| Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust Inc. | 
 enlarge | Artist: Dead Kennedys
Label: Manifesto Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $8.99
You Save: $4.99 (36%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 15525
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
ESRB: Mature
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42901
UPC: 767004290126
EAN: 0767004290126
ASIN: B00005NT4G
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Advice from Christmas Past | | • | Government Flu | | • | Terminal Preppie | | • | Trust Your Mechanic | | • | Well Paid Scientist | | • | Buzzbomb - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello | | • | Forest Fire | | • | Halloween | | • | Winnebago Warrior | | • | Riot - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello | | • | Bleed for Me - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello | | • | I Am the Owl - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello | | • | Dead End | | • | Moon Over Marin | | • | Religious Vomit - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello | | • | Moral Majority | | • | Hyperactive Child | | • | Kepone Factory | | • | Dog Bite | | • | Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys, Biafra, Jello | | • | We've Got a Bigger Problem Now | | • | Rawhide |
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Album Description
'Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc' is the best selling DK's album. This Manifesto digitally remastered (by original sound engineer) reissue couples their 1982 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' LP with the highly controversial 1981 12 inch EP 'In God We Trust, Inc'. Finally available again and sounding better than ever!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Why? November 28, 2001
52 out of 87 found this review helpful
It seems that ever since a censored version of DK's "Police Truck" appeared on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater a few years ago, Jello's former bandmates have been desperate to make a quick buck off their new ex-quarterback fans who got their first DK album circa '99. As far as I'm concerned, the original pressings of these records were perfect. The production on them was thicker than the earlier DK stuff, while still maintaining an obnoxious abrasive quality that firmly rooted the music in punk rock. I have memories of listening to Plastic Surgery Disasters while pushing shopping carts for minimum wage in subzero weather, singing along with "You've gotta punch the clock / why don't you punch your boss?" Though I doubt that the Warped Tour crowd will ever form any sort of emotional connection with this music, at least the cleaned up sound will make it easier for them to blast it in their SUVs without blowing the speakers. *sigh*
 Never Mind The Soap Opera, This Is Some Good Music July 24, 2002
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
This is my favorite Dead Kennedy's release. I will side-step the DK's current soap opera for a moment to review this disc. First of all, the Dead Kennedys were probably one of the most well-round, musically talented bands to emerge from the punk scene in the early '80's. East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, and D.H. Peligro were some of the best musicians ever to be called punk rock. No one else sounded like the Dead Kennedys. The "In God We Trust, Inc." EP was the DK's nod to DC-style hardcore. Its filled with hyperspeed jams that, unlike much of the hardcore that was emerging, is filled with great riffs and, despite the speed, just a great sense of what makes a good song,not just simple 3 chord verses and sing-along chorus. The jazz into to "We Got A Bigger Problem Now". "Plastic Surgery Disasters" is again filled with hyperspeed thrash, but its also tempered with influences of surf (especially "Moon Over Marin") and spaghetti western music (just listen to "Winnebago Warrior"). The fact that the group wrote much of this album as a whole is probably to a big reason for that. All throughout, Jello Biafra's lyrics are smart and funny.
one more complaint January 5, 2005
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
Great CD, but . . .
Jello is the Dead Kennedys. Almost all of the lyrics were written by him, and the instrumental quality of the rest of the band is, well, not the selling point. Supporting this rerelease is like buying a leatherbound guide to veganism - you could do it, but only if you had no interest in the message.
There's nothing wrong with a recent budding interest, but please, go to a filesharing service or hunt down Alternative Tentacles releases.
Don't buy this rip off December 13, 2001
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
This reissue was put out by three of the former Dead Kennedys who only wish to make a buck; seek the original Alternative Tentacles recordings.Be wary of all new DK releases.
definitly the best DK album... February 9, 2002
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
...but buy it from alternative tentacles! otherwise, the money will go to the capitalist ex-members the have actually SUED ex-singer and songwriter Jello Biafra and WON. Jello is broke, support him! I myself added some money to his poor pockets when he performed with spoken word here in Sweden.
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