A lot of punk bands either feigned musical incompetence or were genuinely novice musicians. This fitted with the punk ethos that "Anybody can do this" and was a rejection of the overblown pomp and flashy musical sophistication of Prog Rock. Dead Kennedys, however, didn't hide their competence, preferring to use their musicianship to create specific atmospheres (albeit within the punk genre). Klaus was far more than just a steady/pocket bassist.
The musicians in the band weren't kids who picked up their instruments to start DK, they were accomplished musicians before punk was a thing, that's why they stood out. Klaus is 75 years old!
Thanks so much for tackling this finally. This is one of my all time favorite albums; pretty much amazing from front to back. Each player is in top form on this. I think the addition of DH Peligro on drums (one of the godfather’s of hardcore drumming) really allowed for Klaus to showcase his abilities. To me, this is them in their prime. A truly focused and tight album. I hope we can see this as a full album review! Thanks again!!
Omg. One of my favorite albums. This song was okay bass wise. I don’t really have money to spend on anything extra right now, but I’d join Patreon for this album alone. 😂 Dead serious. The reason it’s so upbeat is the feel of the “it’s Halloween, it’s time for fun…” but then it gets kind of dark at the end. Their songs are amazing because of stuff like this. Hey, it’s Halloween… it’s fun, hey it’s this blues progression… we know what’s going on here, we are familiar with this…. Nope! It’s a different take from DK. I immediately heard the bass on the next song “Winnebago Warrior” in my head. That’s one of my favorites. So good. Thank you for this. Thank you for checking out the lyrics, too. His lyrics changed my life, and changed the way I look at the world.
Yes! Holiday in Cambodia is arguably their biggest song and it’s great but I don’t think it really showcases the manic surf rock side that is one of the more unique aspects of DK.
Read up on the story behind Pull My Strings. That really embodies everything that DK really was all about. Also, thanks for getting into all the punk stuff. I would have never found your channel without it. Ive been playing bass or drums in punk bands off and on since the early 2000s and its cool to see your insights on everything. Thanks man
Fuckin phenomenal. I think Bedtime for Democracy might just barely beat out this record for my favorite DK album but it's so fuckin close. This is an amazing, possibly perfect record. It really is amazing from top to bottom. It should go on a poll for sure.
So stoked on this review. I remember first buying the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables album back in like ‘96 from Tower Records with my allowance money, all because one of the guys in Unwritten Law was wearing a Dead Kennedy’s shirt on the back of their cd. I distinctly remember upon first listen, not really getting it at first and thinking that the music sounded like eerie or evil surf rock. Perfect description for Dead Kennedys. Didn’t take long before they became one of my favorite bands. Definitely an acquired taste that I did not get at first. I now realize the pure genius that is The Dead Kennedys. Jello Biafra with his Tiny Tim style vocals and East Bay Ray with his evil surf rock guitar style. Nobody sounded like them before they came along and no one has been able to even come close to their sound since.
That enthusiastic dissection of Halloweens’ bass was TREMENDOUS FUN to listen to and watch! Thank you! I first got the record as a 12” SINGLE release with another great track ‘Saturday Night Holocaust’ on the B Side. Keep up the great work and hello from Bonny Scotland!
If you want to react to another upbeat Dead Kennedys song, I suggest "Let's lynch the landlord". It features more good bass playing and tuneful but edgy guitar.
Fav DK album, musically is really a step up from Fresh Fruits and Jello is always spot on with the topics for each song. I also like the Alice Donut version of this track.
Your comments about the surf sound are spot on. That's a big component of their guitar tone. Same w/ the thing you said about the guitar feeling a touch "off" or out of tune, it's by design. A defining aspect of their history is disruption: lyrically, musically, socially...
Glad to see you come back to DK. They certainly loved deconstruction and it's cool you analyzed all that. A Wilhelm Scream needs to get a revisit too. I'm sure you'll love "The King is Dead."
I'm a drummer, not from a punk background and kind of never thought it was complicated music. Until I joined a punk band and started learning covers of classic punk songs and they are so deceptively complicated. It was really cool seeing you break this song down from the bass perspective. Never going to listen to it the same again. This is my favorite DK album for sure.
Great take on this song! The lyrics are very biting, talking about the 'punks' who were only punks on the weekends or evenings in their basement. Be true to yourself! Godspeed Darren Henley, one hell of a drummer!
So true. This was so much of the early punk ethos. What made DK so great was their willingness to challenge both society at large and the punk scene itself.
I love Dead Kennedys a lot. You're absolutely right that this song is more playful, and in my understnd, DK has two modes: Dark and politically violent or sarcastic and politically violent. Fun video!
'member what I did? 'member what I was? back on Halloween! "I spy" is one of my favorites though along with "I am the owl." Oddly, those songs are thematically connected.
I feel like the dk were the spiritual successor to the Sex Pistols and the clash to a lesser extent. You should do anarchy in the uk it’s got a great bass line finger picking done by Glenn Matlock. It’s the only song on never mind the bollocks that Glenn happens to be on. The rest is the guitar player playing. The pistols have some fun bass lines you have to listen to demos and early recordings to hear them though. Don’t listen to anyone who says Glenn isn’t on the album or Sid was their bass player. Glenn matlock is a fine bass player who wrote some of the greatest punk rock songs ever .
This manic energy is much closer to DK overall sound than Holiday in Cambodia is. Even on Fresh Fruit, you have songs like Chemical Warfare that is very energetic.
@@LowEndUniversity so many good ones, but Black No1 is probably one of their most popular ones and also fitting for halloween. And it has an iconic bassline!
@@LowEndUniversity Black #1 is the most popular. Bass line does not move much but is a good song. Cinnamon Girl bass line changes a bit and is a cover. get ready for some guitar distortion
0:48 - Ah, Wikipedia quotes... I own FFFRV, In God We Trust and Plastic Surgery Disasters and this last one is a "Pop Punk" album musically, compared to the previous two releases. Whoever wrote that on Wikipedia must've been listening to something else.
Also, if you didn't rate holiday in Cambodia, you should hear the actual album version of it. ua-cam.com/video/S-O7FowQssk/v-deo.htmlsi=hWOc4fCex9R--A0V
Listen to more dk. This isn’t a departure of their sound. E.b. Ray has always had a surf rock sound. I had the same problem with jello and his voice but you learn to love it. I always thought he sounded like the singer of the b52s if he were in a punk band. The misfits do a great song called Halloween but you’re not going to find anything but a root note going dododododo. Still the misfits rock!
This is also my favorite of the DK albums!! Jello is one of my biggest heroes, and as much as I'm sure he'd hate me saying that, it's still the damn truth. They had suck an odd groove to the music, and they had such a singular sound amongst the other punk rock bands of the time.
A lot of punk bands either feigned musical incompetence or were genuinely novice musicians. This fitted with the punk ethos that "Anybody can do this" and was a rejection of the overblown pomp and flashy musical sophistication of Prog Rock. Dead Kennedys, however, didn't hide their competence, preferring to use their musicianship to create specific atmospheres (albeit within the punk genre). Klaus was far more than just a steady/pocket bassist.
Pocket pu$$y
The musicians in the band weren't kids who picked up their instruments to start DK, they were accomplished musicians before punk was a thing, that's why they stood out. Klaus is 75 years old!
Nice to see you dip back into the DKs!
You know it!
Thanks so much for tackling this finally. This is one of my all time favorite albums; pretty much amazing from front to back. Each player is in top form on this. I think the addition of DH Peligro on drums (one of the godfather’s of hardcore drumming) really allowed for Klaus to showcase his abilities. To me, this is them in their prime. A truly focused and tight album. I hope we can see this as a full album review! Thanks again!!
Omg. One of my favorite albums. This song was okay bass wise. I don’t really have money to spend on anything extra right now, but I’d join Patreon for this album alone. 😂 Dead serious.
The reason it’s so upbeat is the feel of the “it’s Halloween, it’s time for fun…” but then it gets kind of dark at the end. Their songs are amazing because of stuff like this. Hey, it’s Halloween… it’s fun, hey it’s this blues progression… we know what’s going on here, we are familiar with this…. Nope! It’s a different take from DK.
I immediately heard the bass on the next song “Winnebago Warrior” in my head. That’s one of my favorites. So good. Thank you for this. Thank you for checking out the lyrics, too. His lyrics changed my life, and changed the way I look at the world.
I would patreon for this album as well. In a heartbeat
Yes, it's impossible talking aboit DK's songs without talking about the lyrics, They changed my life either.
One of their more poppy bangers would be "Moon over Marin". It sounds quite radio-friendly, and it's absolutely grim.
“Cesspools in Eden” is my favorite, I believe Klaus plays a Fender Bass VI on that one
Yes! Holiday in Cambodia is arguably their biggest song and it’s great but I don’t think it really showcases the manic surf rock side that is one of the more unique aspects of DK.
If you like Surf Punk, Check out Agent Orange. They did a lot of that stuff.
Now you have to listen to Misfits "Halloween"
Great time!
Thanks for re-visiting DK 😀
Read up on the story behind Pull My Strings. That really embodies everything that DK really was all about.
Also, thanks for getting into all the punk stuff. I would have never found your channel without it. Ive been playing bass or drums in punk bands off and on since the early 2000s and its cool to see your insights on everything. Thanks man
I sure will, thanks so much Jason! Really appreciate you!
Fuckin phenomenal. I think Bedtime for Democracy might just barely beat out this record for my favorite DK album but it's so fuckin close. This is an amazing, possibly perfect record. It really is amazing from top to bottom. It should go on a poll for sure.
Great tune, Riot would be my favorite from that record. The eerie vibe is so well crafted.
Great video. Love the song & band.
So stoked on this review. I remember first buying the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables album back in like ‘96 from Tower Records with my allowance money, all because one of the guys in Unwritten Law was wearing a Dead Kennedy’s shirt on the back of their cd. I distinctly remember upon first listen, not really getting it at first and thinking that the music sounded like eerie or evil surf rock. Perfect description for Dead Kennedys. Didn’t take long before they became one of my favorite bands. Definitely an acquired taste that I did not get at first. I now realize the pure genius that is The Dead Kennedys. Jello Biafra with his Tiny Tim style vocals and East Bay Ray with his evil surf rock guitar style. Nobody sounded like them before they came along and no one has been able to even come close to their sound since.
I was fortunate to see them play live twice in the 80s. Before barricades. Pure chaos. Jello was incredible. Too bad they self destructed around money
That enthusiastic dissection of Halloweens’ bass was TREMENDOUS FUN to listen to and watch! Thank you! I first got the record as a 12” SINGLE release with another great track ‘Saturday Night Holocaust’ on the B Side. Keep up the great work and hello from Bonny Scotland!
Thank you so much for the kind words! Cheers!
Jello grows on you...That's what my mom told me anyway when I asked for ice cream.
😂👏
Well done
DKs might be the best punk band
Might??!!! Undeniably the best
They are just beat out by NoMeansNo for me.
@@jansendwan1221 !!!.. NMN are actually my favorite band period . Guess I didn't consider them.. probably as they transcend punk
One of my favorite albums period. At this point I wait for what faces dude is going to make when a fun run is coming.
Dead Kennedys are sooooo fucking original!!!!
If you want to react to another upbeat Dead Kennedys song, I suggest "Let's lynch the landlord". It features more good bass playing and tuneful but edgy guitar.
Fav DK album, musically is really a step up from Fresh Fruits and Jello is always spot on with the topics for each song. I also like the Alice Donut version of this track.
Your comments about the surf sound are spot on. That's a big component of their guitar tone. Same w/ the thing you said about the guitar feeling a touch "off" or out of tune, it's by design. A defining aspect of their history is disruption: lyrically, musically, socially...
My favorite DK song!
Glad to see you come back to DK. They certainly loved deconstruction and it's cool you analyzed all that.
A Wilhelm Scream needs to get a revisit too. I'm sure you'll love "The King is Dead."
4:35 your bass is official for punk rock use now! 🤭
Another great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Definitely my favourite DK album. I miss being a teenager in the 1980s, it was excellent.
I'm a drummer, not from a punk background and kind of never thought it was complicated music. Until I joined a punk band and started learning covers of classic punk songs and they are so deceptively complicated. It was really cool seeing you break this song down from the bass perspective. Never going to listen to it the same again. This is my favorite DK album for sure.
For a while DK was the only punk band I ever really listened to because they were the most musically innovative of the classic punk bands
Great video as always! I'm going to once again make the recommendation for Squirtgun so we can get some love for Mass Giorgini on here!
Great take on this song! The lyrics are very biting, talking about the 'punks' who were only punks on the weekends or evenings in their basement. Be true to yourself!
Godspeed Darren Henley, one hell of a drummer!
So true. This was so much of the early punk ethos. What made DK so great was their willingness to challenge both society at large and the punk scene itself.
I’d love to see you do some Zebrahead. Extremely underrated and talented band with some pretty sick bass work
Dead Kennedys, best band ever. Amazing bass in this album. I Love Halloween. Great lyrics, It was a huge influence in my teenage years.
I love Dead Kennedys a lot. You're absolutely right that this song is more playful, and in my understnd, DK has two modes: Dark and politically violent or sarcastic and politically violent. Fun video!
Dk made my middle school high school tolerable.... Find truth still in their music. Jello is nuts. But love him still ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!!!! 🐝 🍯 🌶️ 🎸
THIS CALLS FOR A FULL ALBUM REACTION.
'member what I did?
'member what I was?
back on Halloween!
"I spy" is one of my favorites though along with "I am the owl." Oddly, those songs are thematically connected.
Dead Kennedys - Riot....... TRUST ME CHECK THIS SONG OUT MAN...... It's from the same album it's amazing.... Great! Bass stuff!
I feel like the dk were the spiritual successor to the Sex Pistols and the clash to a lesser extent.
You should do anarchy in the uk it’s got a great bass line finger picking done by Glenn Matlock. It’s the only song on never mind the bollocks that Glenn happens to be on. The rest is the guitar player playing. The pistols have some fun bass lines you have to listen to demos and early recordings to hear them though.
Don’t listen to anyone who says Glenn isn’t on the album or Sid was their bass player. Glenn matlock is a fine bass player who wrote some of the greatest punk rock songs ever .
….amen
Really surprised I haven't seen more people recommend Anti-Flag. Chris #2 is amazing!
You should do Misfits for Halloween. The original horror punks and one of my favorite bands ever.
You continue to impress brother. This is hands down their best album. RIOT is one of the greatest tunes of all time.
Thanks so much! Looking forward to hearing the rest of this record soon!
Check out Terminal Preppie, not only featuring Klaus Fluoride on bass, but clarinet as well.
Ayy, my favorite Dead Kennedys song!
You’ve already done Totalimmortal, but AFI’s All Hallows EP is all about Halloween and features a cover of The Misfits song Halloween
Check out Cesspools in Eden. One of my DK favs.
Add misfits/AFI's Halloween to the list!
for the algo: Happy Halloween
Gonna keep recommending Fishbone's Party at Ground Zero 😁
Oi! Bands have some of the best bass lines!!
Good choice Jello, my fave too 😁👍
Please tell me you're doing Misfits and/or AFI's cover of "Halloween"
Great job. More DKs please. And more Minutemen please
I'll always show up for Jello and Flouride.
This manic energy is much closer to DK overall sound than Holiday in Cambodia is. Even on Fresh Fruit, you have songs like Chemical Warfare that is very energetic.
Winnebago Warrior
Riot
Forest Fire are great baseline too
Type O for Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been on the list for awhile, just unsure what song yet! I've never listened to them, but have heard the name.
@@LowEndUniversity so many good ones, but Black No1 is probably one of their most popular ones and also fitting for halloween. And it has an iconic bassline!
@@LowEndUniversity Black #1 is the most popular. Bass line does not move much but is a good song.
Cinnamon Girl bass line changes a bit and is a cover. get ready for some guitar distortion
@@LowEndUniversity All Hallows Eve
You should check out being being cocktail!!!!
While season appropriate, this album has way better tracks which flex Klaus's chops.
Terminal Preppie, Forest Fire and Winnebago Warrior have the best basslines on this album
you should try love song by the damned next thats a really good bassline
Thank u sir can i have another one
Yes you can
Cool one, you should try Detroit by Rancid
Day 2 of asking Mark to react to Fair of Noise by Wojtek Pilichowski
0:48 - Ah, Wikipedia quotes... I own FFFRV, In God We Trust and Plastic Surgery Disasters and this last one is a "Pop Punk" album musically, compared to the previous two releases. Whoever wrote that on Wikipedia must've been listening to something else.
Also, if you didn't rate holiday in Cambodia, you should hear the actual album version of it.
ua-cam.com/video/S-O7FowQssk/v-deo.htmlsi=hWOc4fCex9R--A0V
Listen to more dk. This isn’t a departure of their sound. E.b. Ray has always had a surf rock sound. I had the same problem with jello and his voice but you learn to love it. I always thought he sounded like the singer of the b52s if he were in a punk band. The misfits do a great song called Halloween but you’re not going to find anything but a root note going dododododo. Still the misfits rock!
Hahaha wow, B52s parallel is wild. I can see that!
Please check out Jeff Caxide; Palms, Isis, whichever. Great bassist
Can you react to the Grateful Dead in honor of Phil Lesh passing away?
Agent Orange! Agent Orange!
If you like this you should check out Scratch Acid.
The subhumans uk should checj oute
Where do we suggest songs?
there's not one bad bass part on this album check out government flu or riot(where klause basicly plays lead bass the whole time)
I didn’t like jello when I first heard DK but he grows on you lol
Listen to evil conduct "old tattoo"
do Jesus Lizard!
Love dk. How about daughters.
Do terminal preppie
Jaya The Cat
You like the vocals here more? You can't be serious!
I am!
@@LowEndUniversity
There's something wrong with you! Seriously ; )
It’s possible.
This is also my favorite of the DK albums!! Jello is one of my biggest heroes, and as much as I'm sure he'd hate me saying that, it's still the damn truth. They had suck an odd groove to the music, and they had such a singular sound amongst the other punk rock bands of the time.
Do korn
I’ve done 2 videos for Korn already!
Second!
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Slap it anyway.
Yes! Well deserved because holiday in Cambodia was such a bad song for DK in terms of bass.
I want to be that guy and say DK might be one of the moat overrated punk bands of all time.