Nazi Punks Fuck Off
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" | ||||
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Single by Dead Kennedys | ||||
from the EP In God We Trust, Inc. | ||||
B-side | "Moral Majority" | |||
Released | November 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 1:03 | |||
Label | Alternative Tentacles | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jello Biafra | |||
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EP by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Death metal Grindcore | |||
Length | 10:43 | |||
Label | Earache | |||
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"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is the fifth single by Dead Kennedys. It was released in 1981 on Alternative Tentacles with "Moral Majority" as the B-side. Both are from the In God We Trust, Inc. EP, although the EP version is a different recording from the single version. The single included a free armband with a crossed-out swastika. The design was later adopted as a symbol for the anti-racist punk movement Anti-Racist Action.
In the opening of the In God We Trust, Inc. version of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", lead singer Jello Biafra mentions English producer Martin Hannett, who had worked with Joy Division and Buzzcocks, accusing him, tongue-in-cheek, of having "overproduced" the recording.[1] Hannett, in fact, did not work with Dead Kennedys.
Charts[]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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UK Indie Chart[2] | 11 |
Cover version[]
- The English grindcore band Napalm Death recorded a cover for their 1993 EP of the same name.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Martin Hannett Biography". MartinHannett.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2008.
- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ Robbins, 504
Sources[]
- Blush, Steven. "American Hardcore: A Tribal History". Feral House, 2001. ISBN 0-9229-1571-7
- Robbins, Ira. "The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock". Simon & Schuster, 1997.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1981 singles
- Dead Kennedys songs
- Songs against racism and xenophobia
- Songs about punk
- 1993 EPs
- Napalm Death EPs
- Earache Records EPs
- Napalm Death songs
- Anti-fascist music