Frankenchrist | ||||
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Released | October 1985 | |||
Recorded | May and July 1985 | |||
Studio | Hyde St. Studios, San Francisco | |||
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Length | 45:12 | |||
Label | Alternative Tentacles | |||
Producer | Jello Biafra | |||
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Frankenchrist is the third album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles.[1]
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 slam of the music establishment and "Stars and Stripes of Corruption" for its exegesis of vocalist Jello Biafra's political philosophies.