The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
They've gone to great length to disguise the fact that I'm not in the band, even sending out a photo to promoters… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
The underground scene is still a cool way to meet a lot of cool people, see a lot of interesting bands and… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Looking back, I didn't realize until years later what a huge influence Red Skelton was in my stage demeanor with the band.… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
From the beginning, there was so much pressure in the early San Francisco punk scene for everyone to be different than everyone… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I got out of that immediately was that now, all of a sudden, rock music had become a spectator sport, that corporate… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
In San Francisco, most of the older activists, especially at Berkeley, were very hostile towards punks. The music, certainly, wasn't nice and… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
When my sixth grade teacher opened the class with subtle praise for the guardsmen shooting four people to death at Kent State, I'd given… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Another part of what gave me a questioning, rabble-rousing, activist heart and soul is that when all these heavy events went down, my parents… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band informed me… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I got out of that immediately was that now, all of a sudden, rock music had become a spectator sport, that corporate labels and… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It's very irresponsible as a parent to follow Tipper Gore or the Religious Right's advice and just take the offending CD or game away… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost from the… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I'm appalled at how many people my age, or even five or ten years younger, have no tangible memories of important history that happened… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
