JELLO-BIAFRA-M-Review-No26JELLO BIAFRA

White People and the Damage Done

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No surprises here: “Werewolves of Wall Street,” “Mid-East Peace Process,” and the title track are about exactly what their titles suggest, and as anyone familiar with Biafra’s oeuvre might guess, these and others are irreverent hardcore ragers informed by pop, surf rock and even circus music. Biafra has been flinging these goofball grenades since the ’70s, when he was leading seminal San Francisco punks the Dead Kennedys, and more than 30 years later the squealing singer, spoken-word poet and political activist has lost none of his anger or sense of humor. Even when didacticism trumps cleverness and the satire falls flat, Jello and his Guantanamo School of Medicine crew are 100 times more entertaining than your average Occupy pamphleteers.

 

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