Double posting but on two different ends of the spectrum today. The first post deals with one of the more iconic punk frontman if you will. Jello Biafra of course was the outspoken frontman for the legendary Bay Area punkers, The Dead Kennedy's. After releasing a handful of seminal records and turning the world on its ear, Jello went on to do several spoken word records, found a record label in Alternative Tentacles, oh and run for office. Needless to say the man is always outspoken and busy. Someone in 2009 though he manged to release a new studio album under the moniker Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine. Yes, that's actually the bands name. The band consists of some unknown musicians, but does feature Faith No More bassist Billy Gould. 'The Audacity If Hype', a play on an Obama phrase, is what you might expect from Jello. Political topics set to some punkish up tempo music. While it's not a bad record, it does have it's moments, mainly the hidden track which should have never been put on the record. Nevertheless it's a great album for fans of the Dead Kennedy's.
I've been a fan of the Dead Kennedy's for some years now and I've always loved how outspoken Jello has been. The is some truth to his madness and it's usually a good laugh. One of the better frontmen to emerge from the Punk movement of the early 80's, he made the Dead Kennedy's the band they became. I found this album prolly on some punk news board and decided to give it a listen. It's not bad, but it's not great. In a weird way it makes you long for a true Dead Kennedy's reunion. But seeing how that's probably never gonna happen, this will do in a pinch.
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