Revolutionary politics and hardcore punk music proved to be a winning combination for Dead Kennedys from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, earning them a level of notoriety that ensured their name was never too far away from a headline-making controversy or several. They disbanded for 15 years, lost lead singer Jello Biafra via a huge falling out, and came back together in the early noughties, since which time they’ve performed live but not released any new material. In autumn last year, the band lost drummer DH Peligro (who’d played with them since 1981) following an accidental fall at his Los Angeles home.