Live at the Deaf Club
Live album by Dead Kennedys
Released	January 27, 2004
Recorded	March 3, 1979
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	39:29
Label	Manifesto Records
Producer	East Bay Ray
Professional reviews
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Dead Kennedys chronology
Mutiny on the Bay (2001) Live at the Deaf Club (2004) Milking the Sacred Cow (2007)

Live at the Deaf Club is a live album released by the Dead Kennedys in 2004. The actual performance took place at the San Francisco Deaf Club on March 3, 1979.

The performance was unique in that this was the last time their rhythm guitarist 6025 performed with them. It also includes original drummer Ted, later replaced in February 1981 by D.H. Peligro. Also, songs such as "Straight A's", "Short Songs", "Gaslight" and their covers of "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Have I the Right" are not found on any other DK album (The Deaf Club recordings of "Shorts Songs" and "Straight A's" are featured on the compilation album Give Me Convenience OR Give Me Death and the hard-to-find Can You Hear Me? Live at the Deaf Club along with "Police Truck"). "Back in Rhodesia" is an early version of "When Ya Get Drafted" with a different chorus than the final version. "Kill the Poor" is also a "disco" version minus the introduction.

The album has drawn criticism from former lead singer Jello Biafra, though several reviewers have given it good reviews, for example PopMatters ^[1] and Punknews.org^[2].

[edit] Track listing

• All songs written by Jello Biafra except when stated.

1. "Introduction" – 0:20 (Johnny Walker)
2. "Kill the Poor (Disco Version)" – 3:57
3. "Back in Rhodesia" – 1:31 (Early Version of 'When Ya Get Drafted')
4. "The Man with the Dogs" – 3:22
5. "Gaslight" – 2:40 (6025)
6. "California Über Alles" – 3:44 (Jello Biafra, John Greenway)
7. "Ill in the Head" – 3:25 (6025)
8. "Straight A's" – 2:13 (6025)
9. "Short Songs" – 0:31 (6025)
10. "Holiday in Cambodia" – 4:33
11. "Police Truck" – 2:54
12. "Forward to Death" – 1:53 (6025)
13. "Have I the Right?" – 2:16 (Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard)
14. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:31 (Lennon/McCartney)
15. "Viva Las Vegas" – 3:31 (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)

[edit] Credits

• Jello Biafra - lead vocals
• East Bay Ray - lead guitar, producer
• 6025 - rhythm guitar
• Klaus Fluoride - bass, backing vocals
• Ted - drums
• Sue Brisk - photography
• Jim Alcivar - engineer
• John Cuniberti - mixer

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