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" However, despite popular belief, the name was not meant to insult the Kennedy family, but according to Biafra, " to bring attention to the end of the American Dream ".
Around the same time, East Bay Ray had tried to pressure the rest of the band to sign to the major record label Polydor Records ; Biafra stated that he was prepared to leave the group if the rest of the band wanted to sign to the label, though East Bay Ray asserts that he recommended against signing with Polydor.
In August 1987, the criminal trial was submitted to the jury with the two remaining defendants: Jello Biafra and Michael Bonanno ( former Alternative Tentacles label manager ).
Although both sides agreed that the failure to pay these royalties was an accounting mistake, they were upset that Biafra failed to inform the band of the mistake after he and his co-workers discovered it.
Biafra claims that their lawyers had told him only to correspond through lawyers and not directly with the band, as the conflict over payment had apparently arisen before the accounting mistake was discovered.
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.
It was found out that Alternative Tentacles was paying Dead Kennedys less per CD than all the other bands, including Biafra himself, and not informing his other bandmates, which was the fraud.
Biafra apparently pushed this issue in court, although there was no hard evidence and the jurors were apparently unconcerned with corporate use of independently produced political music.
Biafra would later complain that the jury was not sympathetic toward underground music and punk culture.
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's former bandmates maintain that they sued because of Jello Biafra's deliberate withholding of money, though when pressed they have acknowledged that the payment was an accounting mistake, but insist that Biafra was wrong in failing to inform the band directly.
The band also maintains that the Levi's story was completely fictitious and invented by Biafra to discredit them.
Jello Biafra felt it was unprofessional because no one contacted him directly.
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.
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.
When asked about the " DK " logo in an interview, Jello Biafra explained, "... I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place, and then I showed it to Winston Smith.
Like Crass, Jello Biafra was influenced by the hippie movement and cited the yippies as a key influence on his political activism and thinking, though he did write songs critical of hippies.
After initial military gains, the Biafran forces were pushed back and in 1970 Biafra was reabsorbed into Nigeria after an estimated population of 3 million Biafrans including women and children had been killed through the war starvation policy of the Nigerian Government.
The meaning of the word " Biafra " has been explained in the Book, " Biafra or Nigerian Presidency: What the Ibos Want " where the author delved into the etimology and etiology of the words " Biafra ", " Ibo " and " Igbo " and proved that " Biafra " is an ancient word in the Igbo language which was lost many centuries ago just like other Igbo words have been lost.

Biafra and on
The original band lineup consisted of Jello Biafra ( Eric Reed Boucher ) on vocals, East Bay Ray on guitar, Klaus Flouride ( Geoffrey Lyall ) on bass, and Ted ( Bruce Slesinger ) on drums and percussion.
Jello Biafra brought up the court case after the break-up of the band on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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.
Biafra went on to speak about his political beliefs on numerous television shows and he released a number of spoken-word albums.
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.
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 ").
Several DVDs, re-issues, and live albums have been released since the departure of Biafra most recently on Manifesto Records.
According to Biafra, the live albums are " cash-ins " on Dead Kennedys ' name and his music.
In 2001, Ray, Peligro, and Flouride chose former Dr. Know singer Brandon Cruz to replace Biafra on vocals.
In recent times a public debate has started in the media on the rights of the indigenous people of Biafra.
In September 1969, Biafra acquired four ex-Armee de l ' Air North American T-6Gs, which were flown successfully to Biafra the following month, with another aircraft lost on the ferry flight.
* Remember Biafra Page – A brief history on the Republic and conflict
Like Crass, Jello Biafra was influenced by the hippie movement, and cited the yippies as a key influence on his political activism and thinking, though he also wrote songs critical of hippies.
In May 1969, Carl Gustaf von Rosen formed a squadron of five light aircraft known as the Babies of Biafra, which attacked and destroyed Nigerian jet aircraft on the ground and delivered food aid.

Biafra and show
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.
The most influential San Francisco hardcore band was the Dead Kennedys, whose frontman, Jello Biafra, became a noted social activist even after the band's last show at the On Broadway, which included The Black Athletes and Naked Lady Wrestlers on the card.
They rescheduled the show for the next night, December 1, but Biafra and Novoselic played a short acoustic set that night down the street at The Central Tavern, where Biafra was approached by local record producer Mark Cavener.

Biafra and with
In 2001, the band reformed without Biafra, who had been in a legal dispute with the remaining members over royalties.
Since the dissolution of Dead Kennedys, Biafra has continued to collaborate and record with other artists, including Mojo Nixon, Al Jourgensen of Ministry, and the Melvins, and has become a spoken word performer, covering political topics in particular.
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.
Some have found difficulty reconciling this claim when Biafra also licensed to major corporations, approving with the other band members use of Dead Kennedys ’ songs in major studio film releases such as Neighbors, Freddy Got Fingered, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Since its creation the Nigerian military has fought in a civil war – the conflict with Biafra in 1967 – 70 – and sent peacekeeping forces abroad both with the United Nations and as the backbone of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) Cease-fire Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Musician Jello Biafra ran for several offices with the Green Party, including for President in 2000.
Some prominent members of the punk rock community such as Fat Mike and Jello Biafra have been critical of the band's decision to replace Darby Crash with an actor.
After two-and-a-half years of war, during which a million civilians had died in fighting and from famine, Biafran forces agreed to a ceasefire with the Nigerian Federal Military Government ( FMG ), and Biafra was reintegrated into Nigeria.
Biafra has a tropical climate with two distinct seasons, dry and rainy.
During the 2004 United States presidential election, artists and bands including Brian Baker, Jello Biafra, Mike Watt, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Circle Jerks, Ensign, Sick of It All, The Unseen, Western Addiction, and Youth Brigade involved themselves with the anti-Bush political activist group Punkvoter.
In October 1966, for example, a Royal Air Burundi DC-4M Argonaut, flown by mercenary Heinrich Wartski, also known as Henry Wharton, crashlanded in Cameroon with military supplies destined for Biafra.
In 2006 Farrell appeared with Jello Biafra and Keith Gordon in the documentary Whose War ?, examining the U. S. role in the Iraq War.

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