[Tango-L] Offensive band names

[Deby Novitz]

Since punk is now on the agenda, I don't know where you get your facts.  
I was at the first show the DKs played at the Mabuhay Gardens in San 
Francisco. (Known as the Fab Mab) I knew most of the guys in the band.  
They called themselves the Dead Kennedys because it was offensive.  At 
that point in time, those of us (now I am showing my age..sigh) were 
into offending the status quo and shocking them to notice what was going 
on in the world.  Look at the names of some of their songs and you will 
see what I mean.  There was no deep philosophical insight.  The name was 
meant to shock and offend. 

I think sometimes it is too easy to blow things off and make them what 
they are not.