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The live collection Mutiny on the Bay is an unnecessary afterthought; more rebellion turned into money. Which is a shame, really, because the Dead Kennedys are, to this day, pretty much a holy grail in the annals of punk folklore. Their iconic status comes with good reason: their mighty debut, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables was one of the most concise punk statements of all time, a helium-voiced Biafra playing the role of savage, dictatorial satirist, presiding over a savage collision of Sex Pistols-derived riffs and proto-hardcore dynamics. But the trouble with acrimonious break-ups is that record-company barrel-scraping te
The live collection Mutiny on the Bay is an unnecessary afterthought; more rebellion turned into money. Which is a shame, really, because the Dead Kennedys are, to this day, pretty much a holy grail in the annals of punk folklore. Their iconic status comes with good reason: their mighty debut, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables was one of the most concise punk statements of all time, a helium-voiced Biafra playing the role of savage, dictatorial satirist, presiding over a savage collision of Sex Pistols-derived riffs and proto-hardcore dynamics. But the trouble with acrimonious break-ups is that record-company barrel-scraping tends to corrupt such definite articles; this live compilation, Mutiny on the Bay, is apparently constructed from the vaults without the consent of Biafra, and while the hits are here intact--"California Uber Alles", "Police Truck" and "Too Drunk To F**k"--the impression this piecemeal style gives is not one of back-catalogue sifting, but of shoddy sequencing. Besides, what can this really offer that the essential originals lack? Even in the studio, the Kennedys performed so raw, fast and loud, they might as well be right there in the room with you. --Louis Pattison
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Manufacturer: Decay
Release date: 26 February 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0803341101425 UPC: 803341101425
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