• Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced...
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  • Alternative Tentacles is an American independent record label founded in 1979 by Jello Biafra and East Bay Ray. In 1998, Biafra's former bandmates sued...
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    in 1986, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay...
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  • general. The Dead Kennedys formed the independent record label Alternative Tentacles in 1979, releasing influential underground music such as the 1983...
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    particularly after the release of his 1995 Greatest Hits album on the Alternative Tentacles label. Jello Biafra compiled the album's track list. In addition...
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    Leftöver Crack (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    The band is currently signed to Tankcrimes for CD releases, and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. Leftöver Crack spans several different music...
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    Dead Kennedys (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    in January 1986. Most of the band's recordings were released on Alternative Tentacles, an independent record label founded by Biafra and East Bay Ray...
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    Butthole Surfers (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    to Alternative Tentacles, with the first being Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac. Before either album could be released, though, Alternative Tentacles...
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  • Penis Landscape (category Alternative Tentacles)
    the contents. The resulting trial for obscenity nearly drove the Alternative Tentacles label into bankruptcy. During the making of the Kiss video for "(You...
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  • Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (category Alternative Tentacles albums)
    in the United States. It was later issued by Jello Biafra's own Alternative Tentacles label in the United States. It is the only Dead Kennedys studio...
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  • Frankenchrist (category Alternative Tentacles albums)
    American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles. The album is an example of the progressive, psychedelic side of...
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    Vol. One (Alternative Tentacles, 2004) Complete, Vol. Two (Alternative Tentacles, 2004) New Normal Catastrophe LP (Alternative Tentacles, 2012) Compilation...
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    East Bay Ray (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    formed the funk/rock band Skrapyard and released Sex is Sex on Alternative Tentacles featuring Ron West, Robert Ball, Andy Kaps and Jason Collins. In...
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    Klaus Flouride (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    Flouride (1985), Alternative Tentacles Because I Say So (1988), Alternative Tentacles The Light Is Flickering (1991), Alternative Tentacles Flouride Treatments...
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  • American post-metal band Neurosis. It was originally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1993 and later reissued on Neurot Recordings in 1999. The album...
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    Dog, 1994) Tumor Circus (Alternative Tentacles, 1991) "Take Me Back or I'll Drown Our Dog" - 7'/12" - (Alternative Tentacles, 1991) "Meathook Up My Rectum"...
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    Pansy Division (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    Lookout! caused the band to leave their long-time label and sign with Alternative Tentacles later that year. What resulted was 2003's Total Entertainment!,...
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    Brujeria (band) (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    were produced and distributed through Jello Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles. The band was criticized from its inception for its lyrics about...
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    - (Staple Gun Records, 1992) "Chemical Warfare" - Virus 100 - (Alternative Tentacles, 1992) "Down All the Days" - The Mission District: 17 Reasons -...
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    Half Japanese (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    (Safe House, 1995) Bone Head (Alternative Tentacles, 1997) Heaven Sent (Emperor Jones, 1997) Hello (Alternative Tentacles, 2001) Overjoyed (Joyful Noise...
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  • originally released on Alchemy Records in 1987. It was later reissued by Alternative Tentacles in 1994 and by Neurot Recordings in 2000; the 2000 reissue contains...
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    Nardwuar (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    keyboardist Instruments Vocals keyboards Years active 1986–present Labels Nardwuar Alternative Tentacles Mint Member of The Evaporators Website nardwuar.com...
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  • rock band Dead Kennedys. It was released in November 1981 through Alternative Tentacles as a 7-inch single with "Moral Majority" as the B-side. Both are...
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  • American post-metal band Neurosis. It was released in 1992 by the Alternative Tentacles record label. It was reissued in 1999 with bonus tracks on the band's...
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    Mumia Abu-Jamal (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death...
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  • it as "The Yellow Tape". In 1981 the Dead Kennedys' record label Alternative Tentacles opened an office in the United Kingdom to issue special editions...
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  • Fuck World Trade (category Alternative Tentacles albums)
    album by American punk band Leftöver Crack, released in 2004 on the Alternative Tentacles label. The album continues the band's self-defined status as anti-racist...
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  • artist Michael Macioce. After releasing their debut studio record on Alternative Tentacles, the band embarked on a decidedly more psychedelic direction with...
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    Nomeansno (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    added guitarist Andy Kerr the following year, and signed with Alternative Tentacles. Kerr departed in late 1991 after five LPs with the band, and the...
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  • Tsunami Bomb (category Alternative Tentacles artists)
    be headlining day 1 of Alternative Tentacles Records' first ever 'Tentacle Fest: Celebrating 40 Years Of Alternative Tentacles' in Berkeley, CA on November...
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