Jello Biafra, Jayed Scotti, and Winston Smith

Fallout no. 5, with Jello Biafra association [and with] Dead Kennedys flyers

[Fairfax, California and] San Francisco: Fallout Productions and Alternative Tentacles, 1984. [22]-page folio, offset on newsprint, 3 offset flyers with one on orange paper, one xerox flyer. Fallout no. 5 with Jello Biafra’s autograph notes on the cover. With the original envelope addressed in Biafra’s hand and signed, postmarked May 31, 1985, San Francisco. Near fine; Fallout with original folds and one tiny closed tear along the horizontal fold of first sheet, otherwise with expected toning, flyers with original folds. Item #8160

The fifth issue of Jello Biafra, Jayed Scotti, and Winston Smith’s exceedingly scarce magazine, Fallout — with notes in Biafra’s hand, and early Dead Kennedys flyers. A satirical, punk, and anti-nuclear zine, Fallout was primarily directed by Smith and Scotti, who contributed the writing and collages for each issue. A close collaborator, Smith also designed a number of Dead Kennedys album covers, substantially contributing to the development of the band’s aesthetic.

These were mailed by Jello Biafra to the The Secret Syde, a psychedelic-art-punk ‘60s revival band out of New Jersey. The band had disbanded in early 1985 after the limited success of their only album, but reunited to open for the Dead Kennedys in April (and would open for them again in 1986) before calling it quits. These were presumably sent after Biafra had returned to the Bay Area. His autograph notes on the cover of Fallout no. 5 read, “A.T. Propaganda. Better than any firelog sold in stores!” The enveloped features the inkstamp of Biafra’s record label, Alternative Tentacles, with “J. Biafra c/o” in his hand in blue ink above it. Originally founded to self-produce the Dead Kennedys’ “California Über Alles,” Alternative Tentacles would become arguably the most important punk label in the Bay Area.

Price: $750.00