Plastic Surgery Disasters
Studio album by the Dead Kennedys
Released	November 1982
Recorded	Hyde St. Studios and Möbius Music, June 1982
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	42:56
Label	Alternative Tentacles
Producer(s)	East Bay Ray, Thom Wilson
Professional reviews
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the Dead Kennedys chronology
In God We Trust, Inc. (1981) Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) A Skateboard Party (1983)

Plastic Surgery Disasters is the second album released by the Dead Kennedys. It has been reissued with the EP In God We Trust, Inc., which are the last eight tracks on the CD. The inside cover art features Winston Smith's collages. Image File history File links DK_Plastic_Surgery_Disasters. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... (GREATEST BAND) The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California and was established in 1979. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Raymond Pepperell, better known as East Bay Ray, is the lead guitarist for the well known West Coast punk band Dead Kennedys. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... (GREATEST BAND) The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. ... In God We Trust, Inc. ... A Skateboard Party is a live album by the Dead Kennedys and was released in August 1983 on Starving Missile Records in cooperation with Alternative Tentacles as a limited edition release. ... (GREATEST BAND) The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. ... In God We Trust, Inc. ... Winston Smith (born 1952) is an artist and anarchist who primarily uses the medium of collage. ... A collage composed of magazine articles and pictures Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...

Musically, many different elements bubble to the surface on Plastic Surgery Disasters, including surf-rock, oddly psychedelic guitar textures, and traditional film music, including sections and guitar fills that resemble Ennio Morricone spaghetti western scores. These elements are not always immediately apparent under the high-speed thrash of music, but they are an indication of the Kennedys' musical uniqueness. The DKs would further these elements, to some extent, on their next release, 1985's Frankenchrist. Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928; sometimes also credited as Dan Savio or Leo Nichols) is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. ... Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Western 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. ... Frankenchrist was the third album released by the Dead Kennedys in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles. ...

On the 2001 Manifesto release of the album, the beginning of "Government Flu" is a separate track entitled "Advice from Christmas Past". There is also a typing error on the Manifesto CDs so that "Bleed for Me" is entitled "Bleed for". On the original vinyl version, Side A was tracks 1-8 and Side B was tracks 9-13.

A music video was made for "Forest Fire" [1].

Track listing

All songs written by Jello Biafra except when stated. Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. ...

1. "Government Flu" – 2:59
2. "Terminal Preppie" – 1:30
3. "Trust Your Mechanic" – 2:55
4. "Well Paid Scientist" – 2:21
5. "Buzzbomb" – 2:21
6. "Forest Fire" – 2:22
7. "Halloween" – 3:35
8. "Winnebago Warrior" – 2:09
9. "Riot" – 5:57
10. "Bleed for Me" – 3:24
11. "I Am the Owl" – 4:51
12. "Dead End" – 3:56 (East Bay Ray)
13. "Moon Over Marin" – 4:29

Halloween (B-side Saturday Night Holocaust) is a seventh and final single by the Dead Kennedys. ... Bleed for Me (B-side Life Sentence) was the sixth single by punk rock band Dead Kennedys. ... Raymond Pepperell, better known as East Bay Ray, is the lead guitarist for the well known West Coast punk band Dead Kennedys. ... Moon Over Marin is the final track on the Dead Kennedys album, Plastic Surgery Disasters. ...

Credits

• Jello Biafra - lead vocals, artwork
• East Bay Ray - guitar, producer
• Klaus Flouride - bass, backing vocals, clarinet
• D.H. Peligro - drums
• Dave Barrett - saxophone
• Bruce Askley - saxophone
• Ninotchka - backing vocals
• Melissa Webber - backing vocals
• Geza X - backing vocals
• Mark Wallner - backing vocals
• John Cuniberti - backing vocals
• Thom Wilson - producer
• Norm - mixer
• Oliver Dicicco - engineer
• Winston Smith - artwork