Dead Kennedys Live at the Deaf Club 1979

The Dead Kennedys: Klaus Flouride (vocals, bass); Jello Biafra (vocals); East Bay Ray, 6025 (guitar); Ted (drums).Personnel: Jello Biafra, Klaus Flouride (vocals); East Bay Ray (guitar).Audio Mixer: East Bay Ray.Recording information: Deaf Club (03/03/1979).Photographer: Sue Brisk.Maybe the greatest tribute you can pay a live album is to think to yourself, "I wish I'd been there." Live at the Deaf Club is precisely that kind of live album. Recorded in San Francisco in March 1979, this is the DKs at their peak as the short sharp-shock punksters with brains as well as attitude -- not to mention a sharp collective sense of humor. Fronted by legendary smart-ass agitator Jello Biafra, this five-piece Dead Kennedys lineup (Jello, East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, and Ted, with guitarist 6025 playing his last gig with the band) blazes through a mighty set that includes such killer material as "California ?ber Alles," "Kill the Poor," "Holiday in Cambodia," and the surreal encore numbers "Back in