DEAD KENNEDYS In God We Trust, Inc. - 2003 US vinyl LP reissue of classic album
Format: Vinyl Condition: New Year of Release: 2003 Cat. No.: 42906 Label: Manifesto
The band didn't hold back at all when it came to the follow-up for 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables' - if anything, they exploded to a degree never matched by them in later years.
Arguably the sheer speed and lack of any subtlety throughout most of this eight-song EP means there's less to talk about in terms of deathless songs and more in the way of sheer breathless anger and rage.
The titles say it all: "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," "Religious Vomit," "Hyperactive Child." The sheer hilarity of the band isn't lost, thankfully; "Moral Majority" may rip along as per always, but Biafra's parody of a typical TV preacher at the start is a scream.
The real winners come at the end, starting with "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now."
A reworking of "California ber Alles," specifically targeted at California governor turned president Ronald Reagan, benefits from an amusing jazz/lounge start and even more righteous, slow-burn bile than before.
The group tops it off with a romp through Frankie Laine's "Rawhide," ending everything on a fun, kicking note.
~ Review by Ned Raggett, Rovi
TRACK LISTING:
1 Religious Vomit 2 Moral Majority 3 Hyperactive Child 4 Kepone Factory 5 Dog Bite 6 Nazi Punks Fuck Off 7 We've Got A Bigger Problem Now 8 Rawhide
