(For the WTF crowd:
The Nails are probably best known for their song 88 Lines About 44 Women.
Jello Biafra is a radical leftist musician and poet, anarchist, and force behind the indie label Alternative Tentacles.
The Dead Kennedys are (were) a hardcore punk band who got a surprising amount of pop airplay for songs like "California Uber Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia". They inspired a lot of bands my readers probably know better, such as They Might Be Giants.)