Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (actual riot occurs after song)

[jesusisafraud32]

i remember they only played 5 or 6 songs b4 the cops came i remember sin 34 playing but cant recall who else

[1MadPotato]

BTW there is no irony, the above information is false, they OPENED the set with "Riot"! Back then, when a band like Dead Kennedys comes to town after not playing LA for a long time, the possibility of a riot is already on everyone's mind. Especially in a weird venue location like Wilmington. I remember being SHOCKED that they opened with "Riot", it was a brazen move and turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Guess Jostoc wasn't there and this is posted from another's source, thx 4 post tho

[Jostoc]

@1MadPotato You're right, I wasn't there, but one of us is definitely mistaken because I have a copy of the entire show from the master cassette. They started the show with Saturday Night Holocaust as they were tuning up.

[1MadPotato]

@Jostoc Did a Google search for the date and found a setlist that does open with "Saturday Night Holocaust". So far looks like you're right and I feel like someone recalling a hallucination with staunch conviction...though it was 28 years ago and I was a 12 year old that was well stoned lol. Waiting to hear back from friends that were there to confirm whether or not I am just trippin' lol.

[1MadPotato]

Must have been near by you because I remember hearing, "Riot cops are here...go go go go" A split second later the situation redlined to a complete panic emergency, everyone tripping over each other to get out before too many cops got in...basically dodging clubs from the cops trying to get in the same door we're scrambling to get out of. Saw my buddy get clubbed just inside the door, cops ran myself and another kid off deep into the hood as they ridiculed us, belittled us, and endangered us...

[enginetpg]

Fuckin cops were beating the shit out of kids.

[enginetpg]

Haha I was there. Got billy clubbed on the way out.

[treelinerider]

I was there too. Amazing to at least hear it again. I always remembered the riot started after Holiday in Cambodia. The cops had no reason to jack the show. I guess the fact that it was a Union Hall ( Longshoremen) and not at a civic center like Santa Monica gave them the green light.

[punkrockmedic]

wish there was video footage of this

[skinhead5]

I was there and it was just one of many fucked up situations with the Pig PD.