Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience LP RE Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience LP RE

Originally released in 1987, Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death collects 17 of the band's singles, compilation tracks, and rarities spanning the eight years they played together. This is a wide and deep collection of favorites like "California Über Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia," but the real reason to pick up this disc is the more obscure and rare material. From 1979, "Night of the Living Rednecks" has hyperactive mouthpiece Jello Biafra relating a tale of being chased by irate rednecks while the rhythm sections jams. Their version of "I Fought the Law" rewrites it into a true-to-life murder ballad, while rippers like "Life Sentence," "Insight," "Pull My Strings" and "Straight A's" are off the map unless you were lucky enough to pick up the original singles or compilations that they're pulled from. And "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round" is Biafra at his sarcastic best, as he tells of one corporate head instructing another on the economic necessity of a new war. The DKs were a truly important and relevant band, and Give Me Convenience provides 17 livid reasons why. Boy, could we use them now. --Carl Hanni

1 Police Truck 2 Too Drunk to F*** 3 California Uber Alles 4 The Man with the Dogs 5 Insight 6 Life Sentence 7 A Child and His Lawnmower 8 Holiday in Cambodia 9 Night of the Living Rednecks 10 I Fought the Law 11 Saturday Night Holocaust 12 Pull My Strings 13 Short Songs 14 Straight A's 15 Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round 16 The Prey 17 Buzzbomb from Pasadena

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