"This was recently posted on the "official" Dead Kennedys web site. What I found interesting about it was that East Bay Ray went on to suggest that Holliday's actions (the talent booker who is refusing to book the "DKs") as those fueled by "hate". Klaus Flouride then said "Isn't the whole idea of a music scene and its community to rise above this sort of petty stuff?" Now tell me if I am wrong people, but arn't the "DKs" in a law suit with Jello over issues most consider childish and detramental to the survival of the little meaning that the Dead Kennedys' name has left?"
See? These geezers are still as wild and crazy as ever! They are so bad ass that they can't even get a show in San Franciso because they are a fucking sham. Click READ MORE to read the band's statement.
Note: Humiliated over posting a false rumor online about Henry Rollins, I would like to give you readers the true, exclusive revelation of the man who will be the Punisher. You guessed it, the sensational Rick Moranis.
10.19.02 - Dead Kennedys Banned in San Francisco
Local Talent Booker of Slimâs and The Great American Music Hall Tells Band, "Good Luck Finding a Gig in San Francisco"
Los Angeles, Calif. & San Francisco, Calif., (October 15, 2002) - Influential San Francisco punk band, Dead Kennedys, have been banned from playing in their hometown at two well-known venues, Slimâs and The Great American Music Hall. Ironically for Dead Kennedys band members East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, D.H. Peligro together with Brandon Cruz, this news comes at a time when the band is currently enjoying popularity as great as at any time in its past.
Banning the Dead Kennedys from performing live at Slimâs and The Great American Music Hall is talent booker Dawn Holliday. When recent calls were made to Holliday in search of an established local venue to book an upcoming West Coast tour with legendary punk rock band, Fear, Dead Kennedyâs were informed that they would never be welcome in either club. Holliday was quoted as saying to the bands agent, "The Dead Kennedyâs donât exist. You can forget about this place (Slimâs) and The Great American Music Hall. Good luck finding a gig in San Francisco."
"Itâs surprising in this day and age that some people still think that hate is a constructive way to make things better," said guitarist East Bay Ray of Dead Kennedys. "When people let their insecurities rule theirs and other peopleâs lives, it only divides people further apart. Banning talented musicians such as Klaus Flouride and D. H. Peligro from playing the very music they created is one example of whatâs wrong with the current music scene in San Francisco."
"Isnât the whole idea of a music scene and its community to rise above this sort of petty stuff?" asked Klaus Flouride, the bandâs bassist.
Playing together for almost a year now, Ray, Flouride, Peligro and Cruz have received a steady stream of overwhelmingly positive press and rabid fan interest, even convincing the skeptics. Having recently completed a 25 date European tour in Summer 2002, Dead Kennedyâs played 14 countries where two-thirds of the shows were at full capacity. Shows in a 1,000 seat venue in Amsterdam sold out almost a month before the Dead Kennedys arrived. The band also played to over 46,000 fans on the main stage at the With Full Force Festival in Leipzig, Germany. Additionally, the band was able to play in former communist countries like Poland and the Czech Republic.
"One thing our shows give people, is the chance to hear the lyrics and think deeply about politics," concluded Ray. "Who knows, it might even inspire more critical thinking about todayâs situation."