"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is the fifth
single by
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 bands during its initial eight-year run.
Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing p ...
. It was released in 1981 on
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, ...
with "Moral Majority" as the B-side. Both are from the ''
In God We Trust, Inc.''
EP, although the EP version is a different recording from the single version. The single included a free armband with a crossed-out
swastika. The design was later adopted as a symbol for the
anti-racist
Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate ...
punk movement
Anti-Racist Action
Anti-Racist Action (ARA), also known as the Anti-Racist Action Network, is a decentralized network of militant far-left political cells in the United States and Canada. The ARA network originated in the late 1980s to engage in direct action (inc ...
.
In the opening of the ''In God We Trust, Inc.'' version of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", lead singer
Jello Biafra
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.
Initially ac ...
mentions English producer
Martin Hannett
James Martin Hannett (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991), initially credited as Martin Zero, was an English record producer, musician and an original partner/director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records. Hannett produced music by artists including Joy ...
, who had worked with
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Sumner and Hook formed the band after atte ...
and
Buzzcocks, accusing him, tongue-in-cheek, of having "overproduced" the recording. Hannett, in fact, did not work with Dead Kennedys.
Charts
Cover versions
* The English
grindcore band
Napalm Death recorded a cover for their 1993 EP of the same name.
[Robbins, 504]
* Performed by the fictional band "The Ain't Rights" in a modern-day
white supremacist
White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White s ...
club in the 2015 horror film ''
Green Room
In show business, the green room is the space in a theatre or similar venue that functions as a waiting room and lounge for performers before, during, and after a performance or show when they are not engaged on stage. Green rooms typically have ...
''.
References
Sources
*
Blush, Steven. "
American Hardcore: A Tribal History".
Feral House, 2001.
*Robbins, Ira. "The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock".
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest pu ...
, 1997.
External links
Dead Kennedys Official site with lyrics
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1981 singles
Dead Kennedys songs
Songs against racism and xenophobia
Songs about punk
1993 EPs
Napalm Death EPs
Earache Records EPs
Napalm Death songs
Anti-fascist music
1981 songs
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