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4 unusual facts about Holiday in Cambodia


Annihilation Principle

The album includes a cover version of punk band Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia", and European versions contain two bonus live tracks recorded at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in Holland.

Bruce Slesinger

He also co-wrote their second single, "Holiday in Cambodia", in conjunction with the rest of the group, and "Pull My Strings", a song written with lead singer and primary songwriter Jello Biafra specifically for the 1980 Bay Area Music awards.

East Bay Ray

East Bay Ray was responsible, along with his ex-bandmates Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro, for licensing songs such as "Police Truck" and "Holiday in Cambodia" to major corporations for use in video games and films.

Geza X

His productions of "Holiday in Cambodia" for the Dead Kennedys and "Lexicon Devil" for The Germs separated California's punk sound from others at the time with its eccentricity, humor and spunk, making Los Angeles very different from the scenes in New York or London.



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