Dead Kennedys - Mutiny On The Bay (2001) [1982/1986 Recordings] RESTORED

Mutiny on the Bay is a live album by the Dead Kennedys. It was compiled and released after a lengthy lawsuit, which resulted in the rights to the Dead Kennedys' catalog being transferred from lead singer/songwriter Jello Biafra's record label, Alternative Tentacles to the other three members of the band. The album is not one consecutive concert, but rather tracks culled from various performances in 1982 and 1986.

Jello Biafra would never have released this. The result of a judge siding with the other three members in their lawsuit against singer/leader Biafra, this live LP and the reissues of their LPs via license is messy. On one hand, the matter was decided in open court, rightly or wrongly, and we certainly don't blame Manifesto for taking on the valuable catalog once it became legally East Bay Ray's, D.H. Peligro's, and Klaus Flouride's to barter. And it's not our place to tell the curious not to buy these rather fine records, either. It just feels hollow, somehow. Ray, Peligro, and Flouride don't know how lucky they were that Biafra kept control of the catalog from the onset, released it all on his own Alternative Tentacles, and kept it all in print. They've been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades, while pretty much every other musician in the other punk/hardcore bands were ripped off by shady, bankrupt indie labels. One feels sympathy with Biafra's side of a dispute over a minimal accounting error. And his refusal to exploit the catalog strikes me as fair enough. Secondly, it was Biafra's personality, knowledge, crazy antics, and most of all his astounding, singular lyrics that made the band so popular. Biafra's crack about his vocals coming in and out (due to the chaos of those old shows, he never worried much about staying on mic) is entirely valid. The LP sounds great otherwise. Culled from four different shows after Peligro joined in 1982, the sound is consistent, the set list inspired, the playing sharper than many of their New York shows, and the live photos are first-rate history. Call this the one good thing that came out of the bitter suit.

~ Jack Rabid, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Introduction
02. Police Truck
03. Kill The Poor
04. Holiday In Cambodia
05. Moon Over Marin
06. California Über Alles
07. MTV - Get Off The Air
08. Too Drunk To Fuck
09. Goons Of Hazzard
10. This Could Be Anywhere
11. Forward To Death
12. I Am The Owl
13. Hellnation
14. Riot


Produced by East Bay Ray. Mixed & Engineered by John Cuniberti.
The tracks "Police Truck", "Holiday in Cambodia", "Forward to Death", "I Am the Owl" and "Riot" were recorded at the Elite Club, San Francisco, on March 20, 1982.
"Hellnation", "California Über Alles", "Too Drunk to Fuck" and "This Could Be Anywhere" were recorded at The Stone, San Francisco, on February 16, 1986.
"Moon Over Marin", "M.T.V. − Get off the Air" and "Goons of Hazard" were also recorded at The Stone the following day.
As a peculiarity "Kill the Poor" was recorded on February 21, 1986, at Freeborn Hall in Davis, California. The show is notable in that it was the final performance of the Dead Kennedys.

• Jello Biafra - lead vocals
• East Bay Ray - guitar
• Klaus Flouride - bass, backing vocals
• D.H. Peligro - drums, backing vocals

Release Date: April 24, 2001
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Decay Music / Manifesto Records
Catalog No.: DKS-14CD