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Kill Lou Guzzo

by The Dehumanizers

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This 1986 debut by Seattle based Dehumanizers was a huge hit for the band. The title track, ‘Kill Lou Guzzo’ landed the band with a two-million-dollar lawsuit and a cease and desist order from KIRO Television. They took Lou’s comments right off the CBS broadcast and made a satire of them. ‘Cease and desist,’ was the last thing the band had on their mind! The ACLU came to the rescue and found a law firm to represent them pro-bono. “Who needs teenage punk-rock night clubs anyway? In fact, who needs punk rockers?” The opening words to Lou Guzzo’s insensitive and outrageous editorial comments. Viewed as Hitler like by the attorney’s representing the Dehumanizers, they informed KIRO’s sharp legal team that any broadcast over the news in Washington State has an open-door policy, it’s public domain, making it an open and shut case for the Dehumanizers. The law was later amended as a result of the song.

KIRO’s legal action did the opposite of their intended approach to shut it down. Newspapers, magazines, and the press grabbed ahold of the story. College radio stations nationwide not only had the song ‘Kill Lou Guzzo’ in rotation but fell in love with the Dehumanizers ‘Grandma, I’m A Drug Fiend’ and played it even more than the title track. It was a very Ramones like tune. The entire EP was fabulous with the melodic ‘Sing Thru Me,’ the punchy ‘Everybody Fight,’ to the explosive ‘God Men of the Future,’ later covered by Northwest legend Tom Dyer. An Indonesia’s death metal band, Trauma, covered ‘Kill Lou Guzzo,’ and as of today, all five songs have been covered by bands of different genres from all over the world. ‘Kill Lou Guzzo’ was a hit. 3,500 copies of the records were sold. A massive feat for an independent punk seven-inch record. If you listen to only one tune, play ‘Kill Lou Guzzo’. Warning, if you listen to more than two-songs you’ll be hooked.

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released June 1, 1992

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