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Frankenchrist
Album cover
Album by The Dead Kennedys
Released October 1985
Recorded Hyde St. Studios, 1985
Genre Hardcore punk
Length 45:12
Label Alternative Tentacles
Producer(s) Jello Biafra
Professional reviews
The Dead Kennedys chronology
Plastic Surgery Disasters
(1982)
Frankenchrist
(1985)
Bedtime for Democracy
(1986)


Frankenchrist was the third album released by the Dead Kennedys in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles. Cover of the Dead Kennedys album Frankenchrist. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... From Left to Right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray The Dead Kennedys were a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... This article is about the year. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Alternative Tentacles is a record label based in Emeryville, California. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Jello Biafra, onstage in Switzerland (October 15, 2003). ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles and bootlegs are rated and reviewed by users. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... From Left to Right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray The Dead Kennedys were a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) is the second album released by the Dead Kennedys. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Bedtime for Democracy (1986) is the 4th and final album released by the Dead Kennedys. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... From Left to Right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray The Dead Kennedys were a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Alternative Tentacles is a record label based in Emeryville, California. ...


The album was a subject of great controversy because of a poster inserted in the original record sleeve. The poster, H.R. Giger's Landscape #XX, or Penis Landscape, was a painting depicting rows of penises in sexual intercourse. The band was brought to trial for distributing harmful matter to minors, and though they eventually won the case, Biafra's Alternative Tentacles was driven almost to bankruptcy. Only through the support of fans was the label able to stay alive. Biafra came out as a champion of free speech, and was one of the most active opponents of the PMRC. Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (pronounced: GEE-ger) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ... Penis Landscape, or Work 219: Landscape XX Penis Landscape, or Work 219: Landscape XX is a work of art by HR Giger. ... Alternative Tentacles is a record label based in Emeryville, California. ... The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was a committee formed in 1985 by the wives of several congressmen. ...


The songs here focus on the more nightmarish, psychedelic, hard-rocking side of the Kennedys' musical personality. The spaghetti western fascination is also noticeable in the horn parts and in East Bay Ray's atmospheric guitar work. Frankenchrist is not, however, generally considered to be one of their best releases, which may have something to do with the relative lack of traditionally 'hardcore' material. "MTV − Get off the Air" is notable for its pointed slam of the music establishment and "Stars and Stripes of Corruption" for its detailed layout of Jello Biafra's political philosophies. On the original vinyl version, Side A was tracks 1-5 and Side B was tracks 6-10. Spaghetti Westerns is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... East Bay Ray East Bay Ray (real name: Ray Pepperell) was the lead guitarist for the well known West Coast punk band Dead Kennedys. ... Jello Biafra, onstage in Switzerland (October 15, 2003). ...


Track listing

  1. "Soup is Good Food" (Biafra) - 4:18
  2. "Hellnation" (Peligro) - 2:22
  3. "This Could Be Anywhere (This Could Be Everywhere)" (Biafra) - 5:24
  4. "A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch" (Biafra) - 5:50
  5. "Chicken Farm" (Biafra) - 5:06
  6. "Jock-O-Rama (Invasion of the Beef Patrol)" (Biafra) - 4:06
  7. "Goons of Hazard" (Biafra) - 4:25
  8. "MTV − Get off the Air" (Biafra) - 3:37
  9. "At My Job" (Ray) - 3:41
  10. "Stars and Stripes of Corruption" (Biafra) - 6:23
Poster included with the album
Poster included with the album

Soup is Good Food is the opening song of the Dead Kennedys third album, Frankenchrist. ... From Left to Right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray The Dead Kennedys were a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... At My Job is the ninth song on the Dead Kennedys third album, Frankenchrist. ... Image File history File links Album art from Frankenchrist, Dead Kennedys album, art by HR Giger, thumbnail as fair use. ... Image File history File links Album art from Frankenchrist, Dead Kennedys album, art by HR Giger, thumbnail as fair use. ...

Personnel

  • Jello Biafra - lead vocals, producer, mixer
  • East Bay Ray - guitar, synthesizer, bellzouki
  • Klaus Flouride - bass, backing vocals
  • D.H. Peligro - drums, backing vocals
  • John Leib - trumpet
  • Tim Jones - keyboards
  • Nina T.R. Stapleton - backing vocals
  • Laura T.R. Muetz - backing vocals
  • Julie Hoffman - backing vocals
  • Susan Caldwell - backing vocals
  • Danielle Dunlap - backing vocals
  • Robyn Lutz - backing vocals
  • Kris Carleson - backing vocals
  • Steve DePace - backing vocals
  • Wild Bill - backing vocals
  • Sweet - backing vocals
  • Wee Willy Lipat - backing vocals
  • Microwave - backing vocals
  • Gary Flyod - backing vocals
  • Eugene Robinson - backing vocals
  • Jeff Davis - backing vocals
  • John Cuniberti - engineer, mixer
  • Winston Smith - artwork
Dead Kennedys
Jello Biafra | East Bay Ray | Klaus Flouride | D.H. Peligro
Ted | 6025 | Brandon Cruz | Jeff Penalty
Albums and EPs
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | In God We Trust, Inc. | A Skateboard Party | Plastic Surgery Disasters | Frankenchrist | Bedtime for Democracy | Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death | Mutiny on the Bay | Live at the Deaf Club
Singles
"California Über Alles" | "Holiday in Cambodia" | "Kill the Poor" | "Too Drunk to Fuck" | "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" | "Bleed for Me" | "Halloween"
Other Related Articles
Hardcore punk | Alternative Tentacles | Penis Landscape
Categories
Category:Dead Kennedys | Category:Dead Kennedys albums | Category:Dead Kennedys songs

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Frankenchrist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (335 words)
Frankenchrist was the third album released by the Dead Kennedys in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles.
The album was a subject of great controversy because of a poster inserted in the original record sleeve.
Frankenchrist is not, however, generally considered to be one of their best releases, which may have something to do with the relative lack of traditionally 'hardcore' material (Most of the songs are slower and longer than the majority of other Dead Kennedys songs).
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