Hardcore punk, every song on this album is the band's reaction to the world - each song is symbolic and drips with cynicism of the world and particular life in USA.
One standout song is Holiday In Cambodia which is all about the nice safe lives white Americans have but in Cambodia, things are not nearly as good...
Sample of the lyrics from this song
With a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers
Till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need, my son...
What you need, my son...
Where people are dressed in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack
This has to be one of my most memorable songs from the early 80's - during the many pub gigs I had in NZ, the band has a break and on goes "Holiday In Cambodia" for the fill music - very very powerful song with a haunting melody. The venue would simply go "ape shit" when this song came on.
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Cherry Red Records
Cat# 8396012
19xx
Australian reissue of the 1980 original release, year of this reissue is unknown
CD case, front booklet and rear insert are in excellent condition
CD media is in excellent condition. It has been inspected under a bright white halogen light source and I can see no marks/scuffs at all. I have then played the entire album and there are absolutely NO issues with any track.
Tracks: Kill The Poor, Forward To Death, When Ya Get Drafted, Let's Lynch The Landlord, Drug Me, Your Emotions, Chemical Warfare, California Uber Alles, I Kill Children, Stealing People's Mail, Funland At The Beach, Ill In The Head, Holiday In Cambodia, Viva Las Vegas
