Dead Kennedys

History Issues
(The AT PR Office sent me a press kit, when I'll get how it works I'll write my own bio of the group... But for now I'll put some

How did our party of four met and decided to form a band?

Why did their first drummer Ted (the black one, for you ignorants!) quit the band? When did this happen?

Musical Comment

There are some topics that I would like to have more clear about them; first they wrote and recorded both thrashers and longer, more melodic songs. A couple of the latter were great anthems and became very famous also among the people who weren't really into hardcore... Sure, they were great songs, but I'm not sure that continuing to play California Uber Alles and Holiday in Cambodia for all your career it more typical of a "radical" attitude or of an "experimental" one :P (Paardoon meee Jello for this flame!!!)

They wrote a bunch of thrashers: there are six in their EP In God We Trust INC, which I consider their most radical release. None of them sound similar to the other, even if they are written in a very structured form... My favorite is probably Moral Majority and I wonder: Did the DK invent that style with all these stop'n'go and breaks or did they evolve that sound (I'd rather call it "junkie" sound) from another band? Were those the first songs written in this way?
Anyway, I haven't found bootlegs that feature many thrashers besides the fan favorite Nazi Punks Fuck Off and the great A Child and His Lawn Mower. Didn't they use to play those songs live?

Then, what made there longer songs sound more hardcore than punkrock, in your opinion?
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables ywa