Original UK 45 rpm single picture cover: The Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck
"Too Drunk To Fuck" was the second Dead Kennedys single to enter the UK chart, reaching No. 36 in May 1981, this despite the unwillingness of some record shops to stock the provocatively-named single. Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck. ... Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck. ... From Left to Right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray Dead Kennedys were a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Dead Kennedys received some controversy in the spring of 1981 over the song, as the BBC feared that it would manage to be a big enough hit to appear among the top 30 songs on the national charts. This would require them to play a performance of the song on Top of the Pops. However, the single's popularity was slightly less than what was required, peaking at the 31st position.[1] Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC One and now licensed for local versions around the world. ...
The Too Drunk To Fuck-single track list is as follows:
"Too Drunk To Fuck"
"The Prey"
"Too Drunk to Fuck" was also included in the Dead Kennedys' 1987 album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, a collection of the band's non-album tracks and rarities/oddities. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (1987) is an album by political punk band Dead Kennedys. ...
The song features a warp-speed, heavy surf-rock riff from guitarist East Bay Ray and probably satirical lyrics from Biafra that paint a trenchant picture of an outrageous, moronic frat-party. The hooks are more compulsive and catchy than the average Kennedys song, which probably accounts for its popularity in England.
References
^ "Biography of Jello Biafra" (2001). Alternative Tentacles. Retrieved Feb 19, 2005.
"TooDrunk to Fuck" (B-side "The Prey") was a single by the Dead Kennedys and was released in May of 1981 by Cherry Red Records.
It was the first UK Top 40 single to include the word "fuck" in its title.
"TooDrunk to Fuck" and "The Prey" were also included in the Dead Kennedys' 1987album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, a collection of the band's non-album tracks and rarities/oddities.
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