Matters were stirred up even further when the three bandmates invited Jello Biafra to " bury the hatchet " in the form of a band reunion.

At the time of the surrender, Efiong believed that the situation was hopeless and that prolonging the conflict would have led only to the further destruction and starvation of the people of Biafra.

This partnership then developed further, regularly touring in the US performing a set of Hawkwind-centred material sometimes featuring Genesis P-Orridge, Jello Biafra and former Hawkwind members Simon House, Del Dettmar and Powell.

A number of individuals including Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, John Denver, Joey Ramone and Frank Zappa criticized the group, arguing that it was a form of censorship.

Almost immediately, Biafra criticized his former bandmates, specifically citing the song ( a cover by Nouvelle Vague ) being used in a rape scene in the movie, saying " Some people will do anything for money.

Biafra claims that guitarist East Bay Ray had long expressed displeasure with Alternative Tentacles and with the amount of money he received from them, thus the original incentive for the discovery of the back payments.

The band also maintains that the Levi's story was completely fictitious and invented by Biafra to discredit them.

By the spring of 1969, Biafra had assembled five MFI-9Bs in Gabon, calling them " Biafra Babies ".

In June 2008, Billy played a two-night show with Jello Biafra ( vocals ), Ralph Spight ( guitar ) and Jon Weiss ( drums ) in celebration of Biafra's 50th birthday, and has since recorded an album, The Audacity of Hype, with them.

Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra signed them to his independent Alternative Tentacles label.

This photo depicts the original lineup, including Jello Biafra, who is no longer in the band and has an acrimonious relationship with them.

This lineup began extensive world tours, catching the eye of such noteworthy rock figures as Steve Albini, who produced their 1991 album Total Castration, and Jello Biafra, who signed them to his Alternative Tentacles record label.

The band continued to work on songs, with Biafra penning songs such as " Chickenshit Conformist " and " Anarchy for Sale ", which articulated their feelings about the " dumbing down " of punk rock.

Both sides claim they attempted to resolve the matter without legal action, but the ultimately complicated legal dispute ( involving royalties, publishing rights, and a number of other issues ) soon led to the courts, where Biafra was found liable for the royalties after the jury determined that he had committed fraud and malice, and was ordered to pay damages of nearly $ 200, 000, including $ 20, 000 in punitive damages, to the band members.

Biafra had received sole songwriting credit for most Dead Kennedys songs on all released albums for the last 20 years or so without complaints from the band, though a minority of songs had given credit to certain group members or the entire band as a whole, indicating a system designed to reflect the primary composers rather than a regimented system like the Jagger / Richards partnership ; today, most Kennedys reissues list the songwriters as " Biafra, Dead Kennedys ", indicating Biafra's lyrical contributions — which the band doesn't dispute, or else simply as " Dead Kennedys ").

Biafra accused the band of wanting to license the famous Dead Kennedys song " Holiday in Cambodia " for use in a Levi's jeans commercial, which the band denied.

In addition, Biafra was disdainful of the reunion, and having long expressed his disdain for nostalgia and rock reunion / oldies tours in particular, argued that the whole affair was motivated by greed.

East Bay Ray claims he received a fax from Alternative Tentacles purporting Biafra approved the licensing for the game, which Biafra denies happening.

Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys, in the song " Saturday Night Holocaust ", likened disco to the cabaret culture of Weimar-era Germany for its apathy towards government policies and its escapism.

Jello Biafra ( born Eric Reed Boucher ; June 17, 1958, Boulder, Colorado, United States ) is the former lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys, and is currently a musician and spoken word artist.

* 1970 – Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.

The word " Biafra " appeared for the first time in the ancient map of Africa drawn by the Portuguese from 1492 to 1729 when it was spelt as Biafara, Biafar, and Biafares.

From 1999 to the present day, the indigenous people of Biafra have been agitating for independence to revive their ancient country.

In response to those opposing the independence of Biafra, the solicitor for the indigenous people of Biafra made a strong argument in both national and international law asserting that what Nigeria got after the Biafra War of Independence was a military conquest and not a political victory.

Musician Jello Biafra ran for several offices with the Green Party, including for President in 2000.

A second decree, ‘ Decree No. 4 of 1967 ’, modified the Banking Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the Republic of Biafra.

With the help of other French doctors, Kouchner put Biafra in the media spotlight and called for an international response to the situation.

On 29 May 2000, the Lagos Guardian newspaper reported that the now ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo commuted to retirement the dismissal of all military persons who fought for the breakaway state of Biafra during Nigeria's 1967 – 1970 civil war.

The song never appeared in a Levi's commercial, although in interviews Biafra described the situation surrounding the commercial in detail and was able to give specifics about the advertisement, including the name of the advertising agency that had created the commercial's script.

Biafra went on to speak about his political beliefs on numerous television shows and he released a number of spoken-word albums.

The band has released two live albums of archival performances on Manifesto Records: Mutiny on the Bay, compiled from various live shows including a recording from their last show with Biafra in 1986, and Live at the Deaf Club, a recording of a 1979 performance at the Deaf Club in San Francisco which was greeted with more enthusiasm.

The jury and judges also noted, in their words, that Biafra “ lacked credibility ” on the songwriting issue and found from evidence presented by both sides that the songwriting credits were due to the entire band, using a clause in the band's written partnership giving a small share of every Dead Kennedys song royalty directly to the band partnership.

Gen. Gowon also launched an offensive into Biafra south from the Niger Delta to the riverine area using the bulk of the Lagos Garrison command under Colonel Benjamin Adekunle ( called the Black Scorpion ) to form the 3rd Infantry Division ( which was later renamed as the 3rd Marine Commando ).

Biafra also fears that, using the same precedent, Courtney Love would lead her late husband Kurt Cobain's band Nirvana " at last ".

The currency of Biafra had been the Nigerian pound, until the Bank of Biafra started printing out its own notes, the Biafran pound.

On 6 August 1861, the Bight of Biafra and the neighboring Bight of Benin protectorate ( under its own British consuls ) became a united British protectorate Bights of Biafra and Benin, again under British consuls:

After playing Stigmata, Jello Biafra comes on stage and reads his own rendition of The Pledge of Allegiance.

MASSOB agitates for a Republic of Biafra comprising the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria ; though Uwazuruike has stated in interviews that the Niger Deltans " can have their own republic.

) The song title derives from a quote by Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray that Biafra has been recalling in recent spoken word performances: "( He ) always used to say that our own fans were so dumb that they'd buy anything, and that ' nobody believes that political shit anymore '.

The song concludes by referring to the Sex Pistols ' infamous collaboration with Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, suggesting that with that precedent in mind, Enron's Ken Lay could be the next lead singer of Dead Kennedys ( although on the record, Biafra substitutes Martha Stewart's name instead, even though Stewart had not embezzled from her own company as Lay did with Enron.

# the image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist, Jello Biafra.