Bleed for Me (B-side "Life Sentence") was the sixth single by punk rock band Dead Kennedys. It was released in July of 1982 on Alternative Tentacles. The music is cold and intimidating, and the lyrics describe kidnappings and torture carried out by a secret police (presumably the CIA). There follows a bridge, then the music becomes light and almost cheerful as the lyrics describe US foreign policy as utilising murderous dictatorships to secure economic concessions that favour American corporations. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California and was established in 1979. ... The word torture is commonly used to mean the infliction of pain to break the will of the victim(s). ... // Secret police (sometimes political police) are a police organization which operates in secrecy for the national purpose of maintaining national security against internal threats to the state. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... A foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how a particular country will interact with the other countries of the world. ... A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator. ... A corporation (usually known in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a company) is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name...

"Bleed for Me" also plays in the background of the Dead Kennedys' song "Kinky Sex (Makes the World Go 'Round)," in which an aide for the Reagan White House arranges World War III on the phone with Margaret Thatcher, who moans erotically at every new atrocity; this track may be a reference to the Thatchergate tape. Famous people with the family name Reagan include: Ronald Reagan, 40th President of The United States Nancy Reagan, the wife of Ronald Reagan and influential First Lady Ron Reagan, President Reagans son and liberal journalist Michael Reagan, President Reagans son and conservative talk show host John Henninger Reagan... It has been suggested that World War IV be merged into this article or section. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ... Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Thatchergate was the colloquial title of a hoax perpetrated by members of the anarcho-punk band Crass. ...

The song has also been covered by many bands, most notably Pearl Jam who have brought out the song for their most recent tours, substituting the lyric "cowboy Ronnie" for the more time-appropriate "cowboy Georgie", in reference to the current president of the United States. Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. ...