 | Seminal punk rock band Dead Kennedys announced today that they will be reissuing one of the greatest punk albums of all-time, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Special 25th Anniversary Edition on Manifesto Records with exclusive bonus material. The October 25 reissue of Fresh Fruit (originally released September 1980) will feature the band’s original album on compact disc as well a new bonus DVD documentary of previously unseen archival live footage and new interviews about the record. |
The 55-minute bonus DVD includes some of the earliest known live footage of Dead Kennedys performing tracks such as "California Uber Alles" at the San Francisco venue Mabuhay Gardens, "Kill The Poor" from Sproul Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus a mere two months after the band formed, "Holiday in Cambodia" shot during the band’s only live date in France, "Viva Las Vegas" from the Mabuhay and a newly edited two-camera shoot of "Funland at the Beach" from the Mabuhay as well. Manifesto Records reissued a single-disc, audio-only version of Fresh Fruit without the bonus DVD in September 2005.
| “25 years on, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables has become something no one in the Dead Kennedys could have predicted when we recorded it – a truly important punk rock record that stands the test of time,” said founding member East Bay Ray. “The thing that we felt could improve this release for the fans of the original record was a bonus DVD of unreleased archival live performances, interviews with the band and the people who were there from the beginning and rare images of the Dead Kennedys from day one. This record was about changing the way people looked at their government and sadly, that very same thing seems to be needed even more 25 years later.” |  |
The bonus documentary DVD on the 25th anniversary of Fresh Fruit touches on the early days of Dead Kennedys and goes in-depth about the recording of the album, the songs that were featured on the album, the significance of the band itself and rare images of early pressings of the album, promotional campaigns, posters, early singles (45s), rare posters and articles written about the band. New interviews were conducted with Dead Kennedys’ guitarist East Bay Ray, bassist Klaus Flouride, Ninotchka (former lead-singer Jello Biafra’s ex-wife), Dead Kennedys first manager Chi Chi, Dirk Dirksen, promoter of the Mabuhay Gardens where the band got their start, Oliver DiCicco who engineered ‘Fresh Fruit’ and other Dead Kennedys albums, Iain McNay, co-founder of Cherry Red Records who owns Fresh Fruit as well respected music journalists, Johnny Angel, Eric Himmelsbach and Craig Rosen. Former lead singer Jello Biafra was asked to participate and chose not to.
On that note, the current line up of the DK's has also announced some tour dates.
October
29 - Grand Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA
w/ Suicidal Tendencies, The Germs, Marky Ramone, Flipper and more
November
3 - IROCK - Detroit, MI.
4 - Congress Theater (Riot Fest) - Chicago, Il.
5 - Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
17 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
source: filtermag
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