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"'''Nazi Punks Fuck Off'''" is the fifth [[single (music)|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.]]'' [[Extended play|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 design was later adopted as a symbol for the [[anti-racism|anti-racist]] punk movement [[Anti-Racist Action]]. |
"'''Nazi Punks Fuck Off'''" is the fifth [[single (music)|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.]]'' [[Extended play|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 design was later adopted as a symbol for the [[anti-racism|anti-racist]] punk movement [[Anti-Racist Action]]. |
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In the opening of the ''In God We Trust, Inc.'' version of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", Biafra mentions English producer [[Martin Hannett]], who had worked with [[Joy Division]] and [[Buzzcocks]], accusing him, tongue-in-cheek, of having "overproduced" the recording.<ref>[http://www.martinhannett.co.uk/bio.htm "Martin Hannett biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626203504/http://martinhannett.co.uk/bio.htm |date=26 June 2014 }}. martinhannett.co.uk. Retrieved on 28 June 2008.</ref> Hannett, in fact, did not work with |
In the opening of the ''In God We Trust, Inc.'' version of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", Biafra mentions English producer [[Martin Hannett]], who had worked with [[Joy Division]] and [[Buzzcocks]], accusing him, tongue-in-cheek, of having "overproduced" the recording.<ref>[http://www.martinhannett.co.uk/bio.htm "Martin Hannett biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626203504/http://martinhannett.co.uk/bio.htm |date=26 June 2014 }}. martinhannett.co.uk. Retrieved on 28 June 2008.</ref> Hannett, in fact, did not work with Dead Kennedys. |
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==Charts== |
==Charts== |
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Single by Dead Kennedys | ||||
from the EP In God We Trust, Inc. | ||||
B-side | "Moral Majority" | |||
Released | November 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 1:03 | |||
Label | Alternative Tentacles | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jello Biafra | |||
Dead Kennedys singles chronology | ||||
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File:ND Nazi Punks Fuck Off.jpg | ||||
EP by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Death metal Grindcore | |||
Length | 10:43 | |||
Label | Earache | |||
Napalm Death chronology | ||||
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"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. 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 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", Biafra mentions English producer Martin Hannett, who had worked with Joy Division and Buzzcocks, accusing him, tongue-in-cheek, of having "overproduced" the recording.[1] Hannett, in fact, did not work with Dead Kennedys.
Charts
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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UK Indie Chart[2] | 11 |
Cover versions
- The English grindcore band Napalm Death recorded a cover of "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" for their 1993 EP of the same name.[3]
- American Melodic death metal band Darkest Hour recorded a cover of the song for the 2007 album Kerrang! Higher Voltage.
References
- ^ "Martin Hannett biography" Archived 26 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. martinhannett.co.uk. Retrieved on 28 June 2008.
- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ Robbins, 504
Sources
- Blush, Steven. "American Hardcore: A Tribal History". Feral House, 2001. ISBN 0-9229-1571-7
- Robbins, Ira. "The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock". Simon & Schuster, 1997.
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