Bedtime for Democracy Tracklist
Bedtime for Democracy is an album released by California punk rock band Dead Kennedys in 1986. It ended up being the last album of original material that they’ve produced together, for they decided to break up the band shortly after release, partly due to the financially and emotionally draining trial they were being subjected to at the time over the controversial art included with their previous album, Frankenchrist.
Songs on this album cover such common punk subjects as conformity, Reaganomics, the military, and even criticizing aspects of their own punk movement.
“Bedtime for Democracy” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album?
In a 2017 interview with PunkNews, Jello Biafra touched on the release of Bedtime for Democracy:
During Frankenchrist, we did record some hardcore stuff, but that ended up on the last album. By then, we knew we were about to split. We tried to gather up the loose ends and make one more. It’s a statement as to how well those albums hold up- people still debate which is the best one, which one is the most influential in their lives- so I get a lot of that about Fresh Fruit, but the I was getting everybody from Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers to the God bullies to Hank III citing Plastic Surgery Disasters as their favorites.
It turns out some of the most interesting stuff I liked, they were feeding off it too. That album damn near killed me, but I’m glad we were able to finish it and get it out there.
