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Rock Bands that Have "Dead" in their Names (Part 1)
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- December 08, 2008
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If you've ever had a conversation along the lines of, "How many bands do have the word 'Dead' in their name?" and spent all day trying to crack that mystery, this guide will help. I still don't know the answer, but I've created a list of 10, in no particular order, to get you rolling. (Due to the length and load time of the videos, the list is being presented in 2 parts. Featured here are #s 1-5)
1) The Grateful Dead
The classic band with “Dead” in their name, The Grateful Dead is actually often referred to simply as “The Dead”. Preconceived notions and prejudice surround few bands like they do Jerry and the boys, but few groups will ever be as influential and awe-inspiring either.
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2) The Dead Milkmen
Now we move from the Grateful Dead to a band that regularly sang about hippies being killed in their music.
3) Dead Kennedys
For many of us, DK will always stand for Dead Kennedys, not Donna Karen. Their music did 2 things successfully that I feel all punk music should inspire you to do:
1) Get Up
2) Make music of your own
These days, front man, Jello Biafra, has taken his political views beyond fuel for lyrical content and has become the presidential nominee for the Green Party. He also runs Alternative Tentacles Records where he has released solo work as well as collaborations with the likes of The Melvins.
4) The Dead Kenny Gs
The Dead Kenny Gs is just one of many projects for local Seattle saxophone legend Skerik. The name is a play off of Dead Kennedys in the same vein as Skerik’s other band name/parody “Crack Sabbath”.
The only other constant member of the group is Mike Dillon, also a member of the Skerik’s outfit Critters Buggin’. When the band performs or does a tour, they recruit a third member to join the group. Previously it was pianist Brian Haas from Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.
Both Dillon & Skerik are also members of the Les Claypool group Flying Frog Brigade. Claypool is the one who drew the T-Shirt logo above which is supposed to be an image of “a dead Kenny G with a soprano sax stuck up his ass”.
5) Dead Boys
Credited by some as laying the groundwork for the hardcore movement in the U.S., Dead Boys helped to introduce the more violent and aggressive aspects of mid 70’s punk in New York. They originally hailed from Cleveland but really took off due to their high energy shows at CBGBs, after relocating to NY in 1976. Lead singer Stiv Bators had even been known to pull off such wingnut antics as cutting his stomach up with his mic stand.
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Peggy-O: The Grateful Dead
This video is taken from footage of a Las Vegas show in 1994. These were not considered their best years, by any stretch, and Garcia died the following year. This is, however, still a terrific performance of their version of the classic song “Peggy-O”. Garcia’s solo is pretty amazing, especially for someone that is missing the middle finger off of his right hand.
“Peggy-O” is one of the songs that I first slipped by my girlfriend without warning to trick her into eventually liking The Dead. If she knew what I was playing half of the time she would already decide that it sounded horrible but, when I simply let it pop on the stereo, she would often ask, “What is this? I like it.”
Smokin' Banana Peels: The Dead Milkmen
I loved The Dead Milkmen and would listen to them a lot when I was younger. Finding this video makes me want to go dig for my copy of this album and throw it on right now.
This song, “Smokin’ Banana Peels”, is off of the album Beelzebubba which also features their most commercially successful track “Punk Rock Girl”. The Milkmen took fairly sarcastic punk songs and incorporated some surprisingly capable musicianship into them. Structurally, they were really interesting and would compose their songs with unexpected elements such as rock-a-billy bass lines.
I Fought The Law: Dead Kennedys
At his show at Olympic Auditorium, La on 8.10.84, DK perform their version of Buddy Holly’s “I Fought the Law” with their altered lyrics. You’ll notice that he mentions “Dan White” and “Harvey” in this version. That’s because they are using the track to make a political statement about Dan White’s Murder of homosexual San Francisco politician Harvey Milk and claming that he basically beat the system with his minimal and insulting jail sentence.
Zombie: Dead Kenny Gs
This footage is from Bloomington, IN on Oct 14 2008 and is of Skerik and Mike Dillon with their newest recruit, Brad Houser. This lineup is basically a stripped down Critters Buggin’ because Houser is also a member of that troupe.
On their site, they say the following of their current tour with Houser: “The trio will play many Criiters songs re done in such a way as to cause as much pain and suffering to Kenny G as spiritually possible.”
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In the “influences” section of their myspace page it states the following: “The Dead Kenny G’s is what happens when people are influenced by Art Ensemble of Chicago and Bad Brains.”
This video is an instrumental cover of the Fela Kuti song “Zombie”
Skerik interview
This interview with Skerik was done by local Seattle paper The Stranger and focuses around his work with The Dead Kenny Gs. The interviewer does a fairly poor job with the questioning but Skerik’s answers to them are hilarious.
Sonic Reducer: Dead Boys
This is live footage of the group performing their classic song “Sonic Reducer”.
Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam like to cover this song, perhaps, in an attempt to fool themselves into thinking that they are actually hard core enough to do it justice.
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I know you said no particular order but I’m glad Dead Milkmen and DK made the top three. Smoking Banana Peels. Great song. Brings me back to middle school…
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