Plastic Surgery Disasters

Plastic Surgery Disasters
Studio album by
Dead Kennedys
ReleasedNovember 1982
RecordedJune 1982
StudioHyde St. Studios and Möbius Music in San Francisco
Genre
Length42:56
Label
Producer
Dead Kennedys chronology
In God We Trust, Inc.
(1981) 		Plastic Surgery Disasters
(1982) 		Frankenchrist
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic [3]
The Austin Chronicle[1]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Kerrang![6]
OndaRock7/10[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[9]

Plastic Surgery Disasters is the second full-length album released by punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Recorded in San Francisco during June 1982, it was produced by the band and punk record producer Thom Wilson, with Geza X getting a "special thanks" underneath the DK's/Wilson credit for additional production. (DK's guitarist East Bay Ray redundantly added his own name to the production credits on Manifesto reissues of the album.) The album is darker and more hardcore-influenced than their debut album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables as a result of the band trying to expand on the sound and mood they had achieved with their 1980 single "Holiday in Cambodia".[10] It was the first full-length album to feature drummer D.H. Peligro, and is frontman Jello Biafra's favorite Dead Kennedys album.[11]

According to Jello Biafra, the main musical influences for the album were Bauhaus, Les Baxter and the Groundhogs.[12]

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  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000652753
  4. ^ "Album Review: Dead Kennedys - Reissues". 6 February 2004. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Kerrang! 24 March 2001 issue
  7. ^ "Dead Kennedys - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto".
  8. ^ Catucci, Nick (2004). "Dead Kennedys". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Arnold, Gina (1995). "Dead Kennedys". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ "Jello Biafra - Songfacts Interview". Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  11. ^ "Jello Biafra Walks Us Through his Entire Discography". Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  12. ^ Ray Flores (1 July 2000). "Jello Biafra". Juice Magazine. p. 52. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014. Interviewer: "Who else influenced you?" Jello Biafra: "...When I wrote Plastic Surgery Disasters, the main stuff I was listening to was Bauhaus, Les Baxter and The Groundhogs."