{"title":"Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School Of Medicine","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"no-more-selfies","title":"No More Selfies","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo songs from punk icon’s recent Tea Party Revenge Porn album not included on the vinyl. At last, Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine have finally delivered the two songs missing from the \u003ci\u003eTea Party Revenge Porn\u003c\/i\u003e LP version on vinyl, the instant classics, \u003ci\u003eNo More Selfies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Vince Lombardi \u003c\/i\u003e! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is very strong stuff. Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place the world’s put itself in, like no one else would or could as he and The Guantanamo School Of Medicine capture the full power of the live shows on disc as never before. Only so many artists have a track record of lyrics this good, and back it up with music as good or better. It’s usually one of the other, but rarely this fierce, thanks to the wall of sound production of the mysterious Marshall Lawless, with Kurt Schlegel at the board this time. Co-conspirators now feature both string-titans of longtime AT mainstay Victims Family: guitarist Ralph Spight (also Freak Accident) and wonder bassist Larry Boothroyd (also Triclops, Brubaker); plus drummer \/ metal percussionist Jason Willer (UK Subs, Nik Turner, Charger, The Mob). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alternative Tentacles","offers":[{"title":"Black | 7\"","offer_id":50416739451211,"sku":"1128547","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0b5ece1d-a3fd-4857-a627-ea179a70202e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726709176"},{"product_id":"tea-party-revenge-porn","title":"Tea Party Revenge Porn","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolitical punk rock legend returns with a much needed current situation skewering. First release in six years! Features supergroup of members of UK Subs, The Mob, Victims Family, Triclops and more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTea Party Revenge Porn\u003c\/i\u003e, the first full album since 2014 by Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, is finally here! This is very strong stuff. Hear the inimitable Mr. B skewer the place the country has put itself in like no one else would or could as he and The Guantanamo School Of Medicine capture the full power of their live shows on disc as never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly so many artists have a track record of lyrics this good, and back it up with music as good or better. It’s usually one of the other, but rarely this fierce, thanks to the wall of sound production of the mysterious Marshall Lawless, with Kurt Schlegel at the board this time. Co-conspirators now feature both string-titans of longtime AT mainstay Victims Family: guitarist Ralph Spight (also Freak Accident) and wonder bassist Larry Boothroyd (also Triclops, Brubaker); plus drummer \/ metal percussionist Jason Willer (UK Subs, Nik Turner, Charger, The Mob).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo as germs and police riots rage, there’s no better primal scream therapy than a long-awaited new Jello Biafra album. From Dead Kennedys to Lard to the now-classic albums with the Melvins, DOA, NoMeansNo, Mojo Nixon; and of course, The Guantanamo School Of Medicine,\u003ci\u003e Tea Party Revenge Porn\u003c\/i\u003e is right up there with all of it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alternative Tentacles","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417042522443,"sku":"1111145","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417041277259,"sku":"1111144","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/22306c6a-c0d6-4fa3-853d-938b40aef65f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726714669"},{"product_id":"the-audacity-of-hype","title":"The Audacity Of Hype","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the twenty or so years since his brainchild, The Dead Kennedys, officially disbanded, Jello Biafra has made a career of spoken word gigs interspersed with musical collaborations with some of the most compelling figures in underground music. Recording projects and touring with the likes of Melvins, NoMeansNo, DOA, Mojo Nixon, and Lard (with Ministry’s Al Jorgensen) among others have kept his “punk as political weapon” message sharp, but the lack of his own band made these collaborations usually short-lived and left Biafra with a ton of songs that never saw the light of day. Inspired by The Stooges gig on Iggy Pop’s 60th birthday in San Francisco, Biafra laid plans for his own 50th birthday party and finally decided it was time to start a band of his own. After cramming practices for a month, the four-piece dubbed themselves Jello Biafra and the Axis of Merry Evildoers! and featured Biafra, Ralph Spight (Victims Family, Freak Accident, Hellworms), Jon Weiss (Sharkbait, Horsey), and Billy Gould (Faith No More) The band took the stage in a sold-out two-night stand at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. Flush from that exhilarating triumph, nine months of rehearsal and writing followed; they added ace guitarist Kimo Ball (Freak Accident, Carneyball Johnson, Mol Triffid, Griddle), and christened themselves Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. The Audacity of Hype was produced by Biafra and engineered by hip hop producer and longtime coconspirator Matt Kelley (Hieroglyphics, The Coup, Digital Underground, Victims Family, Tumor Circus) at Prairie Sun Recording in Cotati, CA, and San Francisco’s Hyde Street Studios. The band’s twin guitar attack retains some of the space-punk overtones and spymusic-on-meth chaos of The Dead Kennedys while adding a healthy dose of Detroit-style proto-punk flavored with Weiss’ industrial excursions into metal percussion. Topically, the album explores how the forced Iraqnophobia and Homeland Insecurity continues to feed lawlessness at the top (“The Terror of Tiny Town”) vs. a runaway police state and class war toward the bottom (“Three Strikes” and “Electronic Plantation,” originally done by The No WTO Combo, Biafra’s one-off collaboration with Krist Novelselic and Kim Thayil). “Clean as a Thistle” becomes more timely every day as “family values” blowhards from Sanford to Berlusconi are caught in sinful trysts, while album closer “I Won’t Give Up” offers an Age of Obama anthem on how change comes from agitation from below, not from glamour and sound bites from the top. Thirty years on, Biafra solidifies and expands his uncompromising vision and updates it for the new century, with a powerhouse band that promises to be a terrifying live machine. Jon Weiss’s brother Andrew (Rollins Band, Ween, Butthole Surfers) has filled the live bass position recently left vacant by Gould’s return to Faith No More.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alternative Tentacles","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50424615764299,"sku":"2191694","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50424616386891,"sku":"2191695","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50424615534923,"sku":"318905","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/The_Audacity_of_Hype_1ba8b299_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726780678"},{"product_id":"enhanced-methods-of-questioning","title":"Enhanced Methods Of Questioning","description":"\u003cp\u003eJello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine are at it again! Hot on the heels of their debut full-length \u003cem\u003eThe Audacity of Hype\u003c\/em\u003e, the group—featuring Ralph Spight (Victims Family, Freak Accident, Hellworms), Jon Weiss (Sharkbait, Horsey), Billy Gould (Faith No More) and Kimo Ball (Freak Accident, Carneyball Johnson, Mol Triffid, Griddle)—roars back with five unreleased rippers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band’s twin guitar attack retains some of the space punk overtones and spy-music-on-meth chaos of Dead Kennedys, while adding a healthy dose of Detroit-style proto-punk, flavoured with Weiss’s industrial excursions into metal percussion. 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This highly anticipated split 7\" features Jello Biafra \u0026amp; The Guantanamo School of Medicine and The November 3, with two explosive songs: \"Blunder Blubber\" and \"IFAR.\" \"Blunder Blubber,\" originally released as a digital single to mark Rush Limbaugh's passing and was recorded during the TEA PARTY REVENGE PORN recording sessions, highlights everything iconic about Jello Biafra \u0026amp; The Guantanamo School of Medicine. The song critiques the rise of rightwing extremism, tracing its roots back to Rush Limbaugh's influence and the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine under President Reagan in 1987—a policy change that allowed one-sided political commentary on public airwaves. Biafra argues that this set the stage for the toxic media landscape, fueling figures like Limbaugh and the current wave of \"\"MAGA\"\" rhetoric. Reflecting on the political climate, Biafra notes, \"I wrote [the song] back when Clinton was president, seeing the writing on the wall. I was hoping never to use it, but we had no choice but to update and perform it now.\" On the flip side, The November 3 delivers \"IFAR,\" a fiery debut track that first dropped during the 2020 Republican National Convention. Blending punk rock energy with raw political outrage, lead vocalist Billie O' Rights unleashes a bold, biting rant, backed by Tom Pain’s searing guitars. Pat Triotte and Justice Ferrall add their creative touches to this electrifying anthem, capturing the chaotic spirit of the times. \"IFAR,\" is a raucous, tongue-in-cheek commentary on partisan divides, clocking in at just two minutes of catchy, irreverent fun. Interestingly, the song was reportedly conceived during a mundane moment: Pat Triotte was baking blueberry muffins one Saturday afternoon when the idea hit, and within hours, the track was recorded— and the muffins were supposedly amazing. 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