Dead Kennedys live in concert.
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Dead Kennedys

34
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
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Critic Consensus

Based on 34 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Dead Kennedys is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Dead Kennedys concert reviews describe live shows and performances as incendiary, extraordinary, soulful, and fierce.

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Artist Info

Genre
metal
Origin
San Francisco, United States (1978 - 1986)
Bio
Dead Kennedys are a punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, USA in 1978. During its initial eight-year run with original vocalist Jello Biafra, the band attracted controversy for their provocative content and were among the first to define the style of 1980s hardcore punk.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Backseat Mafia

May 23, 2023
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The Dead Kennedy’s – The Academy

Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

June 17, 2019
70
%
Dusseldorf, Germany

The Music (Australia)

November 3, 2018
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Lead singer Ron Greer has his back turned to his fans, mic in hands and ready to leap.

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2018
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Ask anyone leaving the sold-out Dead Kennedys show last night if it was worth it and all you would have got in return would have been a huge grin.

Birmingham Live (UK)

June 26, 2017
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Perfect timing! As I enter the Academy 2 for Dead Kennedys I am greeted by an air raid siren from the PA. Enter Otherkin to the sound of said siren. Now, if you read BrumLive regularly you will recall that I reviewed this band a few months ago at the Flapper on their own headline tour. Playing to large and li

Birmingham Live (UK)

June 23, 2015
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O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK

The Music (Australia)

October 5, 2014
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While the crowd at this point was fairly thin on the ground, this didn’t stop the band from delivering a heavy and soulful set to all those who made it out early, leaving the stage an amp-ringing mess.

Past critic reviews published in

musicOMH (UK), The Skinny (UK), GoldenPlec (Ireland), Live in Limbo (Canada), The Skinny (UK) and more

Image Credit

Stefan Brending [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons