Former Dead Kennedy resumes his assault on the status quo
Angry young -- or, more accurately, middle-aged -- punk rockers who feel let down by Hammerin' Hank Rollins' decision to extend his "spoken word" career to a stint as shill for General Motors take heart. At least one of your old-school ranting heroes is staying true to his roots (even if he does need to touch them up a bit with Grecian Formula these days). |
The always-irascible Jello Biafra has decided to step back in front of the mic -- sans band -- for another go at fomenting revolution, one acerbic comedy routine at a time. Since it's been more than four years since his last assault on The Man, the former Dead Kennedy's developed quite a backlog of bile -- enough, in fact, to fill the three CDs that make up If Evolution Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve, which he'll issue on his own Alternative Tentacles label in mid-October.
As usual, Biafra delivers his observations on Republicans, the Trilateral Commission and corporate America with sneer locked firmly in place -- a condition that insures not everyone will find room for Jello. For those, AT has a couple of (no pun intended) alternatives to be released around the same time: A collection of readings from leftist scholar Noam Chomsky and (our personal pick of the litter), Because This World Still Fucking Stinks, a compilation of the "best" music from ex-Guns 'N Roses dude Duff McKagan's former band, the Fartz.
DAVID SPRAGUE(August 27, 1998)
