"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is the fifth
single by
Dead Kennedys. It was released in 1981 on
Alternative Tentacles with "Moral Majority" as the B-side. Both are from the ''
In God We Trust, Inc.
''In God We Trust, Inc.'' is an EP by hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys and the first of the group's releases with drummer D.H. Peligro. The record is a screed against things ranging from organized religion and Neo-Nazism, Neo-Nazis, to the pesti ...
''
EP, although the EP version is a different recording from the single version. The single included a free armband with a crossed-out
swastika
The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly in various Eurasian, as well as some African and American cultures, now also widely recognized for its appropriation by the Nazi Party and by neo-Nazis. It ...
. The design was later adopted as a symbol for the
anti-racist punk movement
Anti-Racist Action.
In the opening of the ''In God We Trust, Inc.'' version of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", lead singer
Jello Biafra mentions English producer
Martin Hannett, who had worked with
Joy Division and
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independen ...
, accusing him, tongue-in-cheek, of having "overproduced" the recording. Hannett, in fact, did not work with Dead Kennedys.
Charts
Cover versions
* The English
grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial. G ...
band
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...
recorded a cover for their 1993 EP of the same name.
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* Performed by the fictional band "The Ain't Rights" in a modern-day
white supremacist club in the 2015 horror film ''
Green Room''.
References
Sources
*
Blush, Steven. "
American Hardcore: A Tribal History".
Feral House
Feral House is an American book publisher founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington.
Early history
The company's first book was '' The Satanic Witch'' (1989; originally published in 1971 by Dodd, Mead & Company) by A ...
, 2001.
*Robbins, Ira. "The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock".
Simon & Schuster, 1997.
External links
Dead Kennedys Official site with lyrics
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1981 singles
Dead Kennedys songs
Songs against racism and xenophobia
Songs about punk
1993 EPs
Napalm Death EPs
Earache Records EPs
Napalm Death songs
Anti-fascist music
1981 songs
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