Jello Biafra live in concert.
ON TOUR

Jello Biafra

20
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
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Critic Consensus

Based on 20 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Jello Biafra is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Jello Biafra concert reviews describe live shows and performances as rhythmic and nostalgic.

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Latest Release

Message From Our Sponsor 2020 (March 13, 2020)

Artist Info

Genre
metal
Origin
Boulder, United States (6/17/1958) (6/17/1958)
Bio
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. A punk rock musician, political activist and owner of an influential record label, he is best known for his time as the lead singer and song writer for San Francisco punk band, the Dead Kennedys.
Has Performed With
The Guantanamo School of Medicine

Critic Concert Reviews

Phoenix New Times (USA)

May 29, 2016
%
Guitarist Ralph Sight and bassist Billy Gould seem to channel the spirits of East Bay Ray and Klaus Flouride without mimicking them.

Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

September 16, 2015
80
%
Jello Biafra Live In Concert In Spain

RockShot Magazine (UK)

August 13, 2013
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Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine at Dingwalls in London on 12 August 2013 (Imelda Michalczyk) As the appointed hour of 9.

Blogofenia (Spain)

August 1, 2013
100
%
Viveiro, Spain on August 1, 2013

The AU Review (Australia)

May 20, 2013
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Happily, on the night they only played 4 DKs songs – enough to get a taste of that voice in full form, with that material ("California Uber Alles", "Kill the Poor", "Holiday in Cambodia" and "Nazi Punks Fuck Off") without it descending into a nostalgic funeral. In terms of music and performance, it was the be

The Music (Australia)

May 18, 2013
%
The band played a particularly vocal-driven show, by their standards, which suited the evening more than their traditionally instrumentally-focused work.

Panic Manual (Canada)

September 4, 2012
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In the case of Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, I knew it would all be quite political.

Past critic reviews published in

The Music (Australia), Panic Manual (Canada), NOW Magazine (Canada), Punknews (USA), The Skinny (UK) and more

Image Credit

Ralph Arvesen [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons