Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc. [Vinyl]

Dead Kennedys | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (April 13, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Manifesto Records
• ASIN: B00008XRVT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,817 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Advice from Christmas Past

2. Government Flu

3. Terminal Preppie

4. Trust Your Mechanic

5. Well Paid Scientist

6. Buzzbomb

7. Forest Fire

8. Halloween

9. Winnebago Warrior

10. Riot

11. Bleed for Me

12. I Am the Owl

13. Dead End

14. Moon Over Marin

15. Religious Vomit

16. Moral Majority

17. Hyperactive Child

18. Kepone Factory

19. Dog Bite

20. Nazi Punks Fuck Off

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Originally released in 1982. Remastered from original tapes. Includes a 28 page booklet. The epic sweep of PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS, in both sonic texture and thematic depth, sets it apart as one of punk's most highly evolved musical and artistic statements. Vocalist Jello Biafra's rage had developed into a calmer but more strident kind of anger. Fortified by a wider variety of sounds, including horns, clarinets, and East Bay Ray's rich palette of aggressive guitar textures, this album attacked the usual DK targets. Our bloated, mentally lazy consumer culture is lambasted in the thick, intimidating ''Buzzbomb'' and the stingingly sarcastic ''Winnebago Warrior.'' Several of society's more insidious archetypes are taken on as well, as in the goofy ''Terminal Preppie,'' and the furious, adrenaline-fueled ''Well Paid Scientist.'' Firmly in place are Biafra's trademark paranoid anti-government diatribes; society's false sense of security is addressed in the breakneck-speed rant of ''Government Flu,'' the far-reaching metaphor of ''Trust Your Mechanic,'' and the angry theatrics of ''I Am The Owl.''The Dead Kennedys: Jello Biafra (vocals); East Bay Ray (guitar); Klaus Flouride (bass); D.H. Pelligro (drums). Digitally remastered by John Cuniberti and East Bay Ray (The Plant Mastering, Sausalito, California). Additional personnel includes: Melissa Webber (spoken vocals); Dave Barrett, Geoffrey Lyall, Bruce Ackely (horns); Ninotchka (background vocals). Producers: Thom Wilson, East Bay Ray, The Dead Kennedys, Geza X. Engineers: Olivier DiCicco, John Cuniberti, Mark Wallner. Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music, San Francisco, California.TracklistA1 Advice From Christmas Past 0:55A2 Government Flu 2:04A3 Terminal Preppie 1:30A4 Trust Your Mechanic 2:55A5 Well Paid Scientist 2:22A6 Buzzbomb 2:22A7 Forest Fire 2:23A8 Halloween 3:35A9 Winnebago Warrior 2:08B1 Riot 5:58B2 Bleed For Me 3:25B3 I Am The Owl 4:52B4 Dead End 3:56B5 Moon O

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YES!!!! NOW THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!, August 28, 1999

By 

Marc A. Coignard (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plastic Surgery & In God We Trust Inc (Audio CD)

Before the Dead Kennedys broke ground in 1979, American punk was a bunch of whiney, no talented, Iggy Pop wannabes. Then, with the realese of their first album, FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES, the DKs created a new world of awareness and surprise in the American Punk Community.

With their second Album, PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS, DK continued to change punk by adding a whole new type of music. It wasn't the traditional three chords and chaos punk brought back from England and shown in america by bands like The Germs and X (which are some of the best punk bands of all time). Instead it was creative, ear catching, and emotinaly stimulating. Their smart, sarcastic political views alone make this one worht while. And the addition of their E.P. IN GOD WE TRUST, INC. makes it all the better.

This Album is both hilarious and scary. It is one of the best punk albums by one of the best punk bands. They did for America what the Sex Pistols did for England: created a whole new land of chaotic dreams for the dis-interested youth.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the BEST of Dead Kennedys!, November 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Plastic Surgery & In God We Trust Inc (Audio CD)

Oh man, if you don't have this CD and you like punk, I envy you because you can listen to it for the first time. THIS CD ROCKS! You won't find better punk anywhere, just try listening to Buzzbomb without banging your head around, or any other track on here for that matter. BUY IT!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tone poetry. And you can dance to it, too., August 14, 2000

By 

Vince Cabrera (Wellington, NZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plastic Surgery & In God We Trust Inc (Audio CD)

This record is truly wonderful. You have great lyrics, fast and furious (for then) riffing, and the most mind-blowing collection of atmospheres and well... "textures" I've ever heard on a punk record. You should go ahead and buy it.

Jello Biafra managed to give a different intonation to each and every line. A good example is the saccharine 'Oh, you poor, poor thing' tone he uses in Buzzbomb to describe 'The lonely salesman' which turns into angry disgust when, in the very next line, he points out that the same lonely salesman is actually wanking in the men's room. There's the growing realization and desperation that marks the end of "Riot", where the character is left homeless but pathetically grabs on to the fact that the riot at least "was a blast", etc, etc. This is NOT a guy who shouts out the lyrics as best he can. This guy's a REAL singer who wants to communicate an idea, act out a story.

East Bay Ray threw in wonderful 60s surf/TV series guitar riffs everywhere and seemed to float effortlessly over the chaos and anger of the music and the sound itself is large, open and well... airy. Very odd and refreshing for a punk record and one of my favourite LPs. It's as close as punk has gotten to actual tone poetry, where a song is not **about** something, but IS something.