In San Francisco, most of the older activists, especially at Berkeley, were very hostile towards punks. The music, certainly, wasn't nice and mellow for them, and neither was our look or our attitude. While in Vancouver, the two most important… — 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 music establishment, and I emphasize the word "establishment," was there in force, and the handful of us who… — 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 their bands were the new establishment, and punk was there to fight them the way the activist hippies must have fought what the establishment must have been ten years before. And it was interesting to see… — Jello Biafra Copy Share
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
