Dead Kennedys - Mutiny On The Bay

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Music Review: Absolute garbage
Rating: 1 Stars

Where to begin? First off, the running order is stitched together at random from four different shows, three of which are taken from early 1986 concerts. This was a dispirited period for the band, and if you found "Bedtime for Democracy" to be less than thrilling musically, you are going to be appalled at how unenthusiastic the DKs sound here. It was recorded well, but that only highlights a band quickly falling apart, which they soon did a few shows later. Why would anyone pick that era when there has to be so many great shows existing between 1978-1985? Only four tracks predate '86, and even those tracks (taken from 1982) are mediocre. I don't find a 14-track 51-minute disc taken from four different shows to be very fan-friendly. I would have much preferred one entire concert, or, at the very least, a 70+ minute representation of the band throughout their career.

The poor concert selection alone would make this CD inadequate. Remarkably, it only gets even more disappointing. All of Biafra's between-song commentaries are edited out. If you've ever REALLY seen the band live, then you'd know that this element of the show was the most threatening and thought-provoking aspect of the band. Instead, each track glides into each other bloodlessly with unemotional machine-like precision. C'mon, I don't want to hear a falsified "concert" that's comprised entirely of the pseudo-hits. Where are songs like "Let's Lynch the Landlord" "Chemical Warfare," "Moral Majority," "Government Flu," "Anarchy for Sale," "Soup Is Good Food," "Winnebago Warrior," "Jock-o-Rama," "Hop with the Jet Set," and "Terminal Preppie"? Why are there NO "In God We Trust, Inc." tracks? Most egregiously, this means you don't even get to hear only THE most important anti-fascist song ever recorded!!! Oh, but at least I get to hear some real A+ classics like "This Could be Anywhere," "Hellnation," and "I Am the Owl."

There's absolutely no extra information inside the liner notes, just a couple of bland photos of the band, and I've already seen those same pictures run in Spin magazine a couple years ago. (How's THAT for an embarrassing admission?) This is nothing more than a shameful cash-in record. It's so shoddy, it even comes with a sticker on it that says that the CD is not a bootleg. If Alternative Tentacles had released this disc as is, I would hold an equal amount of contempt for it. Thankfully, they didn't, because this...release was obviously tailor made for mall-punks across the world. Put kindly, people who call this an essential addition to the Dead Kennedys catalogue don't know what they're talking about. These are the same people that, a few years ago, were still calling the rest of their albums "unlistenable." All the nasty critical reviews you'll read about "Mutiny on the Bay" are right-on and completely deserved.

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