As a kid going through his teens in the late 80’s/early 90’s, I can’t tell you how much of an impact punk rock had on me and the one American band that summed it all up for me was Dead Kennedys. I never got the chance to see them live but I remember buying the cassette (yeah, I said cassette) of Plastic Surgery Disasters, popping it into my boom-box and hearing East Bay Ray‘s guitar come screaming out of the crappy little speakers. This was my first exposure to hardcore punk and Jello Biafra‘s humorous yet intelligent criticism of American capitalist culture. To say it had an impact is a huge understatement. It basically defined who I would be for the rest of my life and I know many here at Brown Paper Tickets feel the same.
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