Song title: Holiday in Cambodia
Artist: Dead Kennedys
Year: 1980
Why I like this song:
Will punk music ever die? As long as there are angry teenagers, probably not.
Like any teenager, I was into punk. I got into via the nineties wave (ie Green Day and the Offspring) so it was inevitable that i would eventually reach the foundation stones of the genre (ie Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones). And in amongst that clutch lay this band: One that took the punk template and upped both the sarcasm and intensity. And in that sense, how could i refuse?
Truly this is fascinating with it's corrupted brand of surf rock guitar, doom-laden bass line and the gleefully demented vocals. In fact, nothing quite matches it over four decades later.