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20 Bitter Band Breakups: Dead Kennedys
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A feeling of alienation from the hardcore scene lead the heavily principled punks to abandon the underground just before releasing 1986's 'Bedtime for Democracy.' As the 1990s dawned, the former members went to court in a vicious dispute over royalty payments that were administered by ex-lead singer Jello Biafra's record company. Biafra accused his former bandmates of trashing the band's street cred with their shameless grabs at cash. 'Holiday in Cambodia' in a Levi's commercial? Not on Biafra's watch.
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Gia
I love Dead Kennedys. I don't blame Jello, HIC in a jean commercial? What the hell is that?
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Beth Tron
Based on personal experience with band break ups I can say "Blame it on the Passion." Art is very personal so tempers flare easily when four or five artist are trying to feed their ego from the same buffet of fan energy.
So now with my advice, for what it's worth, when you have something that works.... when your band is popular... drink it in because seldom will the glory come again. Don't think that you can recreate it with other musicians because the magic is in the mix and once you let it go, or in my case someone takes it from you, it may never come again.
We had a reunion a few months ago. Time, age and memories of how good it was had washed away any memories of little spats and ego clashes. All we remembered that night was how much we loved each other and were thankful that we had our fifteen minutes in the spotlight. For one more night our, now much older, fans were screaming with delight and we were "Shades" once more.
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