Plastic Surgery Disasters
Plastic Surgery Disasters is the second full-length album released by punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Recorded in San Francisco during June 1982, it was produced by the band and punk record producer Thom Wilson, with Geza X getting a "special thanks" underneath the DK's/Wilson credit for additional production. (DK's guitarist East Bay Ray redundantly added his own name to the production credits on Manifesto reissues of the album.) The album is darker and more hardcore-influenced than their debut album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables as a result of the band trying to expand on the sound and mood they had achieved with their 1980 single "Holiday in Cambodia". It was the first full-length album to feature drummer D.H. Peligro, and is frontman Jello Biafra's favorite Dead Kennedys album.
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| Released | November 1982 | |||
| Recorded | June 1982 | |||
| Studio | Hyde St. Studios and Möbius Music in San Francisco | |||
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| Length | 42:56 | |||
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| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
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| Kerrang! | |
| OndaRock | 7/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10 |
According to Jello Biafra, the main musical influences for the album were Bauhaus, Les Baxter and the Groundhogs.