lead vocalist can also be playing an instrument as well. Race driver grid crack no dvd playback 583ae2174f stza crack jello biafra quotescrack aspel sae 5. The lead vocalist or lead singer is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. I sampled one of his tracks for the new album, i sent him the beat and said i wanted to have him sing on it.
Jello biafra tour dates 2020 jello biafra concert tickets. These are the songs currently in rotation in the all day play radio station. Were proud to publish his open letter to barack obama jh my friends. 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.
Deadline leftover crack and citizen fish album wikipedia. Stza crack jello biafra 50th birthday song youtube. Leftover crack went on an effective hiatus, with sturgeon aka stza. Lead vocalist academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. After he left the dead kennedys, he took over the influential independe. The project came about after nomeansno and biafra had collaborated on the song falling space junk hold the anchovies for the soundtrack to the underground film terminal city ricochet. Deadline is a split album released in 2007 on alternative tentacles records and fat wreck. This was a dream come true for punks young and old who have wanted to see the glory that is amebix, live.
Dead kennedys have been announced to headline the hifi rockfest at rainbow lagoon park in long beach, ca on september 26, 2015. Hailing from new york city specifically, alphabet citys csquat, leftover crack formed from the ashes of choking victim who recorded one album before breaking up the same day in 1998, originally consisting solely of stza note crack real name scott sturgeon until about 2000 or so, when he added on choking victims exbassist. You can find the list of jello biafra tour dates here. Around the same time, the band were approached by renowned underground punk rock figure and exdead kennedys frontman jello biafra, and as a result signed to his alternative tentacles record label. An annoyed, or even sad jello biafra is not so much fun.
It features guest appearances from jesse michaels, joe jack talcum and penny rimbaud as well as members of bouncing souls, all torn up, mischief brew, riverboat gamblers, blackbird raum, days n. Thats what were taught as young future forward independent thinkers. It features guest appearances from jesse michaels, joe jack talcum and penny rimbaud as well as members of bouncing souls, all torn up, mischief brew, riverboat gamblers, blackbird raum, days n daze, conquest for death, reivers, and intro5pect. Jello biafra full metal jackoff lyrics songmeanings. Biafra jello last scream of the missing neighbors full metal jackoff around our nations capital theres a freeway 8 lanes wide white concrete ringed around the city for those who want inside get on get off ignore everything to the sides in your midst i drive while. Singlehandedly creating the crack rock steady genre, sturgeon forged. Stza crack 1850 citizen fish1930 the beat2100 jaya the cat2215 jello biafra 2250 jb conspiracy2315. Dictor has stated that the work will include pieces on jello biafra, henry rollins, stza of leftover crack, rock against reagan, food not bombs, mdc with matt freeman and others. As one of the key upstarts to the california punkhardcore scene, jello biafra emerged as the singer of the dead kennedys in the late 70s and hasnt gone away since. 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. Roya got to sit down with sturgeon stza of leftover crack at the. Jello biafra s name more than just once on the robert calvert site.
The band consists of scott sturgeon vocals, brad logan guitar, alec baillie bass guitar. With the support of a new label, dead kennedys frontman jello. Man, you know there aint no such thing as leftover crack. Ezra kire born ezra cannon, december 30, 1975 is an american musician with the punk. Stza crack born scott sturgeon has been slogging away playing and releasing music for almost 20 years, fronting legendary cult punk rock acts such as the ska punkers choking victim, crust outfit leftover crack and most recently star fucking hipsters. Dictor is writing a piece telling the story of his 35year career in mdc as well as his early childhood years. This list includes notable musicians whose status as the lead singer andor vocalist of a musical group has been established by obvious fact or by the musical group itself. Jello biafra collaboration last scream of the missing neighbors, full metal jackoff is a furious indictment of the late 80s crack cocaine epidemic and alleges that top officials in the white house, the cia, and the us air force. Jello biafra relator of robert calvert aural innovations.
Whether we can expect to see a sardonic portrayal of biafra on leftover crack s next album remains to be seen. The album is the result of a collaboration between jello biafra of dead kennedys fame, and canadian band d. When we were young festivals most dominant demographic. Apr 19, 2017 when we were young we got really excited for the headliners. He is stza crack, as his fans know him, the outspoken, antagonistic punk. Oh yep, they are on there, theyre all on there, every band from reagan youth to zounds.
Find and follow posts tagged rebellion festival on tumblr. Girls, ministry, polaris, pearl jam, and more tourrelated news. Jello biafra writes an open letter to barack obama. Crusties both young and old packed the trocadero venues to capacity for the legendary hardcore punk band amebix, uniting to go on tour for the first time in twentytwo years. In his youth his family frequently move across north america, then eventually to colombo.
When choking victim broke up, stza went on to form leftover crack, and ezra went on to form morning glory. Along the way, he turned from party animal to zen peace activist. Thrash unreal the lawrence arms turnstyles sticks and stones sekai the stooges t. In early 2012 kire left leftover crack in order to concentrate on morning glory, stating that. Jello biafras birthday greating from stza crack for his 50th birthday celebration in june of 2008. Fat mike, stza crack, jello biafra photo by alyssa tanchajja sc. On august 30, 2004, leftover crack finally released their second album fuck world trade on alternative tentacles household name records in the uk. Cage the elephant took the main stage before afi and treated the crowd to the most radiofriendly set of the evening, featuring songs from their recent grammy winning album, tell me im pretty as well as previous singles such as come a little closer, shake me down, and aint no rest for the wicked.
A last scream of the missing neighbors is notable for the song full metal jackoff, a furious 14minute song that touches on thenrelative topics such as willie horton, the irancontra affair, oliver north, the crack epidemic and many. The label is also well known due to its outspoken provocateur owner, talent scout and. Jello biafra and the guantanamo school of medicin strength through shopping live so36 berlin 4. Jello biafra dead kennedys mouthpiece and his outspoken word by tim stegall, 11. After they broke up, stza and ezra crack formed the band leftover crack, and skwert and ezra formed indk. Honestly, watching those, your interviews, i was like, you know, it is kind of sad, i will never be able to get back in that country and so i will probably never be able to meet nardwuar and get interviewed, but now it is all happening. However, on december 27th, 2014, i came across an online ad for a band called barb wire dolls playing at the now defunct blank club in san jose. Bush king george the 1st beyond the valley of the gift police. Wrap this all up with some of jellos most biting and bitter lyrics and you have one hell of an album.
Jello biafra is a notorious record collector and his diverse tastes and knowledge always give the kennedys more fuel than the average punk band to draw from. Leftover crack is a fairly mild example, but with song and album titles like fuck world trade, one dead cop and babypunchers. On the 29 june 2011, jello biafra and the guantanamo school of medicine announced that their controversial show in tel aviv, israel, was cancelled. When i think of crusty, i think of bands like amebix, reagan youth, and nausea. When i was younger, i didnt really see myself living past 25 and for good reason. This list does not include persons who frequently share lead vocal duties with other members of a given music group eg. Whether hes singing, writing, acting, doing spoken word, or churning out records on his label, alternative tentacles, jello has remained one of punk rocks true pioneers for the last thirty y. His previous bands were no commercial value and choking victim. Jello biafra collaboration last scream of the missing neighbors, full metal jackoff is a furious indictment of the late 80s crack cocaine epidemic and alleges that top officials in the white house, the cia, and the us air force were responsible for facilitating cocaine shipments. San francisco punkrock icon and political gadfly jello biafra celebrates his 60th birthday sunday night at the great american music hall with his band.
Around our nations capital theres a freeway 8 lanes wide white con. Were pretty sure that jello has a few opinions of his own. Jello biafra and the guantanamo school of medicine wikipedia. The band is currently signed to fat wreck chords for cd releases, and alternative tentacles for vinyl releases. The legendary sf punks will be joined on the bill by naked raygun, street dogs, leftover crack, richie ramone, luicidal, true rivals, dirty filthy mugs and downtown brown. I havent bothered to read your posting history, but if you like fast punk with some fast ska thrown in, operation ivy also seems like an obvious choice.