Nazi Punks Fuck Off

Nazi Punks Fuck Off
Dead Kennedys
publication	1981
length	1:03 min
Genre (s)	Hardcore punk
Author (s)	Jello Biafra
Cover version
1993	Napalm Death

Nazi Punks Fuck Off (German: Nazipunks, fuck off ) is a song by the Dead Kennedys . It was written by Jello Biafra in response to violent tendencies in the punk scene. After its publication, it became the slogan of the politically left punk scene against neo-Nazi currents in hardcore punk in the early 1980s .

backgrounds

In particular, the early hardcore punk in the late 1970s and early 1980s was known for its right-wing ideological tendencies. Lyrics such as Guilty of Being White by Minor Threat or lyrics by Agnostic Front or the Cro-Mags were interpreted as racist and xenophobic , and since the early phase of American hardcore at the beginning of the 1980s, there was an underground scene of racist and xenophobic punk bands. Jello Biafra had originally written the song in 1981 as a statement against violence at punk concerts, which was expressed in a violent dance style and in brawls on the sidelines of concerts. According to Biafras, these punk fans behaved "like a bunch of Nazis". Both the term Nazi Punk and the title of the song quickly spread in the left punk scene and the song developed into a hymn against neo-Nazi currents in hardcore punk.

Recording and publication

The song was recorded in the Mobius Music Studio in San Francisco , produced by the band itself. The song first appeared on Alternative Tentacle in 1981 as the single Nazi Punks Fuck Off! with the B-side Moral Majority . A crossed-out swastika was shown on the single cover . In December 1981, the piece was on the EP In God We Trust, Inc. included.

The English grindcore band Napalm Death recorded a cover version of the song in 1993 and released a single on Earache Records . The band donated all proceeds from this release to anti-fascist associations. The song has been an integral part of the group's live repertoire ever since.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Crispin Sartwell: Political Aesthetics . Cornell University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8014-4890-4 , pp. 112 .
2. ^ Iain Ellis: Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists . Counterpoint Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59376-206-3 , pp. 179 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} August Brown: Jello Biafra on 'Nazi Punks' and hate speech. LA Times , August 9, 2012, accessed February 4, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Lauraine Leblanc: Pretty in Punk . Rutgers University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-8135-2651-5 , pp. 52 .
5. ↑ Liner Notes for the single Nazi Punks Fuck Off .