“Holiday In Cambodia” / “Police Truck” (Cherry Red / CHERRY 13) June 1980
Dead Kennedys | Holiday In Cambodia | (Cherry Red) 1980 | More noise from the numb zone of U.S. sensibility. The Dead Kennedys rake over the ashes of ‘Nam for their latest single, ‘Holiday In Cambodia’.
These miserable ineffective musical insurgents have been brushed off like a fly on the backside of the beast they want to provoke, but their titles are still good for a quick (very quick) chuckle.
They could be the Country Joe and the Fish of their generation, but as far as penetrating the psyche of their despised America goes, these guys haven’t even reached Saigon. Regardless of which, I look forward to their comments on the despised Ayatollah. (NME, 29/06/80)
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