Met and talked to DH after two DK shows. A genuinely nice guy. Always a smile and kindness. With the exception of John Brannon from Negative Approach all band members I've met have been the same.
in the 6th grade I was the only kid to get a question about Pol Pot on a history quiz right. Teacher was surprised and asked me how I had learnt about him.... thanks DK
Back in the days, I was 19 and played bass with a band called queef and we covered this. Nothing like the raw joy of punk. Approaching 55 now. Play blues and think about gigging, a little. Great days.
My wife was actually a missionary in Cambodia years ago, she saw firsthand the after effects of Pol Pot's regime. 20 years later, some of the things she saw still bring her to tears.
@@andyfoxy3140 I'm gonna give you a little piece of advice my friend, keep comments like this to the internet. IRL, if you had said this shit to someone like me, you'd be waking up in the hospital. Bless your heart, and stay safe, there's dangerous people out there who don't always have the patience to play these little games.
"Punks not dead, it just deserves to die when it becomes another stale cartoon. A closed minded self centered social club, ideas don't matter, it's who you know"
Not sure how old you all are but from a 53 year old, old school punk from The burbs of NYC, man I wish and hope some of you actually saw these guys in their hay day. All I can say is holy crap. Was absolutely unreal in the late 80’s. All these bands regularly playing the small NYC clubs. Was a great time. East Bay Ray is an underrated under appreciated guitar star.
Agreed. I'm 52 and just went through a Ramones set of music from 1983 and prior. Then put on Iron Maiden. Then the Pixies. Lots of good shit was in the 80's if you stayed away from MTV.
Saw these guys 3 times in the early 80's. One show I did a stage dive....instead of catching me the crowd cleared and I landed on my head, LOL. Good times!
I’m 14 and found out about DK through one of my teachers. wish i was born earlier so i could have gone to one of their concerts with Jello still in it hahaha sounds like it was a lot of fun. shame you don’t get a lot of concerts like that anymore
At a Black Flag concert, the same happened to me sort of. the small Turkish punk landed dove off the stage and landed only on me. Another concession for me!
Same The Clash is also my second favorite band of all time first being Linkin Park Chester Bennington and Joe Strummer are my favorite vocalists of all time
Sad day when D. Boon died in that tragic car accident. And really, his fiance later said that it wasn't her fault that the van wrecked, but the van's rear axle broke when she hit a pothole, which caused the van to roll.
I love Jello so much. Everyone's playing the song and then there's him living it. I "discovered" Dead Kennedys (I knew them before but didn't listen to them) last year and my 17yo mind was blown.
This is soooo good. DH Peligro was such a phenomenal drummer. This has everything you want from the DKs--Biafra's intensity and weirdness; the driving bass; that psycho surfer guitar. And Peligro showing up most of the other hardcore drummers. Even at 13 years old, I could tell the DKs had something more "artsy" going on--I respect them now even more for it.----even if they imploded pretty nastily for a while!
I was never a huge fan of this era, probably because of my age as I grew up on SKA and skate punk. It's neat going back through the history and looking at the evolution and divergences in the scene though
Rage and angst, real rock and roll, one of the most underrated bands of all time and i just luv this songs venomously mocking and disturbing title, Holiday In Cambodia.
Underrated? By whom? Anyone who knows, knows. Jello is punk rock royalty, and Dead Kennedys are among the best in punk history. Don't be one of those people who think "underrated" means that more people should like them. They're rated in the top where they should be.
I saw them back in the 80's. Great show! Loud and fast. Jello's banter with the audience was great. The satire in their songs is more relevant than ever.
Omg.... Flashback.... Forgot I was into the back in the day. Just heard my neighbour cranking this. And knew every word. Didnt have TH-cam or internet back in the day. So first time seeing actual footage of this song. FUCKING AWESOME!!!
The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
How are the Dead Kennedys so great? Let's count the ways. 1) Political band that lived everything they preached. 2) Black drummer at a time when black punks weren't that visible. Hell, a time when the black presence and influence in rock in general seemed nearly dead. 3) Just as fast as any other hardcore band, but also capable of slowing down and sounding even more threatening doing so, 4) While absolutely an acquired taste, a hardcore singer that could actually carry a tune and not just shout himself hoarse. %) In Eat Bay Ray, probably the most tasteful and tuneful guitarist to ever emerge from the scene. One who wore his surf influences on his sleeve, And hell, on "Moon Over Marin", got almost romantic.
Not quite.... He was busted for withholding ten years worth of royalties against his own bandmates. This song itself is funny. Someone so left wing (Yet loves money clearly...) singing about how terrible the commie system is, but then cannot connect the dots with his own remarks over the years.
@@niveknailgun Not too sure the song is left wing, anti authoritarian for sure and liberal yes but left wing? And anyway since when did being left wing mean you can't make money?
@@ldblokland463 Yep, but the song is anti authoritarian and is critical of those with wealth who lecture on human rights as well as an ode to those poor souls who suffered under Pol Pot.
At my former workplace, vendors would bring books for sale and leave a sample for a week, then come and collect the orders and drop off more samples. One of the books was entitled "Holidays in Tasmania". Just guess how that played in my head each time i saw the cover, on my way to lunch.
I used to think I wasn't either, saw no point in the directionless anger and random noise of mainstream punk these days... then I heard Jello and was like "Oh, _this_ is what it's supposed to be like... the corpos just bought it out and ruined it 'cause it scared the crap out of them."
No phone, a walkman and an angry skate on the streets of Australia. These new generations don't know what they are missing when the world traded our freedom for tech.
Nothing better than buying Too Drunk to Fuck from Woolworths as a teenager and then later on going to watch them Live in Birmingham UK !!!!!! Oh those days were ACE !!!
I was about 8 when this came out and I remember singing it for my Mom (RIP) and she just laughed at the whole notion of a song lyric that was: A Holiday in Cambodia. It was about 1984 or 85 when I sang it though, I was older than 8 but I will never forget that. My Mom's favorite group was Air Supply. I miss her everyday, she died Nov 1st 1990.
i love dk's growing up i had all their stuff never seen them till just now didnt know what i was missing didnt know the lead singer looked like the riddler on bad acid now i love them even more
Sam Stave I think they meant nowadays. I mean, if you're involved in the punk community Dead Kennedys is still huge. Bad brains and Nofx are still relevant to this day as well.
I saw them at the Regis Field House in Denver . It was June 1983, still have pics that I took , that only a few people have seen. The show was INSANE !!!!
@@AhmedHussienEpic They broke up and years later sued each other over royalties or some such bullshit. I think they might've patched things up - this was over a decade ago iirc.
@@AhmedHussienEpic the rest of the dead kennedys wanted to use their songs in commercials and jello wasn't down with that, so they sued over royalties over the songs
GREAT memories of me and my best friend Michael driving to high school in his VW Van and having this song cranked up ! We were both freshman in high school in 1980 at a very preppy school - TDK WERE THE BOMB.
Finally recognize where the beginning clips come from, Deerhunter! Was a punk fan and watched the film last night only to recognize the audio “Mike..MIKE!”
I just learned about metamodernism, and I think this songs fits it perfectly. The lyrics are ironic and lighthearted in a sense, but also dead serious.
"You'll work harder with a gun in your back for a bowl of rice a day. Slave for soldiers til you starve then your head's skewered on a stake." I sang this whole verse at a show in Ventura CA when that singer who isn't Jello jumped into the crowd. I met East Bay Ray and DH Peligro before they played. When I asked Ray for an autograph on my styrofoam beer cup he told me to buy a cd in the lobby and he'd sign that. I said please please please and he reluctantly signed my cup anyway. DH didn't think twice about signing it. We've been best friends ever since. EB Ray is so jealous.
Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, Klaus Fluoride, and DH Peligro were (and continue to be) the BOMB. So relevant across the time spectrum. Hell yea Alternative Tentacles!
I remember a high school debate in my civics class, between me on "free speech" and a nice girl who wanted "reasonable censorship". She referenced this song as something that should be banned, for "offensive language" and "mocking the plight of people and the victims of the events and conditions in Cambodia".
Saw them live in Atlanta in 1982. During their break, they came right off the stage and headed for the bar and mingled with the customers. Jello was walking around shaking hands with everyone and thanking them for showing up. I had to laugh.
I wish I had a time machine to be there for 10 minutes!! I'd go back and kill Hitler or polpot or the first guy who made up whiteness as a reason to enslave and genocide, but I'm clumsy & I KNOW I'd fuck it right up. I would've gone to the actual show but I think I was in preschool... eugh I hate getting old. To tired to be an effective activist.
These boys were groundbreaking on political issues and musical prowess back in the day and clearly a reason for the influence on some of today's true artists.
I was really into the DK's when I was about 14, then my younger brother and sister who are way younger than me, got into them too. We are proud to say we are a generation of DK fans.
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RIP DH Peligro. Amazing drummer who has left an amazing legacy behind. The power of the sounds of his sticks will remain eternally. 🥲
Just heard and came over to TH-cam to listen to his music. RIP, D.H., gonna miss you and your drumming
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Met and talked to DH after two DK shows. A genuinely nice guy.
Always a smile and kindness.
With the exception of John Brannon from Negative Approach all band members I've met have been the same.
Did he drink the tea?
DH rest easy ❤
The riffs on this song are insane
Paulie, Riff at 1:17 begins the song for me. Amazing how vocally they introduce the song, then get down to business. Indeed the riffs are darn great.
Indeed
East Bay Ray is the most under-rated guitarist.
An American Prayer The vocals were too overwhelmed by the music.It made me feel not so bad about how some of my songs sound.
Gives a kind of horror surf punk vibe.
Today is officially a Holiday in Cambodia. Bye Kissinger 👋
Hope this is played at his funeral!
He was accountable of thousands of deaths in south east Asia.
The song literally has a stereotypical part where he says the n word with a hard r. How do you like this shit
@@johnkayoss5422 but the songs about college liberals who think they know the plight of these people when they dont
@@VMan29397 you do realize "capitalism" was coined over 200 years ago as a critique of liberalism, correct?
Rest In Peace to one bad ass drummer and punk rock legend. D.H. Peligro. LEGENDS NEVER DIE!!!
Never die? You just said rip to em. :|
in the 6th grade I was the only kid to get a question about Pol Pot on a history quiz right. Teacher was surprised and asked me how I had learnt about him.... thanks DK
melty fukin awesome
That's AMAZING! Good for you.
@Roshan right? he was a pillar of the global community!
That sounds like it totally happended
You gotta quit living off TH-cam
RIP DH Peligro, one of the greatest punk drummers.
Back in the days, I was 19 and played bass with a band called queef and we covered this. Nothing like the raw joy of punk. Approaching 55 now. Play blues and think about gigging, a little. Great days.
I love the band name: Queef.....that's funny.
Don't think about man- do it
I'm 54. I just wrote my first punk song.
@@spracejus6058 would really like to hear that actually
Queef... let me just take two weeks to process that 😭😂😂
My wife was actually a missionary in Cambodia years ago, she saw firsthand the after effects of Pol Pot's regime. 20 years later, some of the things she saw still bring her to tears.
Meh....she needs to get over it
@@andyfoxy3140 I'm gonna give you a little piece of advice my friend, keep comments like this to the internet. IRL, if you had said this shit to someone like me, you'd be waking up in the hospital. Bless your heart, and stay safe, there's dangerous people out there who don't always have the patience to play these little games.
@@andyfoxy3140 ok, go to war and see how you feel after this comment.
@@1aurena I'd still feel the same
Did she like the video ?
Ask her if you should give it a 👍 like?
CHEEEEEOW
“Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.” Jello Biafra
Dead on. And nice name.
Underrated comment.
Isnt it sadly normal, so dead?
In some ways. You can find "punk" in 2020-hiphop. So technically.. that time has come.
"Punks not dead, it just deserves to die when it becomes another stale cartoon. A closed minded self centered social club, ideas don't matter, it's who you know"
Im proud to say Jello stage dived and headbutted me.
My jaw caught his boot in a similar stunt.
Maybe we can start a class action lawsuit for those injured by Jello's stage antics.
@@pearsjer000 wtf lmfao
I fist bumped East Bay Ray while they played this. New DK era tho.
Everything that is punk
Very cool memory , when a head butt feels like a gift ..
This song epitomises punk rock, full of energy great rifts and making a statement about something that is relevant in the world.
Yeah .. worshipping socialism which Jello is big time. He loves him some communist Hillary Clinton
And don’t forget the n word with the hard r….
RIP DH Peligro. An awesome drummer and a legend.
Not sure how old you all are but from a 53 year old, old school punk from The burbs of NYC, man I wish and hope some of you actually saw these guys in their hay day. All I can say is holy crap. Was absolutely unreal in the late 80’s. All these bands regularly playing the small NYC clubs. Was a great time. East Bay Ray is an underrated under appreciated guitar star.
Roy Mange I'm only 36 but I had the pleasure of seeing Jello Biafra speak live once and it was life changing.
I got to see the Dead Kennedys in San Francisco for a $5.00 cover Charge at the Mabuhay Gardens. It was an awesome night . Younger Year Memories
I miss those days.
I sure the hell did
Absolute masterpiece allways watching this bring back the old days when all the top bands was around not like the rubbish today !
Holy crap, 2020, I'm now 63 years old and can STILL get into this
Agreed. I'm 52 and just went through a Ramones set of music from 1983 and prior. Then put on Iron Maiden. Then the Pixies. Lots of good shit was in the 80's if you stayed away from MTV.
I am 58 I want to pogo !!!!
@@ronconti5932 i am 53 and I want as well but i can't anymore 😟
@Zebra Ataraxia If you haven't already, listen to "Police Truck" over and over for a couple of days.
Sixty and still listening...
Saw these guys 3 times in the early 80's. One show I did a stage dive....instead of catching me the crowd cleared and I landed on my head, LOL. Good times!
I’m 14 and found out about DK through one of my teachers. wish i was born earlier so i could have gone to one of their concerts with Jello still in it hahaha sounds like it was a lot of fun. shame you don’t get a lot of concerts like that anymore
@@ameliaamela24 Don't call them DK. Jello hates that. Or did, before Ray stole the name.
@@princeofcupspoc9073 thank you for letting me know, won’t happen again 😎😎
At a Black Flag concert, the same happened to me sort of. the small Turkish punk landed dove off the stage and landed only on me. Another concession for me!
The Clash and Dead Kennedys are my two favorite punk bands
Me too , & The Stoogies
Same The Clash is also my second favorite band of all time first being Linkin Park Chester Bennington and Joe Strummer are my favorite vocalists of all time
On one weekend I saw The Dead Kennedys, Husker Du and the Minutemen at three different venues. It was one of the best weekends I've ever experienced.
I love and remember The Minuteman. Straight from San Pedro.
Sharon did you get to see the minutemen in San Pedro or at another venue? Another influential punk band from the 80s! DBoon lives!!
You were blessed!
What city?
Sad day when D. Boon died in that tragic car accident. And really, his fiance later said that it wasn't her fault that the van wrecked, but the van's rear axle broke when she hit a pothole, which caused the van to roll.
It's hilarious that the Dead Kennedys have a Vevo
Its fake lol
This is the only song lol
Yes! DK members sold themselves just see Jello interviews on why he left the band.
@J K because Vevo is some corporate ass bullshit
@@weatheranddarkness just like Whole Foods
The satire in this song is on another level.
Yes and the weed was terrible back then.
satire of liberal college students?
I love Jello so much. Everyone's playing the song and then there's him living it. I "discovered" Dead Kennedys (I knew them before but didn't listen to them) last year and my 17yo mind was blown.
Good for you!
This is soooo good. DH Peligro was such a phenomenal drummer. This has everything you want from the DKs--Biafra's intensity and weirdness; the driving bass; that psycho surfer guitar. And Peligro showing up most of the other hardcore drummers. Even at 13 years old, I could tell the DKs had something more "artsy" going on--I respect them now even more for it.----even if they imploded pretty nastily for a while!
100 percent man, East Bay Ray's guitar solo still gives me chills!
Punk has always been the best way to spit in the face of the criminals who rule us.
Ah, that must be why the criminals continue to rule us.
@Lawrence Rummerfield Sure. Thanks for proving my point.
"to spit in the face of the criminals"
That is why the criminals have now invented the mandatory mask.
@@Macrotodon Don't think this thread needed another example of the idiocy punk fosters, but thanks for providing one anyway.
@@nerosuperstardom
Yes, you think and plan and mean, but life just does what it wants.
Such a classic. Dead Kennedy's truly one of the greats.
DH peligro was a phenomenal drummer. Rip you legend
0:36 And here we can witness a wild Jello Biafra in his natural habitat, coming out of his cave ready to teach yuppies what punk is all about
hungryteens lol
Fucking amen
XD
Fernanda Alaniz lol ...preaaach!
Quem são os yuppies?
Best punk band ever. Well written songs, good music, and good performers to back it up. These guys were the whole package.
Seriously this band made me love punk , the message it speaks the truth
I was never a huge fan of this era, probably because of my age as I grew up on SKA and skate punk.
It's neat going back through the history and looking at the evolution and divergences in the scene though
Saw them live in 1980 , what an evening that was 😀
Totally underated guitar player. I love this band.
Ah, Jello was always a man advanced to his times... late 70's and he was already prepared for the coronavirus with those gloves.
I thought right the same. :-D
LOL
Rob Oter haha well atleast he knew what was coming years later
😂😂😂
Nice!
People can hate Jelo Biafra if they want, but they can’t deny that the man has an amazing stage presence.
In my heart, there's always room for jello.
Who hates him?
@@turkturkleton2671 right wingers?
@@martijnstuart95 as a right winger I don't hate him
@@martijnstuart95 is there any right winger who enjoys punk rock? o.o
You can't go into a bar in Cambodia without hearing this even still
Haha sick foreal?
Rage and angst, real rock and roll, one of the most underrated bands of all time and i just luv this songs venomously mocking and disturbing title, Holiday In Cambodia.
Underrated? By whom? Anyone who knows, knows. Jello is punk rock royalty, and Dead Kennedys are among the best in punk history. Don't be one of those people who think "underrated" means that more people should like them. They're rated in the top where they should be.
The drummer for DK was amazing.
No kidding he kicks ass
@@andrewdyke5561 He played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers also.
is this Ted on drums here or Pellegrino?
@@thesound-chameleonman3580 ted, first Drumer...
@@indiglo1971 not the drummer here, Ted, but D. H. Peligro played with RHCP for a stint in 1988.
I saw them back in the 80's. Great show! Loud and fast. Jello's banter with the audience was great. The satire in their songs is more relevant than ever.
Just decided to watch this again for the first time in maybe 6 months. Someone reported it?! Get a life! Excellent song!
Omg....
Flashback....
Forgot I was into the back in the day.
Just heard my neighbour cranking this.
And knew every word.
Didnt have TH-cam or internet back in the day.
So first time seeing actual footage of this song.
FUCKING AWESOME!!!
Jello just has the perfect punk voice
He can't scream.
@@SatEight true
SatEight he can do strange screeching, however.
@@sourcecode16 my granny did too
fact!
My favourite versions of one of my favourite songs! Love the Low-fi, fuzzy surf sound of Ray's guitar!
The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
Ron Jeremy is innocent.
How are the Dead Kennedys so great? Let's count the ways.
1) Political band that lived everything they preached.
2) Black drummer at a time when black punks weren't that visible. Hell, a time when the black presence and influence in rock in general seemed nearly dead.
3) Just as fast as any other hardcore band, but also capable of slowing down and sounding even more threatening doing so,
4) While absolutely an acquired taste, a hardcore singer that could actually carry a tune and not just shout himself hoarse.
%) In Eat Bay Ray, probably the most tasteful and tuneful guitarist to ever emerge from the scene. One who wore his surf influences on his sleeve, And hell, on "Moon Over Marin", got almost romantic.
Not quite.... He was busted for withholding ten years worth of royalties against his own bandmates. This song itself is funny. Someone so left wing (Yet loves money clearly...) singing about how terrible the commie system is, but then cannot connect the dots with his own remarks over the years.
@@niveknailgun Hypocrisy knows no bounds. Everyone does it, eventually. Even you.
@@niveknailgun Not too sure the song is left wing, anti authoritarian for sure and liberal yes but left wing?
And anyway since when did being left wing mean you can't make money?
@@jimdevon9550 dude biafra is a straight up anarchist, you know that right?
@@ldblokland463 Yep, but the song is anti authoritarian and is critical of those with wealth who lecture on human rights as well as an ode to those poor souls who suffered under Pol Pot.
If I ever have a Bed & Breakfast, I am going to call it Holiday Inn Cambodia. Sorry jello.
hyperactive child I’d so visit that
It can be next to my nightclub. I'm naming it 'Club Babyseals".
At my former workplace, vendors would bring books for sale and leave a sample for a week, then come and collect the orders and drop off more samples.
One of the books was entitled "Holidays in Tasmania". Just guess how that played in my head each time i saw the cover, on my way to lunch.
I think I need to do just that. May I gratefully steal your idea, please.
I'm not a punk rocker but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Cambodia last night.
Man, what a track! I'm 56 and still remember this.
Jello's voice is a thing of beauty!
I am 22 years old and I am enjoying this beautiful masterpiece, I met it from the guitar hero game and I am fascinated.
Dead Kennedy's make me feel as if society is going to collapse unless I do something to change things for the better.
Jose Cortez EXACTLY
Trump 2020!
@@UnitedSoundVideo yeah, we know! Hes an absolute failure!
Yeah, it absolutely still applies in today's world too. Imagine society if everyone actually gave a shit and tried to make the world a better place
@@UnitedSoundVideo 😐 funny since jello legit hates trump
Brings me back. You would never see this before the internet. Jello Biafra has a physical presense that matches his sonic energy. What a great band.
Anyone else celebrating Kissenger's death with this track?
ME
Holiday in Gaza. NOW!!!
East Bay Ray is one of the most underrated guitarists ever!
His style is unique that's for sure.
Great player!👊
i was a wierdo i high school but with the dead kennedys i was a god. plastic surgurys was my first
my first show at the ritz in nyc was the dead kennedys
.....nothing was ever the same after that :)
I was there too!
Kissenger is Dead ..Hoorray!
My man DH on drum's kickin Ass and not taking names....
I'm not a punk-fan, but this is a 'must-know-song'! Almost historic.
I used to think I wasn't either, saw no point in the directionless anger and random noise of mainstream punk these days... then I heard Jello and was like "Oh, _this_ is what it's supposed to be like... the corpos just bought it out and ruined it 'cause it scared the crap out of them."
As a 64 year old must agree this is a seminal song of that era. Blistering.
Not 'almost'. This is one of the best songs by one of the best bands in American punk, and, frankly, rock history.
I'm 42 years old, and when I listen to any DK, I wanna go grab my board and skate!! #youth
Must be a Yank thing !🙈😂
What's stopping you? Grab that board and ride!
Same here!! 41y.o.
@@joemeichan9634 Itsa World Thing KOOK!
No phone, a walkman and an angry skate on the streets of Australia. These new generations don't know what they are missing when the world traded our freedom for tech.
Nothing better than buying Too Drunk to Fuck from Woolworths as a teenager and then later on going to watch them Live in Birmingham UK !!!!!! Oh those days were ACE !!!
I was about 8 when this came out and I remember singing it for my Mom (RIP) and she just laughed at the whole notion of a song lyric that was: A Holiday in Cambodia. It was about 1984 or 85 when I sang it though, I was older than 8 but I will never forget that. My Mom's favorite group was Air Supply. I miss her everyday, she died Nov 1st 1990.
15 people have been to school for a year or two, and know they've seen it all, in daddys car thinking they'll go far.
;)
Kaggerz, Lord Paramount of KakaoNation
penis
KageTV omg they have finally arrived at the over pass near the castle in Prague with Marguerite in oradour ahhhhh
KageTV With common sense there type can't crawl
i love dk's growing up i had all their stuff never seen them till just now didnt know what i was missing didnt know the lead singer looked like the riddler on bad acid now i love them even more
Dude,
I had confirm to watch the dead Kennedy's... Yup, they're still awesome
One of the most underrated bands ever.
Underrated????
They were one of the biggest punk bands of their era. Jello is a legend.
Source: my then-17-year-old green mohawk and 20-eye docs.
Sam Stave I think they meant nowadays.
I mean, if you're involved in the punk community Dead Kennedys is still huge. Bad brains and Nofx are still relevant to this day as well.
Also, sorry for incorrect grammar; English isn't my native language.
ROCK EN ROLL!!!!
Covered by Laaz Rocket and Sepultara.
Dead kenndys were my favorite punk band growing up...I'm 43, they were bad ass live!
Great melody and chord changes .Love the bridge and sentiment .Jello has a great voice.
i wish youtube wouldn't cut the last 20 seconds of every video youre watching jammed with what shit to watch next
I wish youtube didn't exist
I saw them at the Regis Field House in Denver . It was June 1983, still have pics that I took , that only a few people have seen. The show was INSANE !!!!
one of the best punk songs ever (fact )
Definitely. When someone talks about best punk songs I think of Raw Power, this, and No Fun.
top 2
196019sycamore good top 3, but I think The Ramones should be up there
andymac29 Well said sir !
I would agree, it combines all elements of punk and surf rock to create one masterpiece of a song
I loved DK growing up and listened to many of their albums and think this is their best song
RIP D.H.
the amount of physicality in his stage performance is awesome respect awesome.
these lyrics man. these guys ahead of their time
Ya Ever listen to crass?
I guess history repeats over and over again
Ahead of their time? They were singing about the Vietnam war in the punk era. They are on one of perfect examples of their time.
SUNAMJAMFRAMA I'd say the lyrics are timeless!
Now if only most of the people who listened to this decided to stop being little Commies we'd be in a better place right now.
This is the very essence of punk.
RIP DH, 63 years old
I used to go help with sound backstage. He is a sweetheart. A perfectionist too. Lord bless
Who?
When it comes to performing, Jello is like the Mick Jagger of punk rock! One of the best to ever do it!
DH Peligro was the beating heart behind the DKs. RIP
RIP Darren Henley.
And then they all sued each other....Punk comradery
More explanation please
@@AhmedHussienEpic They broke up and years later sued each other over royalties or some such bullshit. I think they might've patched things up - this was over a decade ago iirc.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 Money is the most dangerous poison... thanks for the information!
@@AhmedHussienEpic the rest of the dead kennedys wanted to use their songs in commercials and jello wasn't down with that, so they sued over royalties over the songs
Ahmed Hussien They still play , without Jello. They are bloody awful. It’s like Mike V with black flag.
So powerful, even today. Fantastic musicianship, too.
GREAT memories of me and my best friend Michael driving to high school in his VW Van and having this song cranked up ! We were both freshman in high school in 1980 at a very preppy school - TDK WERE THE BOMB.
Just read that DH Peligro has died. Awesome drummer, incredible musician.
RIP DH Peligro.
They're playing this to Henry Kissinger in hell
Shit I wish I could relive those days...sucks getting old.
Dee Wee what the Khmer Rouge? Just kidding
Shit i wish i could have lived those days once.... sucks being young
It isn't fun being young either. Life in general sucks. We just tend to filter our memories and develop nostalgia otherwise we'd go fucking mad.
i have already gone fucking mad
I wish I could relive those days, but knowing what I do now, and with my parents already dead.
Finally recognize where the beginning clips come from, Deerhunter! Was a punk fan and watched the film last night only to recognize the audio “Mike..MIKE!”
Thanks for being awesome, D.H.
I just learned about metamodernism, and I think this songs fits it perfectly. The lyrics are ironic and lighthearted in a sense, but also dead serious.
"You'll work harder with a gun in your back for a bowl of rice a day. Slave for soldiers til you starve then your head's skewered on a stake."
I sang this whole verse at a show in Ventura CA when that singer who isn't Jello jumped into the crowd. I met East Bay Ray and DH Peligro before they played. When I asked Ray for an autograph on my styrofoam beer cup he told me to buy a cd in the lobby and he'd sign that. I said please please please and he reluctantly signed my cup anyway. DH didn't think twice about signing it.
We've been best friends ever since. EB Ray is so jealous.
Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, Klaus Fluoride, and DH Peligro were (and continue to be) the BOMB. So relevant across the time spectrum.
Hell yea Alternative Tentacles!
RIP DH
punks remember each other
I remember a high school debate in my civics class, between me on "free speech" and a nice girl who wanted "reasonable censorship". She referenced this song as something that should be banned, for "offensive language" and "mocking the plight of people and the victims of the events and conditions in Cambodia".
clevoadam I think Jello was bringing the crimes of Pol Pot to the limelight. I don't know what the hell that girl was thinking.
clevoadam what she needs is a ... well, you know
More likely a Republican
Like Tipper Gore?
She must have been pretty dumb
People find this offensive? Just had to confirm my age to watch this.
This song still holds up well, I wasn't even alive when this was realesed and still holds up
Ray's guitar is so unique to punk rock, really gave the DKs that special sound. What a great group! shame they crumbled to greed and infighting.
Definitely. Tom Morello might be a fan.
@@stevelibby6852 true that
Which is ironically contrary to everything they hated and sang about
@@nitr0junki3 yeah it just shows that anyone can fall into greediness… We have to be aware of that.
@happensq even like the most anti greed band can fall into such things when they're put into a system like Capitalism
I wish the live concert version was up on youtube...one of the best bits of live footage i've seen
One the most powerful song ever made. Thanks DK.
East Bay Ray so underrated as a guitarist . one of my faves growing up.
Decades later and I still like this.
You just gotta love that drummer. Oh damn is he good.
Saw them live in Atlanta in 1982. During their break, they came right off the stage and headed for the bar and mingled with the customers. Jello was walking around shaking hands with everyone and thanking them for showing up. I had to laugh.
I wish I had a time machine to be there for 10 minutes!! I'd go back and kill Hitler or polpot or the first guy who made up whiteness as a reason to enslave and genocide, but I'm clumsy & I KNOW I'd fuck it right up. I would've gone to the actual show but I think I was in preschool... eugh I hate getting old. To tired to be an effective activist.
Rip DH Peligro and finally after 100 years Kissinger assumes his proper place for what he did in hell
These boys were groundbreaking on political issues and musical prowess back in the day and clearly a reason for the influence on some of today's true artists.
I was really into the DK's when I was about 14, then my younger brother and sister who are way younger than me, got into them too. We are proud to say we are a generation of DK fans.