Jello Biafra (Part 1) | Crate Diggers | Fuse

[@jedwing]

He worked at a record store back in 1979- 80. He would always hook me up with the bootlegs. He is sweet, kind and honest. I voted for him when he ran against Diane Fienstein when he was still working at the store (Venus Records? Aquarius Record Shop?). I told him that and he was genuinely touched. And he threw in this Patti Smith bootleg for free on top of the other records I got that day.

[@billdecat855]

Back then he was also a guitar tech/roadie for "The Nails" w/ Marc Campbell.

[@skidart9063]

Thanks for sharing this story! I always wanted to meet him. You met him in his prime which is even cooler

[@lastnamefirst4035]

How did he do in the election? Did he give them a run for their money at least?

[@amazingabby25]

I think it was Aquarius.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

@@lastnamefirst4035 he got enough votes to force a runoff, but he came in third overall (around 6,500 votes I believe?), so he wasn’t in the second round of voting. Feinstein got re-elected. Still, he came in third out of ten candidates. Not bad for a punk rocker in the late 70s/early 80s. I’d certainly vote for him! ✌🏻🇺🇸

[@AvelUnderWill]

I love how he's still yelling at Tipper Gore

[@randyj420]

so funny

[@BalmoraBabe]

I would, she practically broke up the dead kennedys

[@gnuPirate]

She is a long enduring piece of shit. Her piece of shitness will linger and remain even after death.

[@lorenb5125]

has everyone here watched that oprah episode?

[@bradwalsh1903]

It’s hilarious. The crazy old man yelling at Tipper Gore still after a few decades. God I love him.

[@jimmyd.]

He just continues to be who he is. It's like he has no filters. How can you not love this man! Priceless!

[@JasmineMichelle]

In 10th grade I wrote a research paper on punk and politics and most of my sources were from Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys

[@vampirascoffin870]

Jasmine Michelle you rule🤘🌷🤘

[@garycraig7016]

Hah! me too!

[@ClayAsbury122]

I did the same! In college though. Not as cool lol

[@QuangThichDuc]

Want to get married?

[@biedronkagirl]

that sounds amazing :)

[@steviesalazar3992]

His ability to recall every detail the way he does is insane

[@billdecat855]

That's what happens when you buy music instead of dope.

[@Rob-jq2uj]

@@billdecat855 ain't that the truth. My poor brain. I remember something about owning a bicycle when I was a teenager.

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

I can barely remember last week and I'm not even old.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

You remember things that make you feel strong emotions.

[@steviesalazar3992]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 true but also brain power.

[@gilespeterson6832]

Jello Biafra defended the Beastie Boys. That's why I appreciate this man. And Tipper Gore can stick it.

[@agitationfree5980]

The cat bit was a perfect window into the man's lovely soul

[@elmoblatch9787]

I told Jello in 2017 that my mom did not let me go to the 1984 Olympic Auditorium show when I was 14 because she thought it would be too dangerous. Jello responded: "Your mom was right. That was a really rough show."

[@devilsadvocacy]

Well, the Olympic (1801 S. Grand in LA) was a boxing arena for most of its history

[@foreveryactionthereisacons1683]

My mom said the same thing to me about punkfest and gwar in 94'😥 you still missed out.

[@RM-uf1rh]

Those Olympic shows were gnarly the following year that exploited show that was pretty crazy but we considered that fun back then but just about every show there was pretty dangerous

[@ratboy4169]

Jello loves to hear his own voice. It’s like his life is a continuous spoken word.

[@rupowell2821]

ADHD 😅

[@oldschoolm8]

I love Jello, he's a real person. Not a fabricated, product placement entity for people to buy into like all "rock" stars are today.

[@TranzparentMethods]

Exactly. That's why I love Jello Biafra.

[@fishouttawtr]

Dont be naive...he's "real" because he's poor, no other reason he's not special, he's not even that intelligent! He just so happened to stumble upon something that caught a fair amount of attention!!! People treat these guys like they're full of wisdom and unique understanding of life...not even close!!!

[@rainbowrotcod]

@@fishouttawtr lol yea. People want to look up to people, go figure

[@CMDR.Gonzo.von.Richthofen]

Are rock stars still a thing?

[@paladro]

his voice is so iconic at this point...

[@jon8021]

I worked at the Epicenter Zone in San Francisco in the early '90s and Jello was there almost every day I was there. I can attest he was one of the major buyers, but his tastes were eclectic and enjoyed talking about these oddball records he had. Since I also worked at a radio station (KZSU) at a time, I'd experienced my fair share of weird stuff and could trade stories with him reasonably well. This video brought back those memories, thanks.

[@mattfulkerson2208]

"Nosferatu Heino. Heino in space." I'm crying with laughter over here. I could listen to Jello talk about Heino for hours.

[@mrlexbland88]

There's a heino documentary on KZbin which has Jello on it. It's hilarious

[@metaldeath0]

More punkers PLEASE. Punk has such a great record culture too ya know!

[@krysylys]

I love Dead Kennedys. I also love Yes. I have no problem with Jello Biafra trashing Yes. It's his opinion. He's just a man. I admire him. And I still love Yes. And I still love Dead Kennedys. And I still love Jello Biafra. Some very silly people seem to invest so much of themselves in a band, or an ideal, or a religion that they view an attack on the former as an actual attack on themselves.... Silly, silly proles....

[@terrypussypower]

krysylys Too right! I love Yes and Genesis (up to the Lamb of course!) AND Black Flag, the DK's, Discharge, etc but I fucking HATE ELP!!! So I can understand where Jello's coming from with Yes!

[@seekah1]

krysylys I thought that part was hilarious.

[@abbnohrmall]

+krysylys well said.....i like sex pistols, pink floyd, steely dan, and willie nelson......i could care less if johnny rotten hates pink floyd.

[@terrypussypower]

abb nohrmall Johhny Rotten LOVES Van Der Graaf Generator!

[@Zenjedi99v2]

+krysylys FUCK... YES!!! I mean that in a good way. Grateful Dead and Yes, worst bands ever. What the FUCK??? I don't have a problem with the Eagles either. I wasn't in this lifetime till 81, so it might've been kinda irritating to hear them get played out in the 60/70's. I don't know.

[@jessaethridge6646]

he's like a teacher reading a picture book to his students when he holds up his own record lmao

[@dburt0021]

That moment when you’re listening intently to a legend and a commercial pops up for a hair trimmer, safe to use on your junk

[@jlarsena]

The way he grew into music reminds me a lot of myself. I also used to listen to and tape off of the radio, until I got to a pawn shop at around 12 years old and found Iron Maiden's Live After Death album. I also bought it on a hunch after seeing Eddie on the cover.

[@bud9269]

jlarsena me too. Me too buddy

[@randolfo1265]

I am the same age as Mr Biafra, I recorded stuff of the radio, I like weird music. And I could listen to him talk about music, culture and life all day . . . Hmm . . . is there a podcast?

[@SoftPyramids]

I could be listening him talking about different records all day long.. very interesting, fun and fascinating.

[@XombiewoofMagazine]

You are assuming Jello cares if people like him or not, rememer this is an interview with his opinions. As a "punk rocker" the odds of him caring what anyone says or thinks is minimal. He does state something that should be remembered, when you collect music, be passionate and love what you select, music is the voice of the generations, wha6 does your collection say about you ?

[@thebrigadeloco2257]

I was hoping that a cool guy like jello will be on crate diggees

[@sublime88sublime]

I love how unforgivingly opinionated he is, it's great

[@guyincognito143]

He sold out to big pharma.

[@glenbellefonte9620]

And knows absolutely nothing of reality.

[@earthamps]

what the hell is the deal with the audio? there's no constancy. come on, fuse. you're better than this.

[@akiratheastronaut]

@Nicolas Pancorvo That, and also sounds like they didn't hire a sound person.

[@003937]

That’s punk

[@syahilun1]

I always got time to hear what Jello's got to say. Whenever mainstream America begins to get under my skin I should just zone the fuck out and listen to this guy...

[@astarcalledsun7646]

Rockin the chris chan drip as always

[@pov_music]

Even got his own medallion

[@916Smoke]

I've never been a punk music person but DK and Jello are awesome 👌.

[@ballpeenbaby]

"Only Heino and Venom would get her to leave"

[@GildedShame]

I love that he hates The Eagles.

[@josephmorales652]

Matt R he really does lmao he mentions it in so many interviews

[@thegeorgiacreekwalker491]

"I HATE THE EAGLES MAN" (JEFF LEBOWSKI)

[@elmoblatch9787]

He's wrong, but it's hilarious.

[@randolfo1265]

@@elmoblatch9787 - What is he wrong about?

[@PolishBerserker]

@@randolfo1265 dude is positing that the Eagles are an objectively good band. Probably forgets the fact that musical tastes are completely subjective and can't parse the difference between subjective/objective.

[@slicingbones6096]

"Jello doesn't like the bands I like! *cries*" Seriously guys?

[@TheAirZeus]

Yes is an awesome band lol

[@johnm3152]

Only if you have an attention span longer than a gold fish

[@vpaczkowski]

@@TheAirZeus I have noticed that punk rock people tend to not like prog and jam bands. To them not knowing how to play your instrument makes you cool.

[@waynesteffen8459]

vpaczkowski To punk getting to the point and saying something is cool, rather than stopping the music dead while showing off how fast you can play scales and arpeggios.

[@wxlf.rxm00]

vpaczkowski not really dead Kennedys are good musicians but I guess you would rather just believe some garbage you found on the internet

[@jonvia]

Jello is so honest. True legend!

[@mbermingham2227]

My man is still fightin' Tipper Gore

[@DEEPMOODYPURPLEBLUES]

She was just one face of the soulless machine eating up the world, sadly. Censorship is infantile and deadly.

[@Zenjedi99v2]

Heino and Venom... What a combo.

[@RedBlueSam]

Vheinom

[@mattincinci]

Bizzare how things that Jello talked about for years, is now all becoming all too real. Thank you for the warning, Shame the media did nothing but trash you.

[@KevinJohns]

So true.

[@paulfox1020]

@matt, the irony, of course, is that he’s telling people to get “vaxxed” ...the guy who wrote “govt flu” is, sadly, a poseur

[@colina1330]

Jello's cat warms my heart.

[@jonassjuju]

Ahhhhhh man .... this is the coolest thing ever!!! Jello just rappin about music. I'm 50 now , Jello shaped a lot of my politics, along with Public Enemy Like I was 14. I owe how I think, in some ways to this dude!

[@xAllCatsAreBeautiful1312x]

I love that he gives a shout out to Hawkwind! 🤘 Lemmy rules.

[@tanjohnny2757]

Jello is my hero, together with Henry Rollins and Steve Albini

[@gmac2558]

And glenn danzig

[@JilmM7936]

Jello's had a rough night and he hates the fucking Eagles, man.

[@ggallintedtalk]

Fuck The Eagles

[@markmckinney6129]

Outta' my fuckin' cab!

[@disklamer]

My only beef is he keeps mentioning them 😎

[@victoresquivel8546]

Cool listening to Jello’s first-record-bought experience and remembering that mine was DK’s Frankenchrist in ‘90 on a hunch, enter punk in my life.

[@dalebattaglia]

Victor Esquivel oh yeah I love that one!

[@NitronicZombie]

why's he dressed up like a punk Chris Chan

[@Visitor189]

Minimole404 shit..now that you mention it...im laughing 😆

[@GoyBenius_0901]

Because he is punk rock Chris Chan.

[@dalebattaglia]

Ha ha

[@buddhafx5973]

Find Jello

[@say_cicada]

Where's sonichu?

[@_love_cats-889]

An unforgettable voice for sure, love him !

[@paint1955]

I saw Jello a few years ago, he guested with Rev Horton Heat, he covered Jezebel and Rawhide, and bragged that we got not one, but two Frankie Laine songs!

[@tigrehermano]

this guy is as amazing as a man can get, he, dexter holland and the bad religion guy are top of great artists

[@TH-ks8mz]

Gregg Graffin... Great guy!

[@jefflutz7664]

He mentioned Trade A Tape. I used to hang out there and get turned on to a lot of music in the early/mid eighties. I remember the owners, Joe and Daryl talking about letting Jello stay after they locked the doors so he could shop. He's spend an hour looking around and then buy two records from the 50 cent closeout bin

[@patkelly3966]

What a fantastically great nerd he is. Love him.

[@ViperRob]

Love his shirt, isn't that what the kid wore in Flight of the Navigator? lol

[@roboticd]

Nah, that's Artie, the strongest man in the worlds shirt...

[@jgdudun]

Heino and Venom! That is a combination not to be meddled with LMAO

[@TheMuffinMan1894]

Those are two artists that I never though would hear in the same sentence

[@aaronmcbryer3980]

Black hula metal!!!

[@TheMuffinMan1894]

Now we just need to convince Heino to sing some black metal.... not like he that busy

[@aaronmcbryer3980]

"Heino Gets Brutal" should be his next album.

[@finismalorum9746]

+TheMuffinMan1894 Venom isn't even Black metal so ya...........

[@TsunamitheDeadGod]

Why does jello have the chris chan drip on??

[@manolokonosko3702]

Some of my happiest times when young were when I was with a friend and we'd listen to records. Later when I'd listen to CDs with my girlfriends or making tapes for her. MP3s and streaming are convenient, but they carry no significant meaning or memories. Instant gratification.

[@asleanfinnsen7048]

Here is a man wirh true passion for music! His entuhusiasm reminds me a little bit of Fenriz when he is talking about the bands that has formed him. And that Mr.Biafra mention the bands that he couldn`t stand is just fun, we all got those... I find it a little strange that he talks about Al Jourgensen as "the guy from Ministry" (he could at least mention his name). I mean, they have known each other for ages, Jello was on stage with Ministry in their early career and they did 4 albums as LARD. Also, Al has a lot of others projects just like Jello. Anyway great 13 minutes of music history! Rant over.

[@mcbrotherhill]

I wish harvy pekar did a crate digger episode

[@gnuPirate]

TRULY GREAT IDEA!

[@paulmueller1520]

He died years ago, man. Paul Giamatti could do it in character, though.

[@nodtripRS]

Jello the prophet, an absolute master with his lyrics. So much sense an truth spoken.

[@glenbellefonte9620]

Really? Because he sounds a lot like a clique edgey teenager speaking from a book he's memorized.

[@ER_aka_RAM]

The Heino portion was beyond epic! 🤣

[@tmcmojo2292]

Thank you Universe for giving us Jello!!!

[@neal8759]

It's crazy how so many people cite The Stooges' Fun House as their favorite album, deservedly so!

[@CMDR.Gonzo.von.Richthofen]

His sound system and record collection are in his bedroom. That's what you get for living in San Francisco, Jello😂

[@elizabethtoms3498]

It puts a smile on my face to hear he loves/loved CCR.

[@boombaby1769]

I had absolutely NO idea of that Heino thing. As a German, I can now die in peace.

[@waltersmetak]

Legendary collection of the most bizarre and outlandish records on the face of the earth. I would kill just to be able to look through the stash.

[@flammaferus2998]

Jello is so open and genuine man.

[@cartonflesh9961]

i can't help but notice he's got the same fit as chris chan

[@gnuPirate]

Thank you for this awesome presentation. Jello is absolutely magical and brilliant. I am just revisiting him now. He was formative in shaping me when I was younger, and for some dumb reason he has been on the back-burner of my mind. I've forgotten how awesomely brilliant he is. I didn't realise his musical tastes were so wide, and as my own tastes get wider, I appreciate the range of things he manages to include on his records -- when I hear his records now, I hear the imprints of his wide ranging tastes -- and it is really brilliant how he encourages the people he plays with to include these diverse influences as well as their own. Hearing him discuss this stuff was so interesting. Cheers.

[@CounterfeitProphet]

These freaking awesome record find stories are incredible. 50 cents. 50 CENTS!!!

[@BeartoeConCarne]

How did i miss this interview!! Jello is still sick 🤘🏽

[@letsgosk8te]

I worked at for Heino as a roadie for a while and either quit because I couldn't listen to his music anymore or probably because I wasn't punk enough

[@ShiningTrapezoid]

What the fuck is up with the sound?

[@gonzalogazzolo7478]

He and henry rollins are my favorites vinyl collectors heroes🙏

[@edwardhodakowski4222]

Goddammit, Jello. Now I have to check out Heino.

[@pinehawk9600]

Edward Hodakowski please dont

[@RichardCranium.]

His music is awesome imo. He did a hard rock album. Can't go wrong with any of his stuff.

[@matthewwalter5432]

He looks like chris chan

[@foshiznow]

what a legend

[@iainwisdom1925]

This man helped shape my teenage years ... Dead Kennedys rule

[@KingfisherLtd]

Jello impersonating mrs Miller makes me crying out of laughter 😂

[@roberthansen2008]

Great job thanks for showing off all your records. I love how people show their records and what makes them influenced.

[@tomservo5347]

Jello, I have a German mom and grew up around a circle of other German wives that our American GI Dad's brought home. During the late 70's through the entire 80's Heino was played quite often at parties that as a kid I heard. Heino is held quite loftily in Germany-he's rather like a German Elvis in status. While most would consider this music schlocky, Heino is actually a very good singer with multi-octave range that would shame 90% of mainstream 'singers' today. He also rolls his 'R's' like no ones business!

[@Tangento]

WOW Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation... who TF knew that a young Jello was riding the Hot Rails? Great series here, thanks Fuse! BTW, did anyone else notice that Hank III had the same Killed By Death 666 comp?

[@danielking1850]

Budget Tapes and Records and KIMN some good old school Colorado references!

[@earlgrey862]

Jello is a Heino fan!... haven't seen this coming :)) (well if he would understand the "lyrics"... ) "Only Heino and Venom would make her to leave... so I realized its power" ... and his descriptions of the album covers: priceless! thanks for uploading!!!

[@cnfuzz]

i see the connection though, heino the nazi experiment going mainstream and i think Jello finds him an anti punk artifact /embodiment

[@randolfo1265]

The only record I ever bought from hearing a radio commercial was 'Here Come the Warm Jets' by Brian Eno. I thought there was something wrong with it and tried to take it back to the store. Nearly fifty years later . . . Still one of my favourites

[@r.p.mcmurphy6328]

Out of sheer morbid curiosity, I looked up HEINO on the KZbins. He is here. I watched/listened to "TAMPICO", 1973. Biafra was right, this cat can hit the high notes. 😁

[@bladechild2449]

lol a Tipper Gore mention. Never mind doing anything since the 80s, his head is still in the 80s.

[@TheHellfudge]

In fairness, If someone takes you to court and nearly has you jailed for making music I imagine it would have a lasting effect

[@randyj420]

Right! So funny her name comes out of his mouth so quickly. But DK (and eventually his spoken word LPs) were very hyper aware of censorship and parental warning stickers, etc. But - yeah - funny.

[@detroitfettyghost8492]

Never doing anything since the 80's????? LMAO he has done MORE since the 80s than he did in the 80s. Sorry to sound like a punk snob but here is the truth = it is underground music that you'd have to be a real punk connisuer to know about. JEllo has been on and put out so many records it's unreal. DK is SUPER fucking commercialized and you see their shirts in major corporate fucking music stores that's why all the younger kids have heard if them. They are a gateway band, some dive into the underground, others are happy eating what the capatolism machine feeds them. This was not an attack, it was a urging. I hope you dig deeper- hint hint

[@gnuPirate]

Just gonna copy paste my comment above -- Tipper Gore is a long enduring piece of shit. Her piece of shitness will linger and remain even after death.

[@michaelgrillo5326]

I’ve seen GTSM play several shows to packed houses where young folks new the words to the new material. Try getting out more 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@alexcika9906]

What a one of a kind Dude

[@drmodestoesq]

In a 2000 lawsuit, upheld on appeal in 2003 by the California Supreme Court, Biafra was found liable for breach of contract, fraud and malice in withholding a decade's worth of royalties from his former bandmates and ordered to pay over $200,000 in compensation and punitive damages; the band subsequently reformed without Biafra.

[@richradka]

I am not even a huge fan of JB and his sneery, provocation for the sake of the provocation, but parts 1 and 2 of this are excellent, and make me miss a good, fallen friend who was a massive vinyl junkie of not dissimilar music tastes and time frame. really nicely done Fuse team

[@gradysmith9992]

Someone needs to start a band named Psychedelic Poodles.

[@johnm3152]

Get off my lawn hippie !!! Luv you and your mellifluous voice man. Not to mention your inescapable logic on all/most things

[@TanTanWaWa]

Haaahaa.... I just went to a Blue Oyster Cult concert last year with my dad. He brought the hash brownies. 😂

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Love Dead Kennedys but they could do with some cowbell, just saying.

[@TranzparentMethods]

Yep definitely more cowbell.

[@johnm3152]

Dad joke - nice

[@herminiovillanueva3484]

I tell all be the kids" It's not a great song unless it has a cowbell!!

[@myowmyow]

always room for a cowbell

[@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261]

Can you make do with some rhythym block? m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqWok4qHjZWtsNE

[@typedbyben]

"and so I realized its power..." LMFAO

[@dhofmann1000]

1st War On Women EP, front and center on display. Yes!! Jello's a good dude.

[@JayLeePoe]

What some don't understand is that you still do end up listening to horrible music. Sometimes you need horrible music. Whatever that is for you.

[@randyj420]

Thanks for this! I really enjoyed his chapter in Re:search books "Incredibly Strange Music" (seen on the corner of his bed at 6:19 in this video)- where he shares some strange stuff in his record collection. Similar to this, he brings up Heino and that 1 Mrs. Miller LP that I've never found - but have the others ;) Cheers! *I used to play Trout Mask Replica in the record store I worked at to get people I didn't like - to leave. Or to clear the store near closing time on the weekends so we could get out of there on time and go out on the town.

[@elflaco6654]

BOC was my 1st concert, late 70's, Head East opened(tickets cost 8 bucks)... By the early 80's I saw my 1st Dead Kennedy's show, Stickmen With Ray Guns opened. Saw R.E.M in a nightclub for 3bucks cover charge. Awesome concerts back in the day.

[@mindlessjack3189]

I could watch jello go thru his whole collection .

[@Ugh800]

Heino, lol, unbelieveable. I would have never considered Jello Biafra enjoying that guy, umb-tatata.

[@vondernacht]

I love that he gets Heino.

[@gabi4248]

His joy makes me so happy 😁😂

[@TheErikrust]

The more I see of ‘em, the more I LOVE the man.

[@CoinsAreNeato]

Woohoo Colorado! What a character, love him! Thanks for this :-)

[@amazingabby25]

I just added Heino to my want list on Discogs, it just seems so odd, I want to know more. I love hideous but amazing music

[@MiaS54321]

he did something similiar to j.cashs american recordings...even covered rammstein songs + played heavy metal festivals...very brave for 'schlager-barde'!

[@matthewmartinez3596]

Outsider music is the best lol it’s so much more stimulating than your Top 40

[@amazingabby25]

Matthew Martinez my favorite outsider music of all time is Hot in the Airport.

[@matthewmartinez3596]

@@amazingabby25 cool! I’ll have to check it out

[@William.Driscoll]

Sitting through thirty minutes of Heino, before tearing into 'Winnebago Warrior' in the pit, sounds perfectly reasonable, over beers with friends 😄 Yma Sumac & Les Baxter +1