Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetable’s (1980)

Dead Kennedys’ debut LP is the ultimate hardcore comedy album, with singer Jello Biafra playing Johnny Rotten as goofball satirist on songs like “California Ãœber Alles” and “Holiday in Cambodia.” Fueled by the band’s technically sharp guitarist, “East Bay” Ray Pepperell, Fresh Fruit also had more musical fire than contemporary efforts by similarly over-the-top hardcore shock-rockers like Fear or the Adolescents.