Dead Kennedys reissuing Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables in 40th anniversary edition

Featuring previously unpublished images, plus essays from Dave Grohl, Billie Joe Armstrong, Fletcher Dragge and more.

Dead Kennedys are reissuing their Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album in a 40th anniversary edition this September, via Manifesto Records.

Alongside the full 1980 debut, the 40th anniversary edition also includes previously unpublished images, and essays from Dave Grohl, Billie Joe Armstrong, Fletcher Dragge and more.

“Revisiting Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables was such an inside peek at a band packing so much excitement onto tape for every song,” says Chris Lord-Alge, who worked on the new mix. “The big challenge for me was keeping it honest to its original sound and not letting it become modern, but improving the separation and clarity.”

Pre-order Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables from Cherry Red Records in advance of its 30th September release; check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

Side A

Kill The Poor
Forward To Death
When Ya Get Drafted
Let’s Lynch The Landlord
Drug Me
Your Emotions
Chemical Warfare

Side B

California Über Alles
I Kill Children
Stealing Peoples’ Mail
Funland At The Beach
Ill In The Head
Holiday In Cambodia
Viva Las Vegas