Dead Kennedys : California Über Alles
In June of 1979, the San Francisco punk band Dead Kennedys released their debut single "California Über Alles", an attack of then Governor Jerry Brown and his New Age beliefs.
I will be Führer one day
I will command all of you
Your kids will meditate in school
Jello Biafra suggests a Brown presidency will lead to "suede denim secret police" knocking on doors and taking "uncool" people to showers where they will be put to death by "organic poison gas".
Recorded a second time for the album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, released in June of 1980, the single peaked at U.K.#4. Dead Kennedys were well on the way to becoming America's most famous punk band.
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