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Frankenchrist is the third full-length album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles.

Release · MusicBrainz

Type
Album
Artist
Dead Kennedys
First released
1985

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
370
Total plays
6,657

Tags

indiepunkalternativeshoegazeAvant-Garde

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Music

Genre
Alternative
Year
2023
Tracks
1

Key facts

Album.name
Frankenchrist
Album.type
studio
Album.artist
Dead Kennedys
Album.cover
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist cover.jpg
Album.alt
Shriners drive tiny cars in a parade
Album.released
October 1985
Album.recorded
May and July 1985
Album.studio
Hyde St. Studios, San Francisco
Album.length
45:12
Album.label
Alternative Tentacles
Album.producer
Jello Biafra
Album.prev_title
Plastic Surgery Disasters
Album.prev_year
1982
Album.next_title
Bedtime for Democracy
Album.next_year
1986

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
album
Performer
Dead Kennedys
Show 6 more facts
publication date
1985-10-01
language of work or name
English language
title
Frankenchrist
place of publication
United States
form of creative work
studio album
number of parts of this work
10
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Inspiration
  • Controversies
  • "Landscape #XX"
  • Shriners
  • Critical reception
  • Track listing
  • Personnel
  • Charts
  • Certifications
  • References

Frankenchrist is the third full-length album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles.

The album is an example of the progressive, psychedelic side of Dead Kennedys' musical personality. The spaghetti Western soundtrack influence is noticeable in the horn parts and in East Bay Ray's guitar work. Frankenchrist is also noted for its relative lack of traditionally "hardcore" material, with most of the tracks being slower and longer than the majority of other Dead Kennedys songs. "M.T.V. − Get off the Air" is notable for its pointed attack on the music establishment and "Stars and Stripes of Corruption" for its exegesis of vocalist Jello Biafra's political philosophies.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frankenchrist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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