These hoping to see Jello Biafra reunite with the remainder of the members of Dead Kennedys should proceed to attend.
In a brand new interview, the enduring punk band’s unique guitarist revealed why it isn’t occurring anytime quickly.
East Bay Ray Says Reunion Is Up To Biafra
Authentic Useless Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray not too long ago sat down with Guitar World to debate the forty fifth anniversary of the band’s debut album, Recent Fruit For Rotting Greens.
In the present day, Ray and bassist Klaus Flouride are the one remaining unique members in Useless Kennedys. The band has toured on and off with a rotating solid of musicians after the 1986 departure of polarizing lead singer Jello Biafra.
With different punk bands from that period nonetheless popping up on competition lineups in 2025 (see the Circle Jerks at Coachella), is it time for Biafra to get again with the remainder of DK’s founding members?
“It isn’t a difficulty for me or Klaus,” Ray advised Guitar World. “It is Biafra that turns down any presents for us to do one thing; we do not have an issue.”
Additional complicating issues is a 1998 lawsuit that noticed Ray, Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro sue Biafra for unpaid document royalties. A decide ordered the embattled former lead singer to pay the band members almost $200,000 for damages and punitive charges.
“He bought caught along with his arms within the until and needs accountable us for getting caught, however he ought to by no means have put his arms in there within the first place,” Ray mentioned.
Useless Kennedys To ‘Wind Issues Down’
If Biafra have been to reunite with the remainder of the band’s founding members (Peligro died in 2022), it will must occur quickly. Ray advised Guitar World the present model of Useless Kennedys would “wind issues down a bit” within the coming months.
Ray and Flouride have determined to reduce on the variety of reveals they play annually in an try and keep away from lengthy stints on the highway.
“We’re not 20 anymore, and we do not play the type of music that you could sit right down to play.”
The Useless Kennedys are subsequent set to play a string of dates in Spain starting June 10 in Palma.
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