{"product_id":"dead-kennedys-fresh-fruit-for-rotting-vegetables","title":"Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (Staff Pick!)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1980, Punk, Hardcore Punk Surf Punk, San Francisco, California 8\/26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New (BC) | Members: Dead Kennedys (N\/A)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolitical Science:\u003c\/strong\u003e Before the album even came out, Jello Biafra ran for mayor of San Francisco in 1979 and finished fourth out of ten candidates with more than 6,000 votes. His campaign mixed absurd proposals like making businessmen wear clown suits with serious ideas such as legalizing squatting in abandoned buildings and making neighborhood police accountable to the people they served. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jello_Biafra?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" title=\"Jello Biafra\"\u003eWikipedia\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFun Fact:\u003c\/strong\u003e When Dead Kennedys were invited to the 1980 Bay Area Music Awards to give the industry some “new wave credibility,” they were expected to play “California Über Alles.” Instead, they stopped almost immediately and launched into the never-before-heard “Pull My Strings,” a vicious satire of payola, commercial radio and musicians reshaping themselves for industry approval. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/todestrieb.co.uk\/blogs\/daily-noise\/40-years-ago-dead-kennedys-perform-pull-my-strings-at-the-bammies?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" title=\"40 Years Ago: DEAD KENNEDYS perform Pull My Strings ...\"\u003eTodestrieb Records\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudio Lore:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFresh Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e was produced by guitarist East Bay Ray with the mysterious credited producer “Norm,” capturing Ray’s eerie surf-guitar influence alongside Biafra’s theatrical voice and political satire. That collision of California surf music, punk speed and black comedy gave Dead Kennedys a sound unlike most of the emerging hardcore scene. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fresh_Fruit_for_Rotting_Vegetables?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" title=\"Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables\"\u003eWikipedia\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40783789686971,"sku":"","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/products\/R-3943042-1350033599-9930_jpeg.jpg?v=1625082195","url":"https:\/\/powerplantrecords.com\/products\/dead-kennedys-fresh-fruit-for-rotting-vegetables","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}