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Dead Kennedys Are A Punk Rock Band That Formed In San Francisco California USA In 1978. During Its Initial Eight-Year Run With Original Vocalist Jello Biafra The Band Attracted Controversy For Their Provocative Content And Were Among The First To Define The Style Of 1980s Hardcore Punk. Dead Kennedys' Lyrics Were Usually Political In Nature Satirizing The Reagan Administration And The American Establishment In General As Well As Popular Culture And Even The Punk Movement Itself. Several Stores Refused To Stock Their Recordings Sparking Debate About Censorship In Rock Music. Jello Biafra Became An Active Campaigner Against The Parents Music Resource Center PMRC Culminating In An Obscenity Trial In 1985-1986 Which Resulted In A Hung Jury. The Group Released A Total Of Four Studio Albums And One EP Before Disbanding In 1986. Following The Band's Dissolution Jello Biafra Continued To Collaborate And Record With Other Artists Including D.O.A. NoMeansNo And His Own Bands Lard And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine As Well As Releasing Spoken Word Performances And Becoming An Activist With The Green Party. In 2000 Jello Biafra Lost An Acrimonious Legal Case Initiated By His Former Dead Kennedys Band Mates Over Songwriting Credits And Unpaid Royalties. In 2001 The Band Reformed Various Singers Have Since Been Recruited For Vocal Duties.
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"Too Drunk To Fuck" Was The Fourth Single By The Dead Kennedys. The Record Was Released In May 1981 On Cherry Red Records With "The Prey" As The B-Side. Both Songs From This Single Are Available On The Rarities Album Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death 1987 . The Single Reached Number 31 In The UK Singles Chart Although It Was Not Stocked In Some Record Shops Because Of Its Provocative Title. It Was The First UK Top 40 Single To Include The Word "fuck" In Its Title. Not Surprisingly It Was Banned From Radio 1 Airplay And Top Of The Pops By The BBC. In Chart Listings It Was Usually Referred To As "Too Drunk To". When It Reached The Top 40 Presenter Tony Blackburn Referred To It Simply As "a Record By The Dead Kennedys". The Song Features A Heavy Surf Rock/garage Rock Riff From Guitarist East Bay Ray And Satirical Lyrics From Jello Biafra That Paint A Trenchant Picture Of An Outrageous Moronic Party It Was Used In The 2003 Angel Episode "Destiny" As Driving Music For Punk Vampire And Heavy Drinker Spike. Licensing Controversy
After The Rest Of The Band Were Awarded The Rights To The Dead Kennedys Material They Licensed "Too Drunk To Fuck" For Use In The Film Grindhouse. Almost Immediately Biafra Criticized His Former Bandmates Specifically Citing The Song A Cover By Nouvelle Vague Being Used In A Rape Scene In The Movie Saying "Some People Will Do Anything For Money." The Rest Of The Band Responded In Kind Challenging Him To Donate His Share Of The Money To Charity.
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Dead Kennedys Are A Punk Rock Band That Formed In San Francisco California USA In 1978. During Its Initial Eight-Year Run With Original Vocalist Jello Biafra The Band Attracted Controversy For Their Provocative Content And Were Among The First To Define The Style Of 1980s Hardcore Punk. Dead Kennedys' Lyrics Were Usually Political In Nature Satirizing The Reagan Administration And The American Establishment In General As Well As Popular Culture And Even The Punk Movement Itself. Several Stores Refused To Stock Their Recordings Sparking Debate About Censorship In Rock Music. Jello Biafra Became An Active Campaigner Against The Parents Music Resource Center PMRC Culminating In An Obscenity Trial In 1985-1986 Which Resulted In A Hung Jury. The Group Released A Total Of Four Studio Albums And One EP Before Disbanding In 1986. Following The Band's Dissolution Jello Biafra Continued To Collaborate And Record With Other Artists Including D.O.A. NoMeansNo And His Own Bands Lard And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine As Well As Releasing Spoken Word Performances And Becoming An Activist With The Green Party. In 2000 Jello Biafra Lost An Acrimonious Legal Case Initiated By His Former Dead Kennedys Band Mates Over Songwriting Credits And Unpaid Royalties. In 2001 The Band Reformed Various Singers Have Since Been Recruited For Vocal Duties.
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"Too Drunk to Fuck" was the fourth single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in May 1981 on Cherry Red Records with "The Prey" as the b-side. Both songs from this single are available on the rarities album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (1987).
The single reached Number 31 in the UK Singles Chart, although it was not stocked in some record shops because of its provocative title. It was the first UK Top 40 single to include the word "fuck" in its title. Not surprisingly, it was banned from Radio 1 airplay and Top of the Pops by the BBC. In chart listings, it was usually referred to as "Too Drunk To". When it reached the Top 40, presenter Tony Blackburn referred to it simply as "a record by the Dead Kennedys".
The song features a heavy surf rock/garage rock riff from guitarist East Bay Ray and satirical lyrics from Jello Biafra that paint a trenchant picture of an outrageous, moronic party; it was used in the 2003 Angel episode "Destiny" as driving music for punk vampire and heavy drinker Spike.
Licensing controversy
After the rest of the band were awarded the rights to the Dead Kennedys material, they licensed "Too Drunk to Fuck" for use in the film Grindhouse. Almost immediately, Biafra criticized his former bandmates, specifically citing the song (a cover by Nouvelle Vague) being used in a rape scene in the movie, saying "Some people will do anything for money." The rest of the band responded in kind, challenging him to donate his share of the money to charity. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.