''Dead Kennedys: DMPO's On Broadway'' is a
concert video
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Early history
The ...
by the American
punk rock band
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978. The band was one of the defining punk rock, punk bands during its initial eight-year run.
Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, sa ...
, documenting their entire June 16, 1984 performance as the
headlining act on the closing night of the On Broadway, a former
avant-garde
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theatre and nightclub located in the 435 Broadway building, which it shared with the
Mabuhay Gardens
The Mabuhay Gardens, also known as The Fab Mab or The Mab, was a former San Francisco nightclub, located at 443 Broadway Street, in North Beach on the Broadway strip area best known for its striptease clubs. It closed in 1987.
History
The Mabu ...
nightclub, in the
North Beach area of San Francisco.
The 58-minute show was captured in
real time
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, using four color cameras and a
stereo
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hi-fi track.
[Dead Kennedys (1985), ''Dead Kennedys: Live in San Francisco''. ]Alternative Tentacles
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single " California Über Alles". After realizing the potential for an independent label, t ...
. #VIRUS 53 VD. Liner notes
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Origin
Liner notes are desce ...
.
Originally released in
VHS format in 1985 as ''Dead Kennedys: Live in San Francisco'', it would be re-released on
DVD
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in 2000, under its current title.
Track listing
#"
Police Truck"
#"Hop with the Jet Set"
#"A Child and His Lawnmower"
#"Religious Vomit"
#"Do the Slag"
#"Moral Majority"
#"M.T.V. − Get off the Air"
#"Life Sentence"
#"Jock-O-Rama"
#"Goons of Hazzard"
#"Riot"
#"
Bleed for Me"
#"
Nazi Punks Fuck Off!
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is the fifth single by Dead Kennedys. It was released in 1981 on Alternative Tentacles with "Moral Majority" as the B-side. Both are from the ''In God We Trust, Inc.'' EP, although the EP version is a different recordin ...
"
#"We've Got a Bigger Problem Now"
Notes
References
External links
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Dead Kennedys albums
2004 video albums
1980s live video albums
2004 live albums