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{{Short description|Vocalist for US hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys}}
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'''Ronald "Skip" Greer''' is the lead vocalist for the [[Dead Kennedys]].<ref name="Time Out Los Angeles 2014">{{cite web | title=Dead Kennedys | website=Time Out Los Angeles | date=2014-12-18 | url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/music/dead-kennedys | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Colburn 2021">{{cite web | last=Colburn | first=Randall | title=Jello Biafra bashes Dead Kennedys' "dumb and clueless" praise of Mitt Romney | website=News | date=2021-01-07 | url=https://news.avclub.com/jello-biafra-isnt-happy-about-dead-kennedys-dumb-and-c-1846009044 | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> Greer joined DK in 2008, replacing Jeff Penalty, and is the bands longest-serving vocalist.<ref name="OC">{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=OC Weekly |title=Dead Kennedys’ East Bay Ray Says Band is Better Than Ever |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/dead-kennedys-east-bay-ray-says-band-is-better-than-ever-8240167/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=OC Weekly |date=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Callwood 2019">{{cite web | last=Callwood | first=Brett | title=Basslines and Protest Signs Part 29: Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Again) | website=idobi | date=2019-10-09 | url=https://idobi.com/editorial/basslines-and-protest-signs-part-29/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> He was a founding member of and vocalist for the [[Wynona Riders]] from 1992 through 1996 and has also performed with East Bay Ray and the Killer Smiles, and the Lightouts.<ref name="rockatnight.com 2020">{{cite web | title=Garage punk The Killer Smiles release single “Raising the Stakes” | website=rockatnight.com | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://www.rockatnight.com/2020/06/garage-punk-the-killer-smiles-release-single-raising-the-stakes/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Indie Rock Cafe 2015">{{cite web | title=Dead Kennedy’s Singer Ron ‘Skip’ Greer Joins Brooklyn Indie Rock Band Lightouts | website=Indie Rock Cafe | date=2015-06-19 | url=https://indierockcafe.com/2015/06/dead-kennedys-singer-greer-joins-brooklyn-indie-rock-band-lightouts/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray on Their Explosive Live Legacy -- And His Hopes for Jello Biafra |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8506510/dead-kennedys-east-bay-ray-dk40-live |website=Billboard.com |access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>
'''Ronald "Skip" Greer''' is the lead vocalist for the [[Dead Kennedys]].<ref name="Time Out Los Angeles 2014">{{cite web | title=Dead Kennedys | website=Time Out Los Angeles | date=2014-12-18 | url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/music/dead-kennedys | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Colburn 2021">{{cite web | last=Colburn | first=Randall | title=Jello Biafra bashes Dead Kennedys' "dumb and clueless" praise of Mitt Romney | website=News | date=2021-01-07 | url=https://www.avclub.com/jello-biafra-isnt-happy-about-dead-kennedys-dumb-and-c-1846009044 | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> Greer joined the band in 2008, replacing [[Jeff Penalty]] and is the band's longest-serving vocalist.<ref name="OC">{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=OC Weekly |title=Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray Says Band is Better Than Ever |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/dead-kennedys-east-bay-ray-says-band-is-better-than-ever-8240167/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=OC Weekly |date=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Callwood 2019">{{cite web | last=Callwood | first=Brett | title=Basslines and Protest Signs Part 29: Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Again) | website=idobi | date=2019-10-09 | url=https://idobi.com/editorial/basslines-and-protest-signs-part-29/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> He was a founding member of and vocalist for the [[Wynona Riders]] from 1992 through 1996 and has also performed with East Bay Ray and the Killer Smiles and the Lightouts.<ref name="rockatnight.com 2020">{{cite web | title=Garage punk The Killer Smiles release single "Raising the Stakes" | website=rockatnight.com | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://www.rockatnight.com/2020/06/garage-punk-the-killer-smiles-release-single-raising-the-stakes/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Indie Rock Cafe 2015">{{cite web | title=Dead Kennedy's Singer Ron 'Skip' Greer Joins Brooklyn Indie Rock Band Lightouts | website=Indie Rock Cafe | date=2015-06-19 | url=https://indierockcafe.com/2015/06/dead-kennedys-singer-greer-joins-brooklyn-indie-rock-band-lightouts/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray on Their Explosive Live Legacy -- And His Hopes for Jello Biafra |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8506510/dead-kennedys-east-bay-ray-dk40-live |website=Billboard.com |access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>


Greer is known for being a high energy performer and being physically interactive with the audience, though his vocals are throatier and less nasal than Jello Biafra's, according to [[The New Yorker]].<ref name="Lim 2017">{{cite web | last=Lim | first=Alena | title=REVIEW: Dead Kennedys Bring Life to Classic Punk Performance at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas – California Rocker | website=California Rocker – Award-Winning Online Music Magazine | date=2017-06-17 | url=https://californiarocker.com/2017/06/17/review-dead-kennedys-bring-life-to-classic-punk-performance-at-the-dive-bar-in-las-vegas/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite web | title=C Tangana El Madrileno | website=The New Yorker | url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/c-tangana-el-madrileno | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Anon.">{{cite web | last=Fournier|first=Lilas|title=Dead Kennedys @ The Croxton|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/dead-kennedys-the-croxton-lilas-fournier/Gx8HDw4xMDM/07-11-18/| access-date=2021-03-16}}</ref> Greer's songwriting style has been called "more poetic" than that of his DK predecessor, though he has only written songs for the Killer Smiles.<ref name="canada">{{cite news |last1=Smart |first1=Amy |title=Dead Kennedys Surface in Capital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510058921/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Times Colonist |date=September 29, 2012 |location=Victoria BC |page=32}}</ref> DK bassist Klaus Flouride has said this was what the band was looking for, saying "Skip is a good singer, a good performer, but he doesn't do Biafra."<ref name="MB">{{cite news |last1=Renner |first1=Lisa Milligan |title=Eternal Punk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/667668051/ |access-date=16 March 2021 |work=Modesto Bee |date=January 28, 2011 |page=E16}}</ref>
Greer is known for being a high-energy performer and being physically interactive with the audience.<ref name="Lim 2017">{{cite web | last=Lim | first=Alena | title=REVIEW: Dead Kennedys Bring Life to Classic Punk Performance at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas – California Rocker | website=California Rocker – Award-Winning Online Music Magazine | date=2017-06-17 | url=https://californiarocker.com/2017/06/17/review-dead-kennedys-bring-life-to-classic-punk-performance-at-the-dive-bar-in-las-vegas/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite magazine | title=C Tangana El Madrileno | magazine=The New Yorker | url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/c-tangana-el-madrileno | access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Anon.">{{cite web | last=Fournier|first=Lilas|title=Dead Kennedys @ The Croxton|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/dead-kennedys-the-croxton-lilas-fournier/Gx8HDw4xMDM/07-11-18/| access-date=2021-03-16}}</ref> Greer's songwriting style has been called "more poetic" than that of his DK predecessor, though he has only written songs for the Killer Smiles.<ref name="canada">{{cite news |last1=Smart |first1=Amy |title=Dead Kennedys Surface in Capital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510058921/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Times Colonist |date=September 29, 2012 |location=Victoria BC |page=32}}</ref> DK bassist Klaus Flouride has said this was what the band was looking for, saying "Skip is a good singer, a good performer, but he doesn't do Biafra."<ref name="MB">{{cite news |last1=Renner |first1=Lisa Milligan |title=Eternal Punk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/667668051/ |access-date=16 March 2021 |work=Modesto Bee |date=January 28, 2011 |page=E16}}</ref>


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Skip Greer
Greer in 2019
Background information
Birth nameRonald Greer
Also known asSkip McSkipster
GenresGarage, punk
Years active1992–present

Ronald "Skip" Greer is the lead vocalist for the Dead Kennedys.[1][2] Greer joined the band in 2008, replacing Jeff Penalty and is the band's longest-serving vocalist.[3][4] He was a founding member of and vocalist for the Wynona Riders from 1992 through 1996 and has also performed with East Bay Ray and the Killer Smiles and the Lightouts.[5][6][7]

Greer is known for being a high-energy performer and being physically interactive with the audience.[8][9][10] Greer's songwriting style has been called "more poetic" than that of his DK predecessor, though he has only written songs for the Killer Smiles.[11] DK bassist Klaus Flouride has said this was what the band was looking for, saying "Skip is a good singer, a good performer, but he doesn't do Biafra."[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Dead Kennedys". Time Out Los Angeles. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  2. ^ Colburn, Randall (2021-01-07). "Jello Biafra bashes Dead Kennedys' "dumb and clueless" praise of Mitt Romney". News. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  3. ^ Staff, OC Weekly (July 12, 2017). "Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray Says Band is Better Than Ever". OC Weekly. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ Callwood, Brett (2019-10-09). "Basslines and Protest Signs Part 29: Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Again)". idobi. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  5. ^ "Garage punk The Killer Smiles release single "Raising the Stakes"". rockatnight.com. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  6. ^ "Dead Kennedy's Singer Ron 'Skip' Greer Joins Brooklyn Indie Rock Band Lightouts". Indie Rock Cafe. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  7. ^ Prato, Greg. "Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray on Their Explosive Live Legacy -- And His Hopes for Jello Biafra". Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ^ Lim, Alena (2017-06-17). "REVIEW: Dead Kennedys Bring Life to Classic Punk Performance at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas – California Rocker". California Rocker – Award-Winning Online Music Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  9. ^ "C Tangana El Madrileno". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  10. ^ Fournier, Lilas. "Dead Kennedys @ The Croxton". Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  11. ^ Smart, Amy (September 29, 2012). "Dead Kennedys Surface in Capital". Times Colonist. Victoria BC. p. 32. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  12. ^ Renner, Lisa Milligan (January 28, 2011). "Eternal Punk". Modesto Bee. p. E16. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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