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"Kill the Poor" is a song by Dead Kennedys, released in October 1980 on Cherry Red Records as the band's third single, with "In-sight" as its B-side. The song is a scathing satire of the elite who if given the chance, would use neutron bombs to wipe out the impoverished whilst preserving property.
- "In-sight"
- October 1980
- 1980
- Hardcore punk
[Verse 1] The sun beams down on a brand-new day. No more welfare tax to pay. Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light. Jobless millions whisked away. At last, we have more room to play. All...
The first song on the first Dead Kennedys album, "Kill The Poor" envisions a neutron bomb that can somehow wipe out poor people while everything else stays in tact. With it comes the elimination of welfare, urban blight, and all those other traces of the pesky lower class. It is a satire on the elite who wouldn't mind eradicating poverty by ...
2.23K subscribers. 80. 2.7K views 2 years ago #punk #deadkennedys #punkrock. ...more. Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor (Music Video)I first saw the Dead Kennedys two days before our band Uniform...
Apr 30, 2024 · The chorus line, “Kill, kill, kill the poor,” suggests a contemptuous feeling towards the idea that the poor can be eradicated by the ruling elite. Dead Kennedys suggest that the rhetoric of helping the poor is just a facade, with no real intention of solving the problem.
Dead Kennedys formed in June 1978 in San Francisco, California, when East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) advertised for bandmates in the newspaper The Recycler, after seeing a ska-punk show at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco. [3] The original band lineup consisted of East Bay Ray on lead guitar, Klaus Flouride (Geoffrey Lyall) on bass, Jello ...
