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Article: Jello Biafra for President.
- Article from:
- Synthesis/Regeneration
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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[Jello Biafra is a candidate for the Green Party nomination for US President. -Editor]
I am surprised and honored to be drafted as a nominee. I have been an artist/activist since 1978. I was the leader and creative force of pioneering punk band Dead Kennedys. I have owned and operated a small business, Alternative Tentacles Records. We are now celebrating our twentieth anniversary.
I ran for Mayor of San Francisco in 1979, placing fourth out of 10 candidates. I was the main target in the first criminal trial over a record album in American history. The jury deadlocked and the charges were dismissed. This vaulted me into the national media and lecture ...